Q. In the next two years, do you expect your job to be more secure, less secure or about the same?
|
Total |
|
Work full time |
Work part time |
Income less than $1,000 pw |
Income $1,000-$1,600 pw |
Income $1,600+ pw |
|
Oct 2014 |
|
| Total more secure |
9% |
16% |
7% |
13% |
10% |
9% |
14% |
||
| Total less secure |
29% |
33% |
30% |
37% |
26% |
28% |
31% |
||
| Much more secure |
3% |
3% |
4% |
3% |
5% |
3% |
5% |
||
| Somewhat more secure |
6% |
5% |
7% |
10% |
5% |
6% |
9% |
||
| About the same |
58% |
59% |
55% |
44% |
59% |
61% |
50% |
||
| Somewhat less secure |
17% |
18% |
15% |
22% |
14% |
18% |
17% |
||
| Much less secure |
12% |
11% |
13% |
15% |
12% |
10% |
14% |
||
| Don’t know |
4% |
4% |
5% |
6% |
4% |
2% |
4% |
(Based on working people : n = 616)
9% (down 5%) of workers expect their job to be more secure in the next two years and 29% (down 2%) think it will be less secure – 58% (up 8%) think it will be about the same.
Those on lower incomes were more likely to think their job would be less secure.