Q. Do you think the standard of living for the next generation will be better or worse than today?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Total better |
21% |
15% |
34% |
7% |
15% |
|
| Total worse |
48% |
57% |
26% |
73% |
62% |
|
| A lot better |
4% |
3% |
7% |
– |
1% |
|
| A little better |
17% |
12% |
27% |
7% |
14% |
|
| Much the same |
27% |
24% |
37% |
16% |
19% |
|
| A little worse |
13% |
14% |
8% |
28% |
11% |
|
| A lot worse |
35% |
43% |
18% |
45% |
51% |
|
| Don’t know |
4% |
4% |
2% |
3% |
3% |
21% think that the standard of living of the next generation will be better, 48% think it will be worse and 27% much the same.
Liberal/National voters were much more optimistic that other voters – 34% think it will be better and 26% worse. A majority of all other voters think it will be worse.
Younger respondents were more optimistic (for age 18-34 – 29% better/34% worse) than older respondents (for age 55+ – 18% better/65% worse).