
Are you the senior financial partner in your relationship?

Is looking after your household's finances a shared job, or is one of a couple the senior financial partner – taking charge of decisions about insurance, energy bills, investments, debts and more?
Choose one option closest to your own circumstances:
Results
I’m single/not living with partner | ![]() |
2258 votes (18%) |
We live together (not married): My partner is in charge, I don’t know much | ![]() |
130 votes (1%) |
We live together (not married): We share the responsibility | ![]() |
676 votes (5%) |
We live together (not married): We keep finances mostly separate | ![]() |
611 votes (5%) |
We live together (not married): I’m in charge, they don’t know much | ![]() |
1377 votes (11%) |
We’re married (or civil partners): My partner is in charge, I don’t know much | ![]() |
466 votes (4%) |
We’re married (or civil partners): We share the responsibility | ![]() |
1838 votes (15%) |
We’re married (or civil partners): We keep finances mostly separate | ![]() |
485 votes (4%) |
We’re married (or civil partners): I’m in charge, they don’t know much | ![]() |
4694 votes (37%) |
I’m single/not living with partner | ![]() |
889 votes (14%) |
We live together (not married): My partner is in charge, I don’t know much | ![]() |
50 votes (1%) |
We live together (not married): We share the responsibility | ![]() |
345 votes (5%) |
We live together (not married): We keep finances mostly separate | ![]() |
270 votes (4%) |
We live together (not married): I’m in charge, they don’t know much | ![]() |
632 votes (10%) |
We’re married (or civil partners): My partner is in charge, I don’t know much | ![]() |
177 votes (3%) |
We’re married (or civil partners): We share the responsibility | ![]() |
1144 votes (18%) |
We’re married (or civil partners): We keep finances mostly separate | ![]() |
334 votes (5%) |
We’re married (or civil partners): I’m in charge, they don’t know much | ![]() |
2450 votes (39%) |
18,826 votes received.
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