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Economist/Ipsos Issues Index 2012 Aggregate data

Economist/Ipsos Issues Index 2012 Aggregate data

Ipsos's aggregated data from all 12 months of our 2012 Issues Index surveys, with the most important issues broken down by gender, age, ethnicity, social class and by voting intention. This is based on a total of more than 10,000 interviews, aggregated from the 12 individual polls.

20.12.12

2012 Issues Index Aggregate data

The table below shows Ipsos's aggregated data from all 12 months of our Issues Index surveys, with the top 10 most important issues (along with EU/Europe) broken down by gender, by age, ethnicity, social class and by voting intention. This is based on a total of more than 10,000 interviews, aggregated from the 12 individual polls.

Some headline findings are as follows;

The economy was the most important issue across the vast majority of groups, particularly among Conservative voters, those in the South East and ABs (all 67% compared with 58% overall).
Unemployment was mentioned by 35% overall, rising to 40% of those aged 18-24, and 42% of Labour supporters, compared with 26% of Conservative supporters and those aged 65+.
BMEs were one exception that were more likely to mention unemployment than the economy (47% and 45% respectively).
A fifth (21%) are concerned about race relations/immigration, an issue which is higher amongst those who are older and less affluent, rising from 14% of 18-34 ABC1s to 30% of 55+ C2DEs.
UKIP voters are much more likely to be concerned about race/immigration compared with those who vote Labour or Lib Dem (both 16%).
A fifth (19%) also mention health/NHS, an issue that is more likely to be mentioned by women (22%) than men (19%)

Issues	Economy	Unemploy ment	Race/ Immigration	NHS/ Health	Crime/Law and Order	Inflation/ Prices	Education/ Schools	Poverty/ Inequality	Pensions/ Benefits	Housing	EU/Europe
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
All	58	35	21	19	18	15	13	11	8	8	6
Gender
Male	60	35	23	15	17	16	10	10	7	7	8
Female	55	34	20	22	18	15	15	11	9	9	4
Age
18-24	51	40	14	10	16	16	11	11	5	9	2
25-34	57	38	16	14	19	20	12	10	7	11	4
35-44	62	34	18	21	16	18	18	10	8	9	5
45-54	62	37	22	24	17	13	16	11	7	9	6
55-64	62	35	26	22	19	13	12	12	10	6	7
65+	52	26	29	20	18	13	8	9	11	5	9
Voting Intention
Con	67	26	29	19	18	11	14	6	9	4	11
Lab	55	42	16	20	17	18	15	12	8	10	4
Lib Dem	66	28	16	25	15	11	19	9	8	8	7
UKIP	59	26	51	19	21	14	8	11	15	9	18
Social Grade
AB	67	29	19	24	16	11	20	12	8	7	8
C1	62	35	21	20	18	14	14	10	8	7	6
C2	57	36	25	18	18	19	8	9	7	9	5
DE	43	38	22	13	19	19	7	11	9	10	3
Age within Social Grade
18-34 ABC1	60	37	14	15	17	15	16	11	6	9	4
18-34 C2DE	48	41	17	9	18	21	7	10	6	11	2
35-54 ABC1	69	33	18	27	16	13	21	11	8	7	7
35-54 C2DE	53	40	23	17	17	19	11	10	7	11	3
55+ ABC1	63	29	26	23	17	10	13	11	10	5	10
55+ C2DE	48	31	30	18	20	17	6	10	12	6	6
Ethnicity
White	59	33	23	20	17	14	13	11	9	8	6
BME	45	47	11	11	23	24	12	10	3	10	4
Region
Wales	50	38	23	25	16	21	13	11	11	7	3
Scotland	54	40	16	14	17	16	9	14	7	7	6
North of England	54	37	22	17	18	15	12	11	8	7	4
Midlands	57	34	24	18	15	12	11	8	7	6	6
South including London	62	32	21	21	19	17	15	11	9	11	7