How do you fit into breadline Britain? Take the test

[DillyTante]

Add your details here to see how comparatively wealthy you are compared to the rest of the country.

27% of the UK earn less than we do, and we are living on the edge of poverty apparently.

11% of the uk earn less than we do and we are living in poverty

As if I didn't know that already!

6% earn less.

There is already another thread btw...

19%, edge of poverty

thought MW was supposed to be terribly MC or are the midline people just not posting their results?

Well fuck. 29% earn less than me, and we're living on the edge of poverty. Which is pretty bad, considering I'm on full benefits (well, self-employed, but not turning a profit).

And nearly a third of the country is worse off than us? That's truly shocking.

16%
I'm shocked. It's tight but I think we live reasonably

Other thread here:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/1501380-Where-do-you-fit?msgid=32523380#thread

Oh hang on, have you all added any additional benefits to your earnings? (CB, TC, HB etc?).

Ooh we are the other end of the spectrum apparently

Yup - I assumed that was what it meant by total income?

Okay, to send the figures the other way, 85%. Believe me, I don't think we're anything less than comfortable, but that's still a surprise.

47% of the population earn less than we do. We are not living in poverty and I knew that before. I have lived in poverty before in my life and feel very comfortable financially where we are now as this is a fairly recent development.

87% earn less. I really should start counting my blessings...

I had to guess my croc as they can't actually figure the damn things out. Thinking about it ours is probably pushed down as used the p60 but there was unemployment at the beginning. Really I think we're about 19% which fits our just ok feeling

6% and I am in poverty...

No shit Sherlock!

croc Ctc

Apparently 0% of the population are poorer then us , happy days !!

57 - squeezed middle

6% and in poverty..... tell me something i didn't know!

10%..yup! Skint

However, to put a positve spin on some rather depressing results this time a year and a half ago 0% of the population lived on less than us.

So it can get better, ok not much better but better is better.

45% so squeezed middle apparently, used to be 85% pre-DD though. Those were the days [sigh].
No compaints from me though I very much count my blessings.

45%, squeezed middle. I'd agree with that.

Squeezed middle. If it took into account our travel costs which are higher than anyone else I know it would put us in a lower bracket.

It's rubbish really, because there are people who earn a lot less than us but have virtually no mortgage and no childcare so they are having a completely different lifestyle than us!

69%, and we are in the 'squeezed middle' apparently!

Sorry, didnt mean to start a competitive poverty thread! Just thought it was interesting.

To be fair if I put in DH & I's full time income we'd probably be in the middle but we work part time to look after the kids. We'd not be that much better off in reality if we did work
FT due to childcare costs.