The proportion of income put aside as savings has remained relatively static despite the changing economic picture in the UK, a survey has found.

People have put away about 6% of their take-home income this year - a similar level to 2005, according to National Savings and Investments (NS&I).
It said uncertainty in the downturn and low interest rates failed to change people's habits with savings accounts.
Bank of England statistics showed a trend of people paying off debts.
Emergency fund
The NS&I findings, part of its Savings Survey, found that regular savers tended to save twice the average saver's proportion of their take-home income.
There has been a shift in the motivation for savings, according to the survey.
It said that the most common savings objective was now to set money aside for an emergency, ahead of saving for retirement or for holidays and special occasions.
There has been a general trend of people paying off debts, rather than saving or spending more in the downturn.
Bank of England figures published earlier in the week showed that borrowing on credit cards rose by £134m in October compared with September, but was more than offset by the record fall of £713m in other forms of consumer credit such as bank loans, loans for cars and hire purchase agreements