Concern about economy remains high, but just 14% worry about unemployment
The economy again tops Ipsos's monthly Issues Index, with just under three fifths of British adults (58%) saying it is one of the most important issues facing Britain, an increase of 3 points from last month.
The economy160again tops Ipsos's160monthly Issues Index, with160just under160three fifths160of British adults (58%) saying it is one of the most important issues facing Britain, an increase of1603 points from last month.160This is the highest score we have ever recorded for this issue (our trends date back to 1974).160Along with rising concern about the economy, the public are also concerned about inflation/prices -- one in five (21%) name this as one of the most important issues facing the country. However, despite recent rises in the national unemployment figures, just 4% state that they are concerned about pensions, and 14% are concerned about unemployment (although this is up 3 points from last month).
After the economy, the issue that the British public consider most important is160crime (33%), followed by concern about race relations/immigration160(27%).
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Technical note
Ipsos interviewed a representative quota sample of 1,031 adults aged 18+ at 203 sampling points across Great Britain. Interviews were conducted face-to-face on 16th - 21st October 2008. Data are weighted to match the profile of the population.
Where percentages do not sum to 100, this may be due to computer rounding, the exclusioon of "don't know" categories, or multiple answers. Throughout the volume, an asterisk (*) denotes any value of less than half a per cent.
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