REDP: British Social Attitudes: the 28th report

Regional Equality & Diversity Partnership

British Social Attitudes: the 28th report

Date: 15/12/2011
Summary: The 28th British Social Attitudes survey report was published on 7 December 2011 by NatCen Social Research.

The survey, which has been conducted annually since 1983, is based on interviews with a representative random sample of adults.

Findings in the 28th report include:

While 75 per cent agree that the income gap between rich and poor is too large, only just over a third (35%) believe government should redistribute more to solve the problem.
There is continued concern that unemployment benefits are too high and that they discourage the unemployed from finding jobs – over half (54 per cent) agree with this sentiment, up from 35 per cent in 1983.
Although people see child poverty as an issue that government must tackle, 63 per cent believe that parents who ‘don’t want to work’ are a reason why some children live in poverty.

Click here for press release

Click here for report

Click here for Guardian article on 7 December

Source: edf.org.uk

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