Archaeologists in Financial Crisis (BAJR Poverty Impact Report) 2025

Inflation, energy costs, fuel costs and food are becoming increasingly expensive - this completely anonymous survey will continue to help chart the degree of financial crisis we are experiencing as archaeologists - as individuals, as couples and as families and any progress or backsliding from the previous reports. We hope to allow this third iteration of the PIR to be used to again inform professional groups and organisations as to how best to react to the ongoing situation using real data that has been analysed by a real data manager. As with the previous surveys, this is anonymous and any potentially identifying data will not be made public or stored we will also redact any names or other data that could be used to identify the individual without compromising the survey.

NONE of the fields are compulsory - so if you can't answer it, then move on, and if you want. mention your circumstances in the Free Text final question

To read the results of the previous click here: Archaeologists in Financial Crisis 2024 and Archaeologists in Financial Crisis 2022

Are you ..

Living alone

Living as a couple

Living as a family with one or more children (includes single parent) - please say in final comment box)

Combined Net Household Income pa - ( after deductions )

Are you...

Are you now...

Highest Level of Education

Does your current employer provide the option for a pension?

Yes

Self-Employed

Does your current employer contribute to your pension pot?

Yes

N/A

Do you have any out of pocket expenses due to work that extend beyond your commute?

e.g. fuel costs during work hours, doing work tasks

Yes

Self-Employed

If you have any out of pocket expenses due to work, how much would you estimate you spend per month?

Have you been made redundant in the last year ( from April 2023 )?

Yes

No, but I worry about it

How many times have you been made redundant in your archaeological career?

Have you ever been laid off and rehired?

e.g. Laid off before Christmas and rehired in the New Year

Yes

How many times in your archaeological career have you been laid off and rehired?

Have you had to skip meals in the last year?

Yes

Have you had to use a food bank in the last year?

Yes

Are you using lenders such as Payday Loans?

Yes

Are you currently behind on Mortgage or Rent payments?

Yes

Do you have to use credit every month recently?

Yes

Have you had to apply to hardship funds offered by Councils and Utility suppliers?

Yes

Are you on a pay as you go electricity/gas meter?

Yes

Are you currently in debt?

Yes

Do you feel that your debt repayments negatively impact your monthly financial situation?

This can feel like stress, distress, fear or despair.

Yes

N/A

Do you put off opening your mail or emails because of your financial situation?

Yes

N/A

Do you have any savings as a buffer for unexpected costs or in case of unemployment? (over 3 months)

Yes

Not Sure

Do you feel shame when discussing financial matters?

Yes

Is your mental health being affected by worries over current or future debt?

Yes

Not sure

Are you aware of Free debt advice from groups such as www.stepchange.org

Yes

Do you have confidence that you can continue on an archaeological salary for another year?

Yes

Not Sure

Did you respond to the previous survey, and have you noticed a change in circumstances since then?

Yes and I have seen positive change

Yes and I have seen no change

Yes and I have seen negative change

No, I did not reply to previous survey

Does your employer recognise a union and/or is an RO?

My employer recognises a union

My employer is a registered organisation

Neither

Both

Do you have union membership?

(Your answer cannot assist in identifying you in the data)

Do you hold CIfA Accreditation at any level?

PCIfA

ACIfA

MCIfA

EDI Section: Please leave blank if you're uncomfortable responding to any question

What is your age range?

What is your ethnicity? Please self-describe.

What is your nationality?

What is your gender?

(Please self-describe using the language that's comfortable for you)

Are you cisgender?

(This means that your gender identity aligns with the sex you were assigned at birth)

Yes

Do you have a visible disability?

Yes

Do you have an invisible disability?

Yes

Do you consider yourself to be neurodiverse or neurotypical?

Neurodiverse

Neurotypical

Were you born in the UK?

Yes

Were you born in the EU?

Yes

What is your sexual orientation?

(Please self-describe using the language that's comfortable for you)

What is your first language?

Do you live with a romantic partner who shares financial responsibilities with you?

Yes

Do you live with friends who share financial responsibilities with you?

Yes

Do you have children that you live with and are responsible for?

Yes

Do you have children that you don't live with and share responsibility for?

Yes

Do you have other caring responsibilities, like caring for an elder or disabled relative?

Yes

What is the first half of your postcode?

(e.g. AB10. We cannot identify you using this data, and it will NOT be released with the open access data but it does help understand regional variations)

Any other comments?

Please write as much or as little as you wish or leave blank.

Many thanks for filling out this anonymous survey. Can we assure you that no identifying data will be publicly available.

No names are required or collected.

Click the Submit Survey button below to complete.