Black people ‘least satisfied of UK population’ |
Black people ‘least satisfied of UK population’
BBC News
2012-02-28
Black and mixed-ethnic Britons are less satisfied with their lives on average than the UK population as a whole, a survey suggests.
Some 80,000 people across the UK, polled by the Office for National Statistics, produced an average life satisfaction rating of 7.4 out of 10.
But black Britons averaged 6.6, while mixed-ethnic Britons scored 6.9.
The survey, in April to September 2011, was part of the ONS’s ongoing Measuring National Well-being Programme.
The average rating for life satisfaction was also lower than the national figure for those of Pakistani origin – 7 out of 10 – and Bangladeshis – 7.1.
The four questions posed by the survey also included one seeking ratings for people’s overall happiness, with answers nationwide producing an average of 7.3 out of 10.
Again, black Britons reported the lowest level of happiness – 6.9 on average – followed by mixed-ethnic and Pakistani respondents, with both of those groups averaging 7 out of 10…
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