As of 2007, the number will increase over five -fold, since approximately 563,000 children, belonging to the average income group, consisting overwhelmingly of urban workers, will also be provided with graded childcare fee support.
The average income group makes up the reference category, and includes all patients with annual incomes above the LICO.
Adjustments were made for age as a continuous variable and for income by using three categories with the average income group as reference (OR = 1.0).
The association with household income was borderline significant (p=0.06) with the completeness highest for the high income group (0.93 [0.91;0.94]) and lowest for the low income group (0.89 [0.86;0.91]) compared to the average income group (0.91 [0.91;0.91]).
Table 1 Self-classified monthly income and average number of family members in ST Income groups Average monthly income (Euro equivalent) Average number of family members per house High >50,000/- Rs. (442.5 €5.2.2 Middle >30,000/- Rs. (265.5 €5.8.8 Low >15,000/- Rs. (132.7 €6.7.7.
Indeed, public sector agencies that employ WTP-based values (such as the DfT and the Health and Safety Executive in the UK) invariably do apply the same value, based on the population average, to all income groups.
Northern Ireland was also affordable when measured against the average income for all age groups.
—Texas posted increases in average income across all race groups even after the housing bust.
Finally, no differences were found in monthly average income between the three groups.
Further, it may be more revealing, for example, to break down the average income levels by age group, or to exclude outlier incomes.
