1

1.00

Denmark Sweden Finland Norway Germany France Canada Italy US UK

45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0

Transport Food and drink Housing, fuel and power

0.95

0.90

0.85

0.80

0.75

0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0

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10 Benefit reliant Higher income LMI Households

20

30

40

50

60

70

No formal qualifications

GCSE grade DG or CSE grade 2-5 or Std. Grade level 4-6 O/GCSE equiv. (A-C) or O/CSE equiv (1) or Std. Grade lev 1-3

ONC / National Level BTEC

A-Levels or Highers

Higher educational qualification below degree Other quals. (including foreign quals. below degree level ) Degree level qualification (or equivalent)

17

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% saying that the occupation is paid about right or too little Chairman, large national company Cabinet minister GP Unskilled factory worker Base (minimum)

Utopians 21 25 67 96 340

Realists 18 34 58 95 425

Cynics 33 29 69 96 51

All 20 30 63 96 816

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