Living in Lancashire wave 35
| Purpose | This wave of Living in Lancashire looked at people's views on facilities in their area, local public services and discrimination. |
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| Subject |
Crime and community safety Community cohesion Quality of life Satisfaction with the council |
| Commissioned by | Corporate Research and Intelligence Team |
| Geographic area |
All of Lancashire |
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| Method |
Questionnaire - online Questionnaire - postal |
| Consultation with |
Life in Lancashire panel |
| Date | 09/11/2011 - 02/12/2011 |
| Undertaken by | Corporate Research and Intelligence Team |
Results
| Number in sample | 2794 |
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| Number of responses | 1619 |
| Response rate | 57% |
| Key findings | - Two thirds of respondents agree that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together (68%) while around one in seven disagree (14%). - Respondents were asked in which situations they regularly meet and talk with people from different backgrounds to themselves. The most common responses are at local shops (59%), at work (43%) and in their neighbourhood (41%). - Around one in ten respondents don't regularly meet and talk to people from different backgrounds in any of the given situations (11%). - Over four fifths of respondents are satisfied with their local area as a place to live (84%). - The top three things that are important to respondents in making somewhere a good place to live are the level of crime (65%), clean streets (57%) and health services (55%). The most common responses to what most needs improving in respondents' local area are road and pavement repairs (51%), activities for children (46%) and job prospects (41%). - Just under a fifth of respondents feel that their local area has got worse over the past two years (17%), while one in ten feel it has got better (11%). - Around two fifths of their respondents agree that their local district council and Lancashire County Council provide value for money (42% and 37% respectively). - Two fifths of respondents feel well informed about the county council (42% very and fairly well informed). - Half of respondents agree that overall the quality of county council services are good (50%). Only a fifth of respondents agree that the county council treats all parts of Lancashire fairly (20%). - Around half of respondents are satisfied with the way their local district council runs things (52%) and two fifths are satisfied with the way Lancashire County Council runs things (43%). - The majority of respondents feel safe outside in their local area during the day (92%) with over half feeling very safe (55%). Around three fifths of respondents feel safe after dark (62%). - Encouragingly, when asked about different aspects of anti-social behaviour, most respondents don't think they are a problem in their local area. The biggest problem is rubbish or litter lying around (35% think it is a very or fairly big problem). - Around four fifths of respondents, and people close to them, have never experienced verbal or physical abuse because of their age, race, religion, gender, sexuality or a disability (78%). - A fifth of respondents, or people close to them, have experienced verbal abuse (21%) and one in twenty have suffered physical abuse (5%) at some point in their life for one of these reasons. - Just over a quarter of respondents think there is more racial prejudice in Britain now than there was five years ago (27%), and around a quarter think there is now less racial prejudice (24%). - Over a third of respondents think that there is more religious prejudice in Britain now than there was five years ago (36%), while only around one in seven respondents think that there is now less religious prejudice (15%). |
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Contact information
For more information about this research contact:
Melissa Sherliker
01772 535019
Email: haveyoursay@lancashire.gov.uk