Scottish Government

Commentary

Since the survey started, the percentage of households who are coping well financially has risen from around 42 per cent in 1999 to 47 per cent in the third quarter of 2011.

The apparent quarter-to-quarter fluctuations in the figures may well be the result of sampling variability. Quarter-to-quarter changes should therefore be interpreted with caution.

Data

How households are coping financially

Year	Qtr	Manages well	Gets by alright	Does not manage well
1999	Qtr 1	42.4	42.4	15.2
	Qtr 2	43.2	43.0	13.8
	Qtr 3	39.9	43.8	16.2
	Qtr 4	41.2	44.9	13.9
2000	Qtr 1	40.5	45.3	14.2
	Qtr 2	39.2	45.4	15.4
	Qtr 3	39.8	45.9	14.2
	Qtr 4	38.8	45.5	15.7
2001	Qtr 1	46.0	41.3	12.7
	Qtr 2	44.7	42.8	12.5
	Qtr 3	45.7	43.4	10.9
	Qtr 4	46.9	42.1	11.0
2002	Qtr 1	48.8	40.1	11.1
	Qtr 2	48.0	40.7	11.4
	Qtr 3	47.7	41.4	10.9
	Qtr 4	47.5	40.7	11.8
2003	Qtr 1	45.7	43.2	11.0
	Qtr 2
	Qtr 3
	Qtr 4
2004	Qtr 1	47.9	40.4	11.7
	Qtr 2	49.2	40.6	10.2
	Qtr 3	45.8	42.1	12.0
	Qtr 4	46.5	43.6	9.9
2005	Qtr 1	47.1	43.5	9.4
	Qtr 2	44.4	44.5	11.1
	Qtr 3	48.5	41.4	10.1
	Qtr 4	45.0	44.9	10.1
2006	Qtr 1	47.5	42.4	10.1
	Qtr 2	47.8	42.1	10.1
	Qtr 3	48.6	40.9	10.5
	Qtr 4	49.8	39.6	10.7
2007	Qtr 1	52.9	37.7	9.4
	Qtr 2	52.7	37.1	10.2
	Qtr 3	51.0	39.7	9.3
	Qtr 4	55.0	35.6	9.4
2008	Qtr 1	52.5	37.1	10.4
	Qtr 2	52.9	36.5	10.6
	Qtr 3	50.2	38.3	11.5
	Qtr 4	50.5	38.6	11.0
2009	Qtr 1	48.9	38.8	12.2
	Qtr 2	49.5	37.8	12.8
	Qtr 3	49.2	39.3	11.6
	Qtr 4	49.9	38.9	11.2
2010	Qtr 1	47.1	41.1	11.8
	Qtr 2	50.5	39.3	10.2
	Qtr 3	50.8	38.4	10.8
	Qtr 4	47.9	39.7	12.4
2011	Qtr 1	48.7	40.6	10.8
	Qtr 2	48.2	40.1	11.8
	Qtr 3	46.6	40.6	12.8

Percent of adult households 
  

Notes

The question was removed from the survey in April 2003 & subsequently re-added from January 2004 onwards.

From June 2007 this question was asked of half of the sample.