Standard of Living - Trends
Q The things people can buy and do — their housing, furniture, food, cars, recreation and travel — make up their standard of living. How satisfied or dissatisfied do you feel about your standard of living at present? | | 3-6 Jun
1988
| 14 Sep
1988
| 2-13 Mar
1989
| 10-15 Apr
2003 | 7-9 Apr
2005 | 17-19 Apr
2009 | | | %
| % | %
| % | % | % | | Very satisfied | 16 | 19
| 18
| 23
| 23 | 19 | | Fairly satisfied | 58
| 53
| 57
| 55
| 53 | 52 | | Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied | 8†
| 6
| 8
| 9
| 7
| 7 | | Fairly dissatisfied | 10
| 13
| 11
| 9
| 11 | 13 | | Very dissatisfied | 8
| 9
| 6
| 3
| 6 | 8 | | Don't know | n/a
| *
| *
| 1
| * | * | Total Satisfied
| 74 | 72
| 75
| 78 | 76 | 71 | Total Dissatisfied
| 18 | 22
| 17 | 12 | 17 | 21 | NET Satisfied
| +56 | +50
| +58 | +66 | +59 | +50 |
† Includes "don't know"
Base: c. 1,000 GB adults aged 18+ except 1989 (1,458 GB adults aged 15+)
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