B.2 Impact of calibration
Calibrating sample weights from HES 2010 to reflect the demographic profile and labour market participation rates of 2060 changes the shape of the income distribution and the relative numbers of different family and household types in the population.
Appendix Figure 1 shows how the distribution of family disposable income changes as a result of this. Most superannuitants are at the lower end of the income distribution and the increase in the proportion of families in the $20,000 - $29,000 and $30,000 - $39,000 income bands indicates the relative increase of these older groups as a proportion of the total population.
- Appendix Figure 1 - Proportion of Families by Disposable Income Band: 2010 and 2060
