Product Description
This publication contains information from data collected from 5 June to 30 June 2024, based on adults in Great Britain.
The ONS asked people what they thought were the important issues facing the UK today.
- The cost of living (87%), the NHS (87%), the economy (66%), housing (60%), crime (58%), and climate change and the environment (56%) were the most commonly reported issues.
- Immigration (52%), education (49%), and international conflict (44%) were also commonly reported issues.
It also examined what different groups of the population thought were important issues, using data over the period 10 April to 30 June 2024.
- The cost of living was more likely to be reported as an important issue by groups including younger adults (93% among those aged 16 to 29 years), women (90%), and those living in the most deprived fifth of areas of England (90%).
- Adults aged 70 years and over (72%) were more likely to say crime was an important issue compared with those aged 16 to 29 years (45%), however data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales show that younger people were more likely to be the victim of headline crime (for example, theft, robbery, criminal damage, fraud, computer misuse or violence with or without injury).
- Housing was more frequently reported as an important issue by groups including younger adults aged 16 to 29 years (68%), and those living in London (68%).
- Climate change and the environment was more commonly reported by groups including younger adults aged 16 to 29 years (64%), women (62%), and adults living in the least deprived fifth of areas in England (64%).
Product Data
- ISBN:
- 9781036689445
- Author:
- Office for National Statistics
- Publisher:
- Dandy Booksellers Ltd
- Pub Date:
- 30 August 2024
- Edition:
- 2024 Supplement
- Format:
- Paperback
- Extent:
- 229 pages plus CD-ROM
- Dimensions:
- A4 (2010 x 297)
- Approx Wt:
- 0.25 kg
- HS Code:
- 490199