asked the Minister for the Public Service if he will state, in relation to table 18 of the Report of the Commission on the Status of Women, how the net income of each of the categories described compares with a standard of adequate income on the basis of the adequacy scale used by the Commission but on the assumption that a woman's full-time earnings of £2,000 a year under equal pay might, for the purposes of the examples given, be regarded as adequate for a single person.
Written Answers. - Women's Earnings.
344.
The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following statement:
Table 18
|
Case |
Relative income required to maintain same standard of living as single person (Single Woman on Equal Pay = 1) |
Actual relative Net Income(Table 17)(Single woman on equal pay = 1) |
Degree of adequacy of actual Net Income |
||
|
While women have Unequal Pay |
Assuming Equal Pay |
Col. (ii) divided by Col. (i) |
Col. (iii) divided by Col. (i) |
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|
(i) |
(ii) |
(iii) |
(iv) |
(v) |
|
|
Single man |
1.00 |
1.35 |
1.35 |
1.35 |
1.35 |
|
Single woman |
1.00 |
0.76 |
1.00 |
0.76 |
1.00 |
|
Married couple, no children, wife working full-time |
1.75 |
2.04 |
2.25 |
1.17 |
1.29 |
|
Married couple, no children, wife not working |
1.75 |
1.45 |
1.45 |
0.83 |
0.83 |
|
Married couple, wife not working+1 child |
2.25 |
1.51 |
1.51 |
0.67 |
0.67 |
|
Married couple, wife not working+2 children |
2.70 |
1.58 |
1.58 |
0.59 |
0.59 |
|
Married couple, wife not working+3 children |
3.10 |
1.66 |
1.66 |
0.54 |
0.54 |
|
Married couple, wife not working+4 children |
3.50 |
1.74 |
1.74 |
0.50 |
0.50 |
|
Married couple, wife not working+5 children |
3.90 |
1.81 |
1.81 |
0.46 |
0.46 |
|
Married couple, wife not working+6 children |
4.30 |
1.88 |
1.88 |
0.44 |
0.44 |
|
Married couple, wife working part-time+2 children |
2.70 |
1.91 |
2.02 |
0.71 |
0.75 |
|
Widow working |
1.00 |
1.11 |
1.32 |
1.11 |
1.32 |
|
Widow working+1 child |
1.50 |
1.28 |
1.49 |
0.85 |
0.99 |
|
Widow working+2 children |
1.95 |
1.46 |
1.68 |
0.75 |
0.86 |
|
Widow not working+3 children |
2.35 |
0.98 |
0.98 |
0.42 |
0.42 |
|
Widow not working+4 children |
2.75 |
1.17 |
1.17 |
0.43 |
0.43 |
|
Widow not working+5 children |
3.15 |
1.36 |
1.36 |
0.43 |
0.43 |
|
Widow not working+6 children |
3.55 |
1.55 |
1.55 |
0.44 |
0.44 |
NOTE: In compiling this table the pay figures in columns (1) and (2) of Table 17 on page 156 of the Commission's report have been doubled, and the net income figures in columns (3) and (4) have been calculated accordingly.