How important or unimportant is it to you that public bodies like local councils, hospital trusts and government departments take into account the needs of minority ethnic communities?

	%
Very important	36
Fairly important	37
Neither important nor unimportant	15
Fairly unimportant	6
Very unimportant	3
I don't know	4

 

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Very important	34	39
Fairly important	36	37
Neither important nor unimportant	17	13
Fairly unimportant	7	4
Very unimportant	4	2
I don't know	3	5

 

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Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Very important	45	36	32	34	40	36
Fairly important	46	32	35	36	37	38
Neither important nor unimportant	2	14	18	17	16	16
Fairly unimportant	2	9	9	4	3	5
Very unimportant	3	3	4	4	2	2
I don't know	2	7	2	4	3	3

 

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Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Very important	45	26	39
Fairly important	37	37	37
Neither important nor unimportant	11	20	14
Fairly unimportant	3	7	7
Very unimportant	1	5	2
I don't know	3	5	2

 

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