cumbria quality of life survey 2006 workington nmia report

Cumbria Quality of Life Survey 2006 Workington NMIA Report

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Part 1: Key findings

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Key findings (1) – quality of life

There are marked differences in perceptions of quality of life and local service delivery between Cumbria as a whole and the economically deprived Neighbourhood Management Initiative Areas (NMIAs). A challenge for the Council and its partners will be to narrow this often considerable gap.

Levels of satisfaction with the local area are lower in the NMIAs than in the County generally - 88% of Cumbria residents say they are satisfied, compared to 79% in Workington NMIA, 61% in Barrow NMIA, 77% in Whitehaven NMIA.

Nonetheless, these levels of satisfaction are consistent with what would be expected for economically disadvantaged areas, such as those found in previous Ipsos MORI research in the 39 deprived New Deal for Community areas across England.

Workington residents score lower on many health indicators - happiness, state of health, disability, smoking, alcohol consumption and diet – than do residents elsewhere in the County.

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Key findings (2) – crime and safety

Levels of economic deprivation (using the Indices of Multiple Deprivation) appear to be linked with perceptions of quality of life. Of Cumbria’s three NMIAs, residents in Workington generally score lower on quality of life and service satisfaction indicators than those in Whitehaven but higher than those in Barrow. This is likely to reflect higher levels of economic deprivation in Barrow and lower levels in Whitehaven than in Workington.Fear of crime is less pronounced in Workington than it is in Barrow NMIA, but it is nonetheless higher than in Whitehaven NMIA or in the County as a whole. 37% of Workington residents say they feel unsafe in their local area outside after dark – this figure is higher than in the County generally (21%) and also higher than the national average of around three in ten people (British Crime Survey 2005/6).Anti-social behaviour (ASB) is a key concern for residents in the NMIAs – and NMIA residents feel less well informed about what is being done to combat it than those in Cumbria generally do. Addressing ASB issues visibly, and communicating to residents that action is being taken, will be important challenges for the Council and partner agencies dealing with ASB in Cumbria.

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Key findings (3) – participation

Feelings of community cohesion and involvement are broadly weaker in the NMIAs than in Cumbria overall. In Workington NMIA, residents are less likely to feel they belong in the local area, less likely to trust most people locally and less likely to believe that people from different backgrounds get on well together in their local area than are those in the County generally. Almost half of Workington NMIA residents believe people in their neighbourhood are able to influence local decision-making by working together – only slightly lower than the proportion of Cumbria residents taking this view.Levels of volunteering in Workington NMIA (19% volunteering in the last year) are lower than those for Cumbria residents generally (35%) – national survey data showing around a quarter of people volunteering nationally also suggests that volunteering levels are low in Workington (Ipsos MORI Social Issues Omnibus, 2006). Workington NMIA residents are less likely than those in the other two NMIAs or Cumbria residents overall to state they are keen to have more of a say in Council decisions (29% Barrow NMIA, 34% Whitehaven NMIA, 42% Barrow NMIA, 38% Cumbria).

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Key findings (4) - liveability

An encouraging finding for the Council and its partners is that Workington NMIA residents are more likely than those in Cumbria overall to say their local area has got better in the last three years, both in general and in regard to crime and safety specifically.

Liveability issues such as clean streets are an important driver of residents’ satisfaction with the local area. This is illustrated by the finding that those residents (one in five) who believe their local area has got worse in recent years give liveability issues as their main reason for this view. This is consistent with recent analysis published by Ipsos MORI suggesting that ‘physical capital’ has a clear relationship with quality of life in Britain.

In this context, improving the cleanliness of streets, dealing with litter, and addressing the issue of pavements blocked by parked cars are likely to drive up satisfaction with the Council among Workington NMIA residents.

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Key findings (5) – service delivery

Workington NMIA residents’ top priorities for service delivery are improved provision for teenagers, job prospects and crime levels. These issues, as well as improved facilities for young children, are perceived as higher priorities by Workington residents than by Cumbria residents overall, as is. In contrast, good quality affordable housing, road repairs and traffic congestion are seen as less important priorities than in the County as a whole.

