Paisley JSA claimants, both over forty, fitted this description more than anyone else. For example, female, forties, was asked if she believed that JSA was enough to live on: It is enough, of course it is… [food is] just for me a tenner [per week]…my gas is a tenner and that do me a week and a half, electricity is a tenner and that might do me a week and a half…I don’t really eat much...ten pound, go to ASDA, buy your food [for the week]. However, money was usually of paramount importance to these and other more working class respondents, so they were the most attracted by small economic enticements. For example, Lincoln JSA, male, fifties, spoke of placing high importance on money and of his moving from job to job in the same industry as a consequence of being offered slightly higher wages. At the other end of the spectrum were those who said they considered JSA an ‘unthinkable’ amount to live on (teacher, female, thirties) or joke’ (building site worker, male, fifties), ‘a and those who spoke bitterly about the daily financial struggle they faced on JSA (e.g., no money for the last four days of the fortnight’, Partick JSA, female, forties, which ‘there’s matches one of Patrick’s, 2014 findings). Those from more middle class backgrounds who had experienced lengthy periods in well paid jobs were the most likely to view JSA income as completely intolerable, an attitude they usually attributed to being accustomed to a much higher income. For example, Partick JSA, female, thirties, who had recently on’ for ‘signed the first time said been used to…going out to dinner three times a week…I’d have to ‘I’ve have a lobotomy to live on [JSA]…it just limits your choices’; Likewise, Canterbury JSA,
Paisley JSA claimants, both over forty, fitted this description more than anyone else. For example, female, forties, was asked if she believed that JSA was enough to live on: It is enough, of course it is… [food is] just for me a tenner [per week]…my gas is a tenner and that do me a week and a half, electricity is a tenner and that might do me a week and a half…I don’t really eat much...ten pound, go to ASDA, buy your food [for the week]. However, money was usually of paramount importance to these and other more working class respondents, so they were the most attracted by small economic enticements. For example, Lincoln JSA, male, fifties, spoke of placing high importance on money and of his moving from job to job in the same industry as a consequence of being offered slightly higher wages. At the other end of the spectrum were those who said they considered JSA an ‘unthinkable’ amount to live on (teacher, female, thirties) or ‘a joke’ (building site worker, male, fifties), and those who spoke bitterly about the daily financial struggle they faced on JSA (e.g., ‘there’s no money for the last four days of the fortnight’, Partick JSA, female, forties, which matches one of Patrick’s, 2014 findings). Those from more middle class backgrounds who had experienced lengthy periods in well paid jobs were the most likely to view JSA income as completely intolerable, an attitude they usually attributed to being accustomed to a much higher income. For example, Partick JSA, female, thirties, who had recently ‘signed on’ for the first time said ‘I’ve been used to…going out to dinner three times a week…I’d have to have a lobotomy to live on [JSA]…it just limits your choices’; Likewise, Canterbury JSA,
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