This statistic shows the change and reasons for change in the amount of parental financial support received by adult children in Great Britain (United Kingdom), according to British adults surveyed in 2013. Approximately 24 percent of the sample reported that the level financial support they receive from their parents has remained the same over the last five years.
Change in amount of parental financial support received by adult children in Great Britain (UK) over past five years as of 2013, by reason for change
Share of respondents
It stayed the same
24%
Financial support increased because of unemployment or reduced earnings
12%
Financial support increased because benefits from government have gone down
4%
Financial support increased because of a new born child or children
3%
Financial support increased because of divorce, separation or bereavement
3%
Financial support increased because of improved relationships between me and my parents
1%
Financial support decreased because the relationship between me and my parents deteriorated
1%
Financial support decreased because my children have got older
3%
Financial support decreased because earnings from work have gone up
* The sample size for the particular question.
The full question read as follows: "Which, if any, of the following, best describes the amount of financial support that you have received from a parent over the past five years and the main reason for this?"
The source adds the following information: "ComRes interviewed 2,055 GB adults online between 14th and 16th June 2013. ComRes also interviewed over the telephone 510 British adults with a combined annual household income of £20,000 and below between 17th June and 8th July."
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ComRes, & Social Market Foundation. (October 19, 2013). Change in amount of parental financial support received by adult children in Great Britain (UK) over past five years as of 2013, by reason for change [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 18, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/379468/uk-british-family-financial-support-change-amount/
ComRes, und Social Market Foundation. "Change in amount of parental financial support received by adult children in Great Britain (UK) over past five years as of 2013, by reason for change." Chart. October 19, 2013. Statista. Accessed February 18, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/379468/uk-british-family-financial-support-change-amount/
ComRes, Social Market Foundation. (2013). Change in amount of parental financial support received by adult children in Great Britain (UK) over past five years as of 2013, by reason for change. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 18, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/379468/uk-british-family-financial-support-change-amount/
ComRes, and Social Market Foundation. "Change in Amount of Parental Financial Support Received by Adult Children in Great Britain (Uk) over past Five Years as of 2013, by Reason for Change." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Oct 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/379468/uk-british-family-financial-support-change-amount/
ComRes & Social Market Foundation, Change in amount of parental financial support received by adult children in Great Britain (UK) over past five years as of 2013, by reason for change Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/379468/uk-british-family-financial-support-change-amount/ (last visited February 18, 2020)
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