Broadly speaking, Workington NMIA residents who use local services and facilities think service delivery in the local area is good. User satisfaction is particularly high with libraries and fire and rescue services, which often attract high levels of satisfaction. In addition, Workington NMIA service users are more satisfied with many local services than are those in Cumbria generally: libraries, hospitals, local train and bus services, opportunities for adult education and social services.

The services or facilities that Workington NMIA users are most dissatisfied with are public toilets, the availability and quality of dentists and children’s playgrounds. Residents are less satisfied with both these three facilities and leisure facilities for young people than are those in Cumbria overall.

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Context - Neighbourhood Management Initiative Areas

Under The Neighbourhood Renewal Initiative (NRI) selected areas with particularly high levels of deprivation come under special management within Local Authorities.

Objectives of NMIAs: To improve quality of life for people living in the most

disadvantaged neighbourhoods within Local Authorities; and, To ensure their service providers are more responsive to

neighbourhood needs and improve their deliverability.

A Neighbourhood Manager is appointed who liaises with public, private and voluntary organisations to improve the quality of local services.

A Neighbourhood Management Board is established which advises the Manager.

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Interpretation of the data

A sample, not the entire population of Workington NMIA, has returned a survey questionnaire. All results are therefore subject to sampling tolerances, and not all differences between percentages are statistically significant. As a guide, when comparing Cumbria against the NMIAs there needs to be a difference of 5 percentage points for that difference to be statistically significant.Data have been weighted to the known demographic profile of the area from the 2001 Census and to account for relative differences in the population size of districts.Where percentages do not sum to 100, this may be due to computer rounding, the exclusion of ‘don’t know’ categories, or it being possible to give multiple answers to that question.In this headline report, reference is made to ‘net’ figures. This represents the balance of opinion on attitudinal questions, and provides a useful means of comparing the results for number variables. For example, if 40% of residents are satisfied and 25% dissatisfied, the ‘net satisfaction’ figure is +15 points.Caution should be taken when making comparisons with national data such as the British Crime Survey due to the different methodologies used.

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Interpretation of the data

A sample, not the entire population of South Lakeland, has returned a survey questionnaire. All results are therefore subject to sampling tolerances, and not all differences between percentages are statistically significant. As a guide, when comparing Cumbria against the districts there needs to be a difference of 6 percentage points for that difference to be statistically significant.

Data have been weighted to the known demographic profile of the area from the 2001 Census and to account for relative differences in the population size of districts.

Where percentages do not sum to 100, this may be due to computer rounding, the exclusion of ‘don’t know’ categories, or it being possible to give multiple answers to that question.

In this headline report, reference is made to ‘net’ figures. This represents the balance of opinion on attitudinal questions, and provides a useful means of comparing the results for number variables. For example, if 40% of residents are satisfied and 25% dissatisfied, the ‘net satisfaction’ figure is +15 points.

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Part 2: Liveability in Workington NMIA

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28%

28%

26%

25%22%

24%

58%

54%

43%

43%

41%

29%

18%

22%

48%

55%

35%

50%

34%

39%

Q Thinking generally, which of the things below would you say are most important in making somewhere a good place to live?

Quality of Life (1)

Affordable housing

Clean streets

Health services

Job prospects

Level of crime

CumbriaWorkington NMIA

Education provision

Shopping facilities

Public transport

Wage levels/cost of living

Activities for teenagers

Base: 2,133 Cumbria residents; 622 Workington NMIA residents

% Top ten mentions

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Quality of Life (2)

Cumbria

Workington NMIA

28%

28%

26%

25%

22%

24%

49%

66%

36%

52%

37%

31%

23%

21%

31%

26%

58%

54%

43%

43%

41%

29%

18%

22%

48%

55%

35%

50%

34%

39%

Q Thinking generally, which of the things below would you say are most important in making somewhere a good place to live?

