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Citizenship Survey: April - December 2007, England and Wales

Published 3 April 2008
Type(s) Statistics
Site Communities and neighbourhoods
Product code 07RFC05201
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Summary

The latest national statistics from the Citizenship Survey produced by Communities and Local Government were released on Thursday 3 April 2008.

Statistics in this release from the Citizenship Survey for England and Wales include data covering a range of issues including community empowerment, trust in the local council, cohesion and belonging, racial prejudice and discrimination, and volunteering.

The latest statistics report on the period April - December 2007 and update those previously released on 17 January 2008.

Key statistics from the release include:

  • Cohesion remains high, with 81 per cent of people agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together, higher than in 2005 (80 per cent).
  • Ten per cent of people in England had either participated in decision-making groups about local services or issues or had taken on a role such as a local councillor, school governor or magistrate in the last year.
  • Sixty per cent of people trust their council either 'a lot' or 'a fair amount', an increase from 52 per cent in 2001.
  • Eighty-four per cent of people feel they belong strongly to Britain and 75 per cent feel they belong strongly to their neighbourhood.
  • Overall levels of volunteering have not changed since 2001, although they are lower than levels in 2005.  Levels of formal volunteering have risen over this period, whilst informal volunteering has fallen.
  • The proportion of people from minority ethnic groups who feel that they would be treated worse than other races by at least one of eight public service organisations is lower in April - December 2007 (33 per cent) than it was in 2001 (38 per cent).
  • Over half (56 per cent) of all people feel that there is now more racial prejudice in Britain than five years ago, although people from minority ethnic groups (32 per cent) are less likely to feel this than White people (58 per cent).

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