Research Article

Food Stress in Adelaide: The Relationship between Low Income and the Affordability of Healthy Food

Table 2

Adjusteda Equivalised Disposable Household Income for extreme tertiles per fortnight according to family typeb.

ā€‰Typical familySingle parent familySingle adult

Lowest tertile$1457.53$1110.50$694.06
Highest tertile$4664.08$3553.59$2220.99

Adjusted for Wage Price Index from 2005/2006 to March 2009.
bData for elderly retired pensioner was not included as all elderly were assumed not to receive any income except welfare payments.
Note: data extracted from Australian Bureau of Statistics figures not in the public realm.