Life Stories
The lives behind work and income
Life Stories brings together people’s experiences of paid work, unpaid care and retirement. These accounts help us understand how people make a living throughout their lives, and how pensions and other sources of support shape life after paid work.
Read individual stories, follow their work and care histories, or explore questions shared across different lives.
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- Retired participants receiving a pension
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Explore a question through someone’s story
Work, care and change across a life
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Amounts are participant-reported, in the currencies and payment periods recorded.
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