Table 1.

Statistical testing of survey weights.

	Wave 9	Covid			Test
	Weighted	Unweighted	Calibration	Full IP	Calibration	Full IP
			weight	weight
In Full IP weight only:
Subjective finances:
Living comfortably/	0.71	0.76	0.76	0.71	−0.04∗∗∗	0.00
doing alright					(0.000)	(0.632)
Just about getting by	0.21	0.18	0.18	0.21	0.03∗∗∗	0.00
					(0.000)	(0.616)
Finding it quite/	0.07	0.06	0.06	0.08	0.01∗∗∗	−0.01
very difficult					(0.000)	(0.109)
Housing tenure:
Owned	0.34	0.40	0.41	0.33	−0.06∗∗∗	0.01
					(0.000)	(0.076)
Mortgage	0.34	0.42	0.40	0.36	−0.07∗∗∗	−0.02∗∗∗
					(0.000)	(0.000)
Rented	0.13	0.09	0.09	0.12	0.03∗∗∗	0.00
					(0.000)	(0.487)
Social Housing	0.19	0.09	0.10	0.19	0.09∗∗∗	0.00
					(0.000)	(0.587)
Low skill occupation	0.38	0.29	0.33	0.38	0.05∗∗∗	−0.00
					(0.000)	(0.802)
Any savings income	0.36	0.45	0.44	0.37	−0.08∗∗∗	−0.01
					(0.000)	(0.086)
Behind with some or	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.05	0.02∗∗∗	0.00
all bills					(0.000)	(0.685)
In neither weighting model:
Poverty	0.15	0.11	0.12	0.14	0.03∗∗∗	0.01
					(0.000)	(0.320)
Receives core benefit	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.05	0.02∗∗∗	−0.00
					(0.000)	(0.755)
Behind with housing	0.09	0.06	0.06	0.09	0.03∗∗∗	0.00
					(0.000)	(0.730)
Smoker	0.15	0.09	0.10	0.13	0.05∗∗∗	0.02∗∗
					(0.000)	(0.002)
Long-standing illness	0.38	0.34	0.34	0.36	0.04∗∗∗	0.02∗
					(0.000)	(0.029)

Notes: P-values are reported in parenthesis. ∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001. IP weights are Inverse Probability weights. ‘Core benefits’ include Income Support, Job Seeker’s Allowance and Universal Credit.