Income and property statistics for households

19   Interest payments1 for household in per cent of total income2, by type of household. 1986-1999
  1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
All households 13 13 14 14 13 14 12 10 8 7 6 5 6 7
                             
Single                            
Under 45 years 17 17 17 17 16 18 16 11 8 7 7 6 6 8
45-64 years 10 10 11 9 11 11 10 9 7 6 7 5 6 6
65 years and over 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2
                             
couples without children. Age of oldest person                            
Under 45 years 16 16 18 20 18 17 13 11 8 7 7 6 7 8
45-64 years 9 9 13 12 13 12 10 9 6 7 6 5 5 6
65 years and over 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
                             
Couples with children                            
Small children, 0-6 years 20 20 22 21 20 20 17 14 10 10 9 7 9 10
Children, 7-19 years 15 15 17 16 16 15 14 12 8 8 7 6 7 8
Adult children 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 7 6 5 5 4 5 5
                             
Single parents                            
Mother/father with children 0-19 years 15 15 16 15 15 16 16 13 9 10 8 7 7 8
Mother/father with adult children 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 7 6 6 5 4 4 5
                             
Multi-family household 10 10 10 13 11 12 10 9 6 7 6 4 5 6
1  Interest payments is here interest on liabilities and part of deductible expences in building society.
2  Total income is here total income without other tax-free incomes.

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