"Figure 5: Equivalising final income with the SNA scale decreases the proportion of households whose head is aged 45 to 64 years in the bottom income quintile","" "Composition of the poorest fifth of people by equivalised final income, by age of the household reference person and different equivalisation scales, UK, financial year ending 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Individuals are ranked according to final income equivalised with the simplified needs-adjusted (SNA) scale and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) modified scale respectively. 2. The household reference person is the householder who: owns the household accommodation; is legally responsible for the rent of the accommodation; has the household accommodation as an emolument or perquisite; or has the household accommodation by virtue of some relationship to the owner who is not a member of the household. If there are joint householders, the household reference person will be the one with the higher income. If the income is the same, then the eldest householder is taken. " "Unit","" "","" "Age of chief economic supporter","Final income (SNA)","Final income (OECD)" "under 25","7.2","7.9" "25 to 34","16.9","14.7" "35 to 44","20","17" "45 to 54","15.6","18.8" "55 to 64","16.8","20.8" "65 and over","23.6","20.6"