Thursday, April 16, 2009
Yesterday the Office for National Statistics published their annual Social Trends report. It provides "an up to date and comprehensive description of society, drawing on statistics from a wide range of government departments and other organisations to show how society is changing, as well as some of the factors which may be driving these trends." It's hugely detailed, so something to peruse for hours rather than skim in minutes. If you fancy a read, the 283-page pdf is here. If not, here are a (very) few choice statistical snippets that caught my eye. What a changing country we live in.
Population of the UK (million) 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2021 2031 56 56½ 57½ 59 63 67 71
UK households (by number of inhabitants) One Two Three Four Five more 29% 35% 16% 13% 5% 2%
Household ownership of consumer durables Telephone Mobile Internet Digital TV 1997 94% 20% < 10% 27% 2007 89% 78% 60% 78%
Household savings (percentage of households) No savings up to £1500 up to £10000 up to £20000 £20000 or more 24% 24% 25% 10% 17%
Cost of selected items dozen eggs 1 pint milk 800g white loaf 20 cigarettes pint beer 1971 26p 5p 10p 27p 15p 2007 £2.14 37p 90p £5.02 £2.62
Source of greenhouse gas emissions (million tonnes CO2 equivalent) Power & water Households Manufacturing Transport Agriculture 201 152 114 98 50
Passenger transport (billion passenger kilometres) Car/van Bus/coach Bike M'bike Rail Air 1971 313 60 4 4 35 2 2007 689 50 4 6 59 10
Readership of national daily newspapers 1978 1988 1998 2008 72% 67% 56% 44%
Also tucked away inside:
• Table 2.8 Adults living with their parents: by age and sex
• Figure 2.15 Civil partnerships: by sex, 2005 to 2007
• Figure 3.6 How confident parents feel helping their children with homework: by school year of child
• Figure 4.10 Managers and senior officials in employment: by ethnic group
• Table 7.11 Adults drinking more than the recommended guidelines: by sex and socio-economic classification
• Table 13.18 Regularity of emotional support or ‘catching up’ with close friends or relatives: by sex and mode of contact
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