Table 1.
Economic Insecurity in the UK since the Great Recession.
Period covering | 2009–2011 | 2010–2012 | 2011–2013 | 2012–2014 | 2013–2015 | 2014–2016 | 2015–2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Financial insecurity | 16.13% | 17.79% | 19.91% | 16.55% | 14.52% | 9.70% | 9.83% |
Unemployment likelihood | – | 12.03% | – | 9.83% | – | 6.84% | – |
Notes:
Unemployment likelihood, available every second year, asks respondents to rate the likelihood of involuntarily losing their job over the next 12 months.
The financial insecurity definition is identical to that used in the main analysis.
Sample periods differ to the BHPS and overlap multiple years.
Source: Understanding Society.