Q. Compared to two or three years ago is your household paying more or less for the following – (Feb 2013)
|
Paying a lot more |
Paying a little more |
Paying about the same |
Paying a little less |
Paying a lot less |
Don’t know |
Feb 2013 Paying a lot more |
||
| Petrol |
56% |
27% |
9% |
2% |
1% |
4% |
50% |
|
| Fresh food – fruit, vegetables, meat |
36% |
39% |
20% |
2% |
1% |
3% |
36% |
|
| Packaged food |
26% |
37% |
28% |
4% |
1% |
4% |
28% |
|
| Electricity and gas |
62% |
23% |
9% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
70% |
|
| Housing – mortgage or rent |
24% |
20% |
32% |
8% |
4% |
13% |
24% |
|
| Insurance |
36% |
36% |
18% |
3% |
1% |
6% |
43% |
|
| Water |
40% |
32% |
20% |
1% |
1% |
7% |
47% |
|
| Clothing |
17% |
28% |
42% |
9% |
2% |
2% |
21% |
|
| Education |
21% |
15% |
28% |
3% |
6% |
27% |
24% |
|
| Medical, dental |
32% |
32% |
28% |
3% |
2% |
5% |
33% |
Items which respondents said they were “paying a lot more” for were electricity and gas (62%), petrol (56%) and water (40%).
Since this question was asked 12 months ago, the main changes have been for electricity and gas (down 8%), insurance (down 7%), water (down 7%) and petrol (up 6%),