British opinion on family financial support in Great Britain (UK) 2013, by employment

Published by Statista Research Department, Oct 19, 2013

This statistic shows the distribution of opinion among the British adult population in Great Britain (UK) in 2013, with regards to whether the family should be expected to provide regular financial and practical support to the adult members, listed by employment status. At that time, 59 percent of non working and working respondents tended to agree with that statement.

Do you agree that the family role is to provide financial and practical support to adult members? (by employment status)

Characteristic	Working	Not working
Strongly agree	21%	21%
Tend to agree	59%	59%
Tend to disagree	16%	17%
Strongly disagree	3%	3%

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Release date

October 2013

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

June and July 2013

Number of respondents

2,346 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interviews and online survey

Supplementary notes

The full question read as follows: "Thinking about the role that families can play in supporting adult children and adult grandchildren during times of financial difficulty, to what extent, if at all, do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? a) Providing regular financial and practical support to adult members of the family is just what families do."

The source adds the following information: "ComRes interviewed 2,055 GB adults online between 14th and 16th June 2013. ComRes also interviewed over the telephone 510 British adults with a combined annual household income of £20,000 and below between 17th June and 8th July."

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