GB Tracker: Living standards in Britain

Dr Joel Rogers de WaalAcademic Director, YouGov
February 19, 2016, 11:57 AM GMT+0

Q: Do you think the next generation in Britain will generally enjoy a better or worse standard of living than their parents do now, or will things stay about the same?

<1> The next generation will generally enjoy a BETTER standard of living than their parents do now
<2> The next generation will generally enjoy a WORSE standard of living than their parents do now
<3> Things will stay about the same
<4> Don’t Know/None of these

Results (click on dates to see full results)

BetterWorseSameDK/None

%

%

%

%

Feb 19

16

50

20

14

Nov 18

18

51

19

11

Jun 18

14

57

18

11

Mar 18

16

49

20

14

Nov 17

14

51

22

13

Jun 17

14

57

17

12

Feb 17

16

52

18

14

Oct 16

16

55

18

10

Jul 16

17

51

19

14

Mar 16

16

50

22

12

Feb 16

21

46

23

11

Jan 16

18

49

24

9

Dec 15

18

50

24

9

Oct 15

18

49

23

10

Sep 15

21

45

22

12

Aug 15

20

48

22

10

Jul 15

20

47

24

10

Jun 15

22

47

22

9

May 15

22

42

24

11

Mar 15

18

49

23

10

Feb 15

21

44

24

10

Jan 15

12

53

23

12

Methodology: Fieldwork is conducted online. The data have been weighted and results are representative of all British adults aged 18 or over.