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	41
Fairly important	36
Neither important nor unimportant	14
Fairly unimportant	4
Very unimportant	2
Don't know	2

 

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Very important	36	47
Fairly important	38	35
Neither important nor unimportant	15	14
Fairly unimportant	5	2
Very unimportant	4	1
Don't know	3	2

 

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Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Very important	45	41	40	45	39	39
Fairly important	37	35	37	30	37	41
Neither important nor unimportant	7	16	15	18	14	13
Fairly unimportant	3	1	6	2	6	3
Very unimportant	2	3	1	3	1	2
Don't know	7	4	1	2	2	1

 

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Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Very important	50	29	47
Fairly important	33	40	35
Neither important nor unimportant	11	20	11
Fairly unimportant	2	4	4
Very unimportant	0	4	1
Don't know	2	2	2

 

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