Sexuality

Commissioned by GeneWatch, the independent organisation which monitors developments in genetic engineering, this MORI poll shows that 77% want a ban on the growing of such crops until their impacts have been more fully assessed. A similar number (73%) are concerned that genetically-engineered crops could interbreed with natural, wild plants and cause genetic pollution.

Eighty-six per cent of personnel / human resource directors see the needs of employees who are parents as at least fairly important and 88% said that they thought family-friendly policies will increase in importance over the next 5 years.

A recent MORI survey shows that 61% are either married or living as married, 22% single and 17% widowed,
divorced or separated.

A recent MORI poll shows that one in three people (34%) believe that the law should be changed to give pregnant women
the right to an abortion in any circumstances. However, just over half (51%) disagree that the law should be so changed.

Almost one in five children are unable to name any shared activities undertaken with their fathers in the past week and they are much less likely to have undertaken any domestic and educational activities with their fathers than with their mothers.