Base: 2,133 Cumbria residents; 622 Workington NMIA residents; 1,137 BVPI 2003/04 residents

2003/04 Cumbria BVPI

Affordable housing

Clean streets

Health services

Job prospects

Level of crime

Education provision

Shopping facilities

Public transport



% Top ten mentions

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Improvements to the local area


Level of crime

Facilities for young children


Job prospects

Cumbria

Workington NMIA

25%

25%

23%

18%

37%

27%

37%

37%

36%

21%

29%

30%

28%

29%

34%

20%

56%

45%

43%

33%

28%

27%

22%

26%

50%

34%

21%

19%

26%

38%

Q And thinking about this local area, which of the things below, if any, do you think most need improving?

Affordable housing

Road repairs

Traffic congestion

Clean streets

Health services

Base: 2,133 Cumbria residents; 622 Workington NMIA residents; 1,137 BVPI 2003/04 residents

% Top ten mentions2003/04 Cumbria BVPI

15

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Importance vs. need for improvement

Access to nature


% Most need improving

% Most important

Affordable decent housing

Clean streets; Health services

Community activities

Cultural facilities

Education provision

Facilities for young children

Job prospects

The level of crime

Level of pollution Level of traffic congestion

Parks and open spaces

Public transport

Race relations

Road and pavement repairs

Shopping facilities

Sports and leisure facilities

Wage levels and local cost of living

Base: 622 Workington NMIA residents

16

15%

64%

10%4%7%

Sat%

Not sat%

Workington NMIA

79 14

Cumbria 88 8

Satisfaction with local area

Very satisfied

Don’t know/not stated

Not very satisfied

Fairly satisfied

Not at all satisfied

Q Overall how satisfied are you with your local area as a place to live?


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Q Overall how satisfied are you with your local area as a place to live?

Satisfaction with Cumbria and NMIAs

65%

79%

58%

27%

Workington NMIA

±% Net satisfied

Cumbria

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA

Base: 2,133 Cumbria; 622 Workington NMIA; 608 Whitehaven NMIA; 663 Barrow NMIA residents

18

60

65

70

75

80

85

90

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Satisfaction vs. deprivation

IMD score

% Satisfaction

Workington NMIA

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA


Cumbria

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Q On the whole, do you think over the last 3 years your local area has got better, got worse or stayed the same?

Changes in local area

15

7

7

13

65

56

43

19

19

27

32

59

% Better % Worse% Same

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA


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Comments about local area

Q Why do you say the local area has got worse?

Base: 622 Workington residents

Most frequent responses: Environment (19%) Crime and safety (16%)Children/young people (11%)

Q Why do you say the local area has got better?Most frequent responses: Environment (4%)

Crime and safety (4%) Local amenities and facilities (3%)

Further responses: Housing and business development (5%)Transport (4%)Local amenities and facilities (3%) Community (3%)Other negative comments (7%)

Further responses: Community (3%)Housing and business development (3%)Other positive comments (7%)

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4%14%

32%29%

11%11%

Agree%

Disagree%

Gender

Male 16 46

Female 20 34

Age

16-34 16 40

35-54 15 46

55+ 22 33

Working status

Working 18 45

Not working 18 35

Influence over decision-making (1)

Strongly agree

Strongly disagree

Neither/nor

Agree

Disagree

Q To what extent do you agree with the following statements?‘I can influence decisions that affect my local area’


Not stated

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Influence over decision-making (2)

Q To what extent do you agree with the following statement?‘I can influence decisions that affect my local area’

% Agree% Disagree

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA


44

42

46

18

20

18

19

39

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Interest in the Council and decision-making

I’m not interested in what the council does, or whether they do their job

I’m not interested in what the council does as long as they do their job

Q Which of these statements below comes closest to your own attitudes towards your district and county council?

