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Table 2 Disadvantaged at sample compared to NCDS population as a whole

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

Measure of well-being

20 precariat interviews

NCDS responses as a whole

Mean Edinburgh-Warwick mental well-being scale

50.9

49.26 (N = 8642)

% self-reporting very good or good health

85

 

Total malaise score > 2

70

33.3 (N = 9626)

% overall CASP 19 quality of life score 30+

80

59.1 (N = 8616)

% thinking they usually get what they want out of life

90

77.6 (N = 9599)