Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for the number and percent of benefits claimants for census wards in Wales, August 2001

	Mean	Median	SD	Min.	Max.	IQR
						25	75
Numbers of claimants
IS	271.6	168.0	287.9	16	2390	96	346
IBJSA	44.0	28.0	50.4	0	419	15	54
IB/SDA	255.4	159.0	240.6	16	1634	93	336
DLA/AA	345.0	237.0	295.4	34	1910	141	460
Percent claimants
IS	9.0	8.3	4.7	0.6	51.1	5.6	11.4
IBJSA	1.9	1.7	1.2	0	9.4	1.0	2.5
IB/SDA	11.0	10.0	5.3	1.3	43.6	7.1	13.9
DLA/AA	9.8	9.0	4.2	1.4	39.8	6.8	12.1

IS: Income Support

IBJSA: Income-based Job Seekers Allowance

IB/SDA: Incapacity Benefit, Severe Disablement Allowance

DLA/AA: Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance