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less received this aid compared with two per cent in households with annual incomes of£50,000 or over, suggesting that such financial aid was well targeted.3.1.4 Typology of fee payingTable 3.5 gives an indication on who contributed towards the costs of students’ tuition/course feesand how much they contributed on average. However, it gives no indication of whether thesemonies covered all, or just part, of the total costs of tuition. This is shown in Figure 3.2.Figure 3.2: Typology of fee payment15%3%8%46%100% Self100% Family/friends100% Employer100% Waiver100% OtherMixed27%1%Base: All students.Source: London South Bank University – UK Part-time Student Survey 2006Figure 3.2 shows that 85 per cent of students had all their fees paid (ie, 100%) from a single sourcewhile 15 per cent of students received money to pay for their tuition/course fees from more thanone source.For the vast majority of the 15 per cent of students, who have fees paid from multiple sources, partof their fees were paid by the student themselves with a contribution from another source, typicallyfrom their employer or from a fee waiver.Together Figure 3.2 and Table 3.5 show that:• 46 per cent of students paid for 100 per cent of their tuition/course fees themselves and theyeach paid an average of £803, while 13 per cent paid for just some of their fees.• The students most likely to pay for all their fees out of their own pockets had high personalannual incomes of £50,000 (80%) 17 or more, were aged 50 or over (64%), not studying17 Only 56% of students with household incomes of £55,000 and over paid for 100% of the fees themselves.Part-time students and part-time study: Strand 3 Universities UK 33