With one of the themes of #IWD2020 being equal coverage of men's and women's sports, we found that 69% of Brits support this in principle. However, in practice, only 36% of these supporters would back it if it means less coverage of the men's games yougov.co.uk/topics/sport/a…
It is clear that the public find women's sport increasingly appealing. On top of the 20% of Brits who have always been interested, a further 19% say they are now more interested than a few years ago - although interest is rising faster among men yougov.co.uk/topics/sport/a…
As things stand, only men's and women's athletics have viewing parity, with 45% of Brits saying they watch either sport. Tennis is close (43% watch men's tennis, 39% women's), while rugby has the greatest gap (42% men's, 11% women's) yougov.co.uk/topics/sport/a…
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Saturday marks the 2nd anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Our Eurotrack+US survey finds attitudes to the conflict remain largely the same as a year ago
🧵/ We’ve examined headline voting intention from 14,000 voters over the last 3 months to take a detailed look at voting demographics as we head towards the likely 2024 general election
Education level is also a key factor in voting intention – the higher someone’s education qualifications are, the more likely they are to vote Labour/a left wing party
Low (GCSE or below): 36% Lab / 32% Con (+17% Ref UK)
Medium: 41% Lab / 25% Con
High (degree or above): 53% Lab / 14% Con
🧵 / Britons have a more positive opinion of lesbian and gay, bisexual, and transgender people than lesbian and gay, bisexual, and transgender people think
What are the main positive effects of immigration?
Fill highly skilled jobs where there is a labour shortage: 51%
Fill low paid jobs British workers won't do: 39%
More people of working age who pay more in taxes than they claim in benefits: 35%
For what kind of treatment did people turn to private healthcare?
Non-emergency appointment: 48% of those who used private healthcare in the last 12 months
Routine appointment: 20%
Minor illness/injury: 17%
Emergency: 10%
A fifth of Britons (22%) are not registered with a dentist, and 37% of those who aren’t say it’s because they can’t find an NHS dentist while 23% of them don’t think they can afford treatment