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Table 1 Details of the 20 disadvantaged respondents from NCDS (N = 20 unless otherwise stated, where there is missing data)

From: The politics of the excluded: abjection and reconciliation amongst the British precariat

 

Male

Female

Economic activity

Full time employee (8); full time self-employed (2); permanently sick

Full time employee (4); part time employee (4); looking after home/family

Occupations

Archivist, bus driver, company secretary, director, driver, estimator and planner, foreman joiner, joiner, painter and decorator, no occupation (2)

Bookkeeper, administrator, catering assistant, civil servant, courier, account executive, supervisor, no occupation (2)

Mean net pay per hour including overtime

£7.84 (N = 7)

£6.65 (N = 8)

Income band per hour (including overtime)

£5 and under (2); £5.01–£10 (3); £10.01–£15 (2) (N = 7)

£5 and under (2); £5.01 to £10 (6) (N = 8)

Highest educational qualifications

None (3); NVQ1 (3); NVQ3 (5)

None (2); NVQ1 (2); NVQ2 (4); NVQ3

Partner’s economic activity

Temporarily sick (2), full time paid employee (6), part time paid employee

Full time employee (7)

Housing tenure

Owns outright (2), owns with mortgage (9)

Own outright (1), own with mortgage (6), rent (2)