I like to know what the council is doing, but I'm happy to let them get on with their jobI would like to have more of a say in what the council does

I already work for, or am involved with, the council

Don’t know/not stated

2%

18%

41%

29%

2%

8%

1%

8%

43%

38%

4%

6%

CumbriaWorkington NMIA


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31%

27%

25%

34%

27%

31%

27%

Involvement with the Council (1)

Male

Female

Q Which of these statements below comes closest to your own attitudes towards your district and county council? All those agreeing with: ‘I would like to have more of a say in what the council does, and the services it provides’

Gender

Age

Working status

Working

Not working

16-34

35-54

55+


25

29%

38%

34%

46%

Q Which of these statements below comes closest to your own attitudes towards your district and county council? All those agreeing with: ‘I would like to have more of a say in what the council does, and the services it provides’

Involvement with Council (2)

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA


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Part 3: Community and Safety

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19

108

2411

128

4651

4148

4163

5664

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Attitudes to neighbourhood (1)

By working together people in my neighbourhood can influence decisions that affect their neighbourhood

% Agree

I trust many or most of the people locally

I feel I belong to my local area

% Disagree

In my local area people from different backgrounds get on well together (e.g. race, disability, social group)

Q To what extent do you agree with the following statements?

Cumbria

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Workington NMIA


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Q To what extent do you agree with the following statement?‘By working together people in my neighbourhood can influence decisions that affect their neighbourhood’

±% Net agree

27%

32%

23%

22%

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA


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Q To what extent do you agree with the following statement?‘I trust many or most of the people locally’

±% Net agree

18%

52%

26%

1%

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA


30

28%

35%

12%

8%

15%

Time spent on voluntary work

Less than 2 hours

2-5 hours

Q If you have volunteered during the last year, roughly how many total hours have you volunteered, on average, per week?

6-9 hours

10-13 hours

14 hours plus

‘Volunteered during the past year’

Yes 19%

No 75%

Base: All those who say they have volunteered in the last year (123)

31

49

67

76

24

48

30

19

71

Fear of crime

% Not worried % Worried

Q How worried are you about being a victim of any type of crime in your local area?

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA


32

18%

12%

18%

26%

Having been a victim of crime

Q Have you been a victim of any type of crime in the past 12 months?

% ‘Yes’

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA


33

0

10

20

30

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Crime and deprivation

IMD score

% Victim of crime

Workington NMIAWhitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA


Cumbria

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Q How safe or unsafe do you feel in your local area, i.e. the area within 15-20 minutes of your home?

22%

82%

87%

92%

Cumbria±%

+55

+94

+95

+92

Perceptions of safety in local area

Outdoors after dark

±% Net safe

Indoors after dark

Outdoors during the day

Indoors during the day


35

40

45

50

55

60

65

70

75

80

10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60

Safety in local area

% Feeling safe outdoors after dark

Workington NMIA

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA

IMD 2004 deprivation


Cumbria

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Change in local area with regard to crime and safety

Q In terms of crime and safety, do you feel in the last 3 years your local area has got better, worse or stayed the same?

21

5

8

11

67

59

49

19

17

24

27

53

% Better % Worse% Same

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA


37

Anti-social behaviour (1)

Q How much of a problem do you feel that the following are in your local area?

11

12

15

18

22

22

39

28

23

37

38

37

40

32

44

37

34

30

24

16

40

% Not a problem % A serious problem% A minor problem

Base: 622 Workington NMIA residents. Note: the chart does not include don’t know or not stated

Crimes against your property

Parents not taking responsibility for the behaviour of their children

People not treating other people with respect and consideration

People dealing drugs

Teenagers hanging around on the streets

People using drugs

People being drunk or rowdy in public places

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Anti-social behaviour (2)

Q How much of a problem do you feel that the following are in your local area?

47

44

37

54

60

61

32

29

37

19

11

7

12

9

5

4

4

10

Noisy neighbours or loud parties

People being attacked because of their skin colour, ethnic origin or religion

People sleeping rough on the streets

Abandoned or burnt-out cars

Deliberate rubbish/wheelie bin fires

Door step crimes



39

2

2

3

2

26

20

17

16

40

45

40

23

27

28

34

8

15

8

8

36

Tackling anti-social behaviour

% Not very well informed

% Don’t know/ not stated

% Not well informed at all

% Very well informed

% Fairly well informed

Q How well informed do you feel about what is being done to tackle anti-social behaviour in your local area?

