Q. Has it been a good or bad year for each of the following?
Total good | Total bad | Very good | Good | Neither good nor bad | Bad | Very bad | Don’t know | |
Your personal financial situation | 28% | 28% | 4% | 24% | 42% | 21% | 7% | 1% |
Your workplace * | 43% | 21% | 6% | 37% | 33% | 17% | 4% | 3% |
You and your family overall | 43% | 19% | 7% | 36% | 36% | 14% | 5% | 2% |
* based on working people
Respondents were evenly divided over whether it has been a good or bad year financially. Those most likely to say it was a good year were full-time workers (37% good/20% bad), aged under 35 (37%/23%) and incomes over $1,600pw (42%/20%).
Respondents were more positive about their workplace (43%/21%) and overall for themselves and their family (43%/19%). Younger respondents were a little more positive about themselves and their family– those aged under 35 split 50% good/13% bad.