Despite prominent debates about gender divides in recent years, just a third (32%) of the public feel there is tension between men and women in the country today.
In conjunction with the joint industry steering group, MORI carried out a major study to inform decision makers in the water industry on customers' priorities. The findings provide a better understanding of their views on the scope and pace of potential improvement programmes during 2005 to 2010.
More young people living in English and Welsh coalfield communities hope to move from the area than wish to stay, according to new research from the MORI Social Research Institute. The survey was commissioned by Regenerate and the Coalfields Regeneration Trust to ascertain what young people in coalfield areas think of their living environment and of their future prospects.
Teenagers believe young people commit crimes because they have nothing to do and nowhere to go, according to new research by MORI. The survey, commissioned by Nestlé and the Kids Clubs Network, found that among 11-16 year olds, seven in 10 believe a lack of facilities and things to do leads young people to commit crimes.
A qualitative study by MORI Social Research Institute for the Equal Opportunities Commission shows that although dads play a range of roles in the family most still see themselves primarily as a breadwinner. Women's lower average pay is a key factor in maintaining traditional gender roles in many families. Other factors that affect dads' involvement in the family include a lack of confidence in their own caring skills and a working culture of long and inflexible hours.
There is strong public support for the rights of children, when they reach 18, to know the genetic history of their biological parents. Eight in ten support children having an automatic right to know this, and 62% agree that donor-assisted conception should only be offered if offspring are given the right to this information at the age of 18. By contrast, only 19% agree with the opposite statement that all parents should have a right to have children without telling them their genetic history (and a further quarter are neutral) whilst only 24% agree that donors should have the right to withhold this information when they donate eggs or sperm to help other couples conceive.
More than two out of three state school pupils aged 11-16 want to go on to higher education after they leave school, according to a survey of over 2,500 pupils carried out by MORI for the Sutton Trust and published today.
A quarter (23%) of children aged 11 to 16 say they understand how Parliament works. One in eight (12%) know about the European Union (EU) but almost a quarter (23%) claim never to have heard of it.
