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	30
Fairly important	32
Neither important nor unimportant	21
Fairly unimportant	8
Very unimportant	6
I don't know	4

 

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Very important	25	35
Fairly important	31	32
Neither important nor unimportant	23	19
Fairly unimportant	8	7
Very unimportant	8	4
I don't know	5	4

 

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Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Very important	38	31	29	28	24	31
Fairly important	17	25	34	35	36	37
Neither important nor unimportant	29	23	17	20	24	16
Fairly unimportant	5	7	8	8	8	8
Very unimportant	7	6	8	7	3	4
I don't know	3	6	5	3	4	3

 

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Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Very important	37	18	36
Fairly important	32	34	29
Neither important nor unimportant	19	24	20
Fairly unimportant	4	11	8
Very unimportant	4	9	4
I don't know	4	5	3

 

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