{"id":41,"date":"2008-04-29T15:45:12","date_gmt":"2008-04-29T22:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/we-english.co.uk\/blog\/?p=41"},"modified":"2008-04-29T15:47:22","modified_gmt":"2008-04-29T22:47:22","slug":"statistics-in-morrisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/we-english.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/04\/29\/statistics-in-morrisons\/","title":{"rendered":"STATISTICS IN MORRISONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t ask me why, but I found myself having lunch in a Morrisons cafe this afternoon- a fascinating place to people watch even if you do have to eat while listening to the constant shrill of the tills. With a few hours to kill I had a look through this year&#8217;s issue of &#8216;Britain in 2008- The State of the Nation&#8217; published by the\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"ESRC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.esrc.ac.uk\/ESRCInfoCentre\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Economic &amp; Social Research Council<\/a> (ESRC). The ESRC funds research and training in social and economic issues. They are an independent organisation, established by\u00c2\u00a0Royal Charter, receiving most of their funding through the\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dius.gov.uk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/we-english.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/esrc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42\" title=\"esrc\" src=\"http:\/\/we-english.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/esrc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/we-english.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/esrc.jpg 423w, https:\/\/we-english.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/esrc-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of particular interest was the &#8216;Britain at a Glance&#8217; section which included the following statistics-<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">In      mid 2006, the UK population stood at 60.6 million. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an ageing      population with the 80-plus the fasted growing age group. By 2050, it is      likely that one quarter of the populations will be age 65-79, and ten      percent 80-plus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Ninety      two per cent of the UK population is white. Indians are the biggest single      minority group, followed by Pakistanis. In the year to 2006, an estimated      565,000 immigrants arrived in the UK. The largest sender countries were      Poland (9 per cent of new immigrants), India (8 per cent) and South Africa      (five per cent). Over the same period, 380,000 people left the UK;      Australia and Spain were the top destinations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">One      in five people in the UK live in a rural area (settlements of fewer than      10,000 people). Among the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ethnic minorities only three per cent live      in rural areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">There      are more than 25 million households in the UK. Seventy per cent are      owner-occupied.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">The      UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s top cities are London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds,      Sheffield, Edinburgh, Bristol, Manchester, and Leicester.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">We      are living in smaller households. The average number of people per      household fell from 2.84 in 1971 to 2.36 in 2001.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">The      average working Briton works 1,642 hours a year (equivalent to 34 hours a      week). UK workers have less paid leave than those in the European Union (200      days compared to 25-30 days in most EU countries), but more than in Japan      (17 days) and the US (10 days). One quarter of the workforce work      part-time; more than three quarters of part-time workers are women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">According      to the latest figures, 12.7million people live in poverty (on incomes 60      per cent of the median). Thirty per cent of people living in poverty are      children and 17 per cent are pensioners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">The      average household disposable income is \u00c2\u00a3445 per week. The median is \u00c2\u00a3363      per week: half the population have higher incomes than this and half      lower.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">The      average household spends \u00c2\u00a3443 a week. The biggest single spending item is      transport, followed by recreation and culture, then food and drink,      housing, restaurants and finally clothing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">As a      nation, we spent one third of our time sleeping, one quarter working      (including housework) and one quarter on leisure activities. The biggest      change since 2000 has been an increase in time spent socialising (and a      fall in time spent on housework).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">According      to the most recent World Values Survey, 38 per cent of Britons said they      were very happy, 55 per cent said they were quite happy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><!--EndFragment--> <!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t ask me why, but I found myself having lunch in a Morrisons cafe this afternoon- a fascinating place to people watch even if you do have to eat while listening to the constant shrill of the tills. 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