what influence will a continuation of these trends have on lowincome families in the future here we look at how a continuation of demographic trends trends in jobs and earnings and in household employment patterns might influence trends in inequality and poverty into the future further increases in the share of both these groups in the population will lead to an increase in the proportion of families at risk of poverty into the future among the current workingage population increasing numbers are saving for their retirement and so by it is likely that a much higher proportion of the pensioner population will be in receipt of private pensions