R3 – Personal Debt Snapshot, Wave 26

A survey of British adults on behalf of R3 on the state of their personal finances

Approaching two in five British adults say they are worried about their current level of debt (37%)
More than half of British adults who are worried about their current level of debt say they are worried about credit card debt (54%)
One in five British adults (21%) say that they do not have any savings at all at the moment
Two in five (40%) British adults say they often / sometimes struggle to make it to payday
Half of British adults (48%) say that they would be most likely to use personal savings if they were to experience an unexpected gap in their personal finances

Date Published: 18/02/2020

Categories: Economy | Finance | GB | Personal Finance | Public and communities

Client: R3

Methodology

Savanta ComRes interviewed 2,091 British adults online between the 6th and 7th of January 2020. Data were weighted to be representative of GB adults by age, gender, region and socio-economic grade. Savanta ComRes is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules.