Title page
Contents
Chapter 1: Identity, social networks and loneliness 2
1.1. Social interactions 2
1.2. Support Networks 5
1.3. Diversity of friendship groups 6
1.4. Loneliness 7
Chapter 2: Neighbourhood and Community 9
2.1. Neighbourhood 9
2.2. Community Cohesion 10
2.3. Neighbourhood satisfaction 12
2.4. Feeling of belonging to neighbourhood and to Britain 14
Chapter 3: Civic Engagement and Social Action 16
3.1. Civic Engagement 16
3.2. Influencing local decisions 17
3.3. Social action 21
Chapter 4: Volunteering and Charitable Giving 22
4.1. Volunteering participation levels 22
4.2. Motivators and barriers to volunteering 25
4.3/4.4. Charitable giving 27
4.4/4.5. Methods of giving to charitable causes 28
Annex A: Background 30
Figure 1.1. Methods of communicating with family or friends at least once a week 3
Figure 1.2. Methods of communicating with family or friends once a week or more by gender 3
Figure 1.3. Methods of communicating with family or friends once a week or more by age group 4
Figure 1.4. Percentage of respondents with support networks available by limiting long-term illness/disability (LLTI/Disability) 6
Figure 1.5. Similarity of friends to respondent in terms of ethnicity, religion, education and age group 6
Figure 1.6. How often adults (16+) feel lonely 7
Figure 1.7. Feeling lonely often/always or never, by age group 7
Figure 1.8. How often people feel lonely by limiting long-term illness/disability (LLTI/Disability) 8
Figure 2.1. Percentage of adults (16+) who chat to their neighbours at least once a month (more than just to say hello), and the percentage who agree they borrow things and... 9
Figure 2.2. Chatting to neighbours at least once a month by age group 10
Figure 2.3. Percentage of adults (16+) who agree their neighbourhood is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together, and the percentage who agree... 11
Figure 2.4. Percentage agreeing that their neighbourhood is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together by Index of multiple deprivation quintile 11
Figure 2.5. Responses to 'thinking about the people who live in this neighbourhood, to what extent do you believe they can be trusted' 12
Figure 2.6. Responses to 'Overall, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your local area as a place to live?' 12
Figure 2.7. Percentage satisfied with local area by age group 13
Figure 2.8. Percentage satisfied with local area by limiting long-term illness/disability 13
Figure 2.9. Percentage satisfied with local area by IMD quintile. 2018-19, online and paper estimates 13
Figure 2.10. Percentage of respondents who felt their area has got either better, worse to live in or has not changed much in the last two years 14
Figure 2.11. Percentage of adults (16+) who said they feel they very strongly or fairly strongly belong to their immediate neighbourhood or to Britain 14
Figure 2.12. Feeling of belonging to Britain and neighbourhood by age group 15
Figure 2.13. Feeling of belonging to Britain and neighbourhood by IMD quintile 15
Figure 3.1. Percentage of adults (16+) taking part in civic participation, consultation or activism at least once in the 12 months prior to completing the survey 16
Figure 3.2. Percentage of adults who feel able to influence decisions affecting local area, and percentage who agree it is important to be able to 18
Figure 3.3. Percentage who feel agree they personally can influence decisions affecting their local area by ethnicity 18
Figure 3.4. Percentage agreeing they can influence decisions affecting local area and percentage agreeing it is important to be able to by limiting long term illness/disability 19
Figure 3.5. Responses to 'generally speaking, would you like to be more involved in the decisions your local council makes which affect your local area?' 19
Figure 3.6. If you wanted to influence decisions in your local area how would you go about it? 20
Figure 3.7. What would make it easier to influence decisions in the local area? 20
Figure 3.8. Percentage of adults who had been involved in social action and who were aware of others being involved 21
Figure 4.1. Any formal or informal volunteering 23
Figure 4.2. Formal volunteering 24
Figure 4.3. Informal volunteering 25
Figure 4.4. Reasons for taking part in formal volunteering 26
Figure 4.5. Reasons given for not taking part in formal volunteering or not volunteering more frequently 26
Figure 4.6. Percentage who gave to charitable causes in the 4 weeks prior to completing the survey and the mean amount given (excluding donations over £300) 27
Figure 4.7. Methods of giving to charitable causes in the last four weeks 28
Figure 4.8. Types of causes given to in the last four weeks 29
Figure 4.9. What would make respondents more likely to give to charitable causes or to increase the amount they gave 29