Supplementary memorandum by Somerset County
Council (LGR 18(b))
APPENDIX A
RESPONDENTS BY AGE GROUP (UN-WEIGHTED)
| Absolute Analysis %
| | 19-24 | 25-35
| 36-45 | 46-60 |
Over 60 | Total |
| | |
| | | |
|
| Base | 3,823
100% |
91
2.4% | 330
8.6% |
631
16.5% | 1,039
27.2%
| 1,732
45.3% | 3,823
100%
|
I prefer the following cut option
| | | |
| | |
Option A (6.5% increase) | 759 (19.9%)
| 30
4%
| 90
11.9%
| 139
18.3%
| 178
23.5%
| 322
42.4%
| 759
100%
|
| % of age group preferring 6.5% |
| 33% | 27.3% | 22%
| 17.1% | 18.6% |
|
| Option A+B (4.5% increase) | 472 (12.3%)
| 3
0.6%
| 27
5.7%
| 50
10.6%
| 97
20.6%
| 295
62.5%
| 472
100%
|
| % of age group preferring 4.5% |
| 3.3% | 8.2% | 7.9%
| 9.3% | 17% |
|
| Option A+B+C (2.5% increase) | 1,395 (36.5%)
| 3
0.2%
| 73
5.2%
| 159
11.4%
| 405
29%
| 755
54.1%
| 1,395
100%
|
| % of age group preferring 2.5% | 3.3%
| 22.1% | 25.2% | 39%
| 43.6% | | |
| Standstill (no cuts 11.5% increase) | 1,197 (31.3%)
| 55
4.6%
| 140
11.7%
| 283
23.6%
| 359
30%
| 360
30.1%
| 1,197
100%
|
| % of age group preferring 11.5% |
| 60.4% | 42.4% | 44.8%
| 34.6% | 20.8% |
|
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|
The table above provides a profile by age range (where indicated)
of the consultation returns. It shows the number of preferences
expressed for each range of budget cuts (in the first column of
figures) broken down by age group. It also shows the percentages
of each age group expressing a preference for each option.
This indicates that the "older" members of the
population favoured the 2.5% increase and the younger respondents
the standstill 11.5% increase. The un-weighted results were dominated
by the older generation.
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