why did people feel more affluent

Question 1

what was the increase in real wages between 1955 and 1970?

Answer 1

47% increase in real wages

Question 2

despite weaknesses in the British economy (e.g. stop-go) the British people experienced what?

Answer 2

a growth in real wages

Question 3

what enhanced the quality of life

Answer 3

welfare services, education and housing improved

Question 4

the british were working fewer hours throughout the 1960s- in 1950s how was working week reduced?

Answer 4

reduced from 6 days to 5 days each week

Question 5

average worker now entitled to how many paid holidays a year

Answer 5

2

Question 6

how many times did income tax fall in 7 years

Answer 6

fell 5 times in 7 years- 47.5p in the pound(1957) to 39p in the pound (1964)

Question 7

purchase tax(tax on luxury items i.e electric fires,cars) fell from

Answer 7

100% in 1951 to 25% in 1963

Question 8

the growing range of goods in the shops

Answer 8

left consumers spoiled for choice

Question 9

traditional and wartime anxieties about careful money management(from the working class) were?

Answer 9

fading + being replaced by a desire to spend money + enjoy the pleasures of modern technology

Question 10

unemployment remained very low throughout

Answer 10

period 1955-1970

Question 11

however, unemployment did climb from how much in 1955 to how much in 1970?

Answer 11

-climbed from around 232,000 in 1955 to around 579,000 in 1970