The British Social Attitudes Survey was out this week. While facts are nothing without ideas to bring them to life, or understanding ‘why’, stuff like this is still useful:

  • Work life balance is getting harder as 84% of women and 77% of men would like to spend more time with family and friends.
  • Only 8% of emplyees find their work never stressful
  • The internet isn’t reducing time socialising – in fact internet users are more likely to be socially connected
  • Britishness is in decline – but Englishness is up, and more than ‘Scottishness’ or ‘Welshness’.
  • The majority is happy to surrender civil liberties in return for security. This trend began in the mid – 90’s BEFORE 911 and the ‘war on terror’. BUT people are less inclined to support civil liberties if the questions are about terrorism.
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7 responses to “Some facts”

  1. Rob @ Cynic Avatar

    I think the operative word regarding the net & sociability is ‘connected’. Why? Because whilst we may now feel closer to more people, our depth of relationships are probably less than the good ol’ days of intermitent face-to-face conversations. Possibly.

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  2. Rob @ Cynic Avatar

    Please note that if you find my above comment bollocks, it could be because I’m so jetlagged that I can’t even work out how to turn my hotel shower on. However if you agree, then errrm, I make more sense when I’m half asleep. Boo!

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  3. Rob @ Cynic Avatar

    And finally … what’s the betting the 8% whose jobs don’t give them stress are bloody Government ministers or Marketing Directors who give their agencies all their work to do. Possibly. Allegedly.

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  4. Northern Planner Avatar

    Worryingly for you the ‘connected’ point makes sense.
    …I’d still sleep better, comment, you’re grumpier than ever

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  5. Rob @ Cynic Avatar

    That’s the point, I want to sleep but I just can’t.

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  6. Northern Planner Avatar

    have a go at reading Macus and Rob’s german and sausage comments on ‘happy economcs’ that should do the trick

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  7. Rob @ Cynic Avatar

    Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz …
    Nice to know that while my blog is ‘out of order’ people have started to use yours for general chit-chat, regardless of the smart stuff you are trying to say.
    Don’t worry, mine will be back up soon [I hope] and then normal intellectual debate with recommence. Well, on your blog – mine’s been lacking that since day 1.

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