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	42
Fairly important	35
Neither important nor unimportant	14
Fairly unimportant	4
Very unimportant	2
Don't know	3

 

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Very important	37	46
Fairly important	35	35
Neither important nor unimportant	17	11
Fairly unimportant	6	3
Very unimportant	2	1
Don't know	2	5

 

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Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Very important	54	43	38	38	44	40
Fairly important	33	35	36	34	33	37
Neither important nor unimportant	6	12	18	18	14	14
Fairly unimportant	2	5	4	6	5	5
Very unimportant	1	2	2	1	2	1
Don't know	4	4	3	3	2	3

 

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Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Very important	48	29	50
Fairly important	35	40	29
Neither important nor unimportant	11	18	13
Fairly unimportant	3	7	3
Very unimportant	1	2	2
Don't know	1	4	2

 

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