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	36
Neither important nor unimportant	18
Fairly unimportant	4
Very unimportant	3
I don't know	3

 

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Very important	34	38
Fairly important	36	36
Neither important nor unimportant	19	17
Fairly unimportant	5	3
Very unimportant	4	2
I don't know	2	4

 

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Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Very important	39	37	36	30	36	40
Fairly important	42	39	33	37	32	37
Neither important nor unimportant	14	13	21	24	21	15
Fairly unimportant	0	5	5	1	6	5
Very unimportant	2	4	1	5	2	2
I don't know	3	2	4	3	3	2

 

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Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Very important	46	22	42
Fairly important	33	41	35
Neither important nor unimportant	15	24	14
Fairly unimportant	2	6	3
Very unimportant	1	4	3
I don't know	2	3	3

 

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