Table 2 Measures of income despersion. Household equivalent income (EU-scale) between persons. 1986-2010

2 Measures of income despersion. Household equivalent income¹ (EU-scale) between persons. 1986-2010
	Total populations				Total populations excluding persons in student housholds

	Gini coefficient	Standard error of the Gini coefficient	P90/P10²	S80/S20³	Gini coefficient	Standard error of the Gini coefficient	P90/P10²	S80/S20³

1986	0.210	0.002	2.6	3.0	0.208	0.002	2.6	2.9
1987	0.210	0.003	2.6	3.0	0.209	0.003	2.5	2.9
1988	0.211	0.002	2.5	3.0	0.209	0.002	2.5	2.9
1989	0.228	0.004	2.7	3.2	0.226	0.004	2.6	3.2
1990	0.217	0.002	2.6	3.1	0.214	0.002	2.6	3.0
1991	0.219	0.003	2.6	3.1	0.217	0.003	2.6	3.0
1992	0.223	0.003	2.7	3.2	0.219	0.003	2.6	3.1
1993	0.229	0.004	2.6	3.2	0.226	0.004	2.6	3.2
1994	0.241	0.002	2.8	3.5	0.235	0.002	2.7	3.3
1995	0.236	0.003	2.7	3.4	0.231	0.003	2.6	3.2
1996	0.245	0.004	2.7	3.5	0.240	0.004	2.6	3.4
1991	0.249	0.004	2.7	3.5	0.243	0.004	2.6	3.4
1998	0.238	0.003	2.7	3.4	0.233	0.003	2.6	3.2
1999	0.242	0.004	2.7	3.4	0.236	0.004	2.6	3.3
2000	0.262	0.004	2.7	3.7	0.257	0.004	2.6	3.6
2001	0.229	0.002	2.6	3.2	0.223	0.002	2.5	3.1
2002	0.264	0.004	2.7	3.8	0.258	0.004	2.6	3.6
2003	0.274	0.003	2.8	3.9	0.267	0.003	2.7	3.7
2004	0.283		2.7	4.1	0.276		2.6	3.8
2005	0.327		2.8	4.8	0.319		2.7	4.5
2006	0.243		2.8	3.5	0.235		2.6	3.3
2007	0.252		2.8	3.7	0.244		2.7	3.5
2008	0.248		2.8	3.6	0.240		2.7	3.4
2009	0.241		2.8	3.5	0.231		2.6	3.3
2010	0.245		2.8	3.6	0.236		2.6	3.3

¹	Negative amounts have been set to zero.
²	Percentile ratio of the 9th and the 1st decile cut-offs.
³	The ratio of the share of income held by the top 20 per cent of the distribution and the bottom 20 per cent of the distribution.