What we asked
To what extent, if at all, do you think inequality has an impact on the following:
- People’s self-esteem and sense of worth
- People’s mental or physical health
- People being able to fulfil their potential
- People’s work being fairly rewarded
- Economic growth
- Democracy
- Social cohesion (e.g. when people in a community feel close, trust each other, and look out for each other)
- Levels of crime
Possible answers
- It makes this much better
- It makes it a little better
- It doesn't affect this
- It makes this a little worse
- It makes it much worse
- Don’t know
OVERALL: More awareness of very visible impacts like crime and health than of more structural impacts
POLITICS: Smaller differences around health and crime than for more structural impacts
AGE: More awareness of more structural impacts among younger respondents
REGION: Variations likely to mirror regional variations in age and education
INCOME: Higher levels of awareness of all impacts among higher income respondents
OTHER: More awareness of all impacts among women and the better educated
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