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA


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Effectiveness of the criminal justice system

% Not very effective

% Don’t know/ not stated

% Not at all effective

% Very effective

% Fairly effective

Q How effective do you feel the criminal justice system in Cumbria is in bringing offenders to justice?

3

1

3

3

29

28

29

27

36

35

32

19

13

19

24

12

25

15

13

32

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA


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Part 4: Environment, Local Services and Transport

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Environmental issues (1)

Q How big a problem do you think the following environmental issues are in your local area?

11

12

32

21

35

41

48

37

46

41

41

22

21

12

33

Dog fouling

Rubbish and litter lying around

Roads and footpaths in poor condition

Pavements blocked by parked cars

Vandalism, graffiti and other deliberate damage to property or vehicles



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Environmental issues (2)

Q How big a problem do you think the following environmental issues are in your local area?

45

43

37

49

63

27

38

20

26

12

11

7

4

3

9Noise pollution

State of the local river/ stream

Neglected or derelict buildings or land

Air quality and traffic pollution

The appearance or location of new developments



44

2

15

20

14

1

19

3

24

5

76

75

74

68

66

64

63

62

59

57

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Satisfaction with local services/ facilities (all residents) (1)

% Satisfied % Dissatisfied

Q How satisfied are you with the following services or facilities in your local area? ±% Net

Workington NMIA

±% Net Cumbria

Base: 2,133 Cumbria; 622 Workington NMIA residents. Note: the chart does not include don’t know or not stated

Libraries

Fire/rescue services

Hospitals

GPs

Number of parks/green spaces

Quality of parks/green spaces

58 55

Local bus services

Local primary schools

Local secondary schools

Appearance of streets etc

58 70

44 70

72 66

35

58 52

52 14

64 50

52 40

48 40

61

45

Satisfaction with local services/ facilities (all residents) (2)

10

16

32

7

22

39

57

55

55

53

49

47

40

38

34

28

19

7% Satisfied % Dissatisfied


Workington NMIA

±% Net Cumbria

Local train services

Opportunities for adult education

Children’s playgrounds/ play areas

Public toilets

Leisure facilities for young people

Leisure facilities for adults

Suitable housing

Social services

Dentists

43 29

48 38

34 30

-5 31

14 -8

-29 -4

33 24

16 2

-36 -13

Base: 2,133 Cumbria; 622 Workington NMIA residents. Note: the chart does not include don’t know or not stated

46

13

15

15

9

17

20

96

94

85

82

81

81

80

78

2

Satisfaction with local services/ facilities among users (1)

Base: All users. Base sizes in brackets above. * Small base size



Workington NMIA

±% Net Cumbria

Libraries (347) 94 84

Social services (102) 72 64

Fire/rescue services (36)* 94 86

Hospitals (449) 63 64

Number of parks/green spaces (331) 58 80

Train services (207) 66 50

Opportunities for adult education (72)

Bus services (406)

73

67

55

34

47

Satisfaction with local services/ facilities among users (2)

Base: All users. Base sizes in brackets above

20

24

26

48

54

63

78

76

74

71

50

42

34

19



Workington NMIA

±% Net Cumbria

GPs (568) 59 73

Quality of parks/green spaces (331) 45 72

Children’s playgrounds/ play areas (184)

Leisure facilities for young people (117)

Leisure facs. for adults (158)

Public toilets (263) -30 -5

56 56

50 26

1 50

Dentists (327) -11 11

48

105

197

126

227

7678

7582

5871

6874

16

610

3021

819

13

Forms of transport

Q Please list your main form of transport for different journeys on a typical weekday:

Pedestrian/cyclistCar/motorbikePublic transport

Work

Leisure

Medical/ clinic

Shopping

Workington NMIA (268)

Cumbria (1,178)


Cumbria (2,202)


Cumbria (1,861)


Cumbria (1,830)

Base: All those who travel. Base sizes in brackets above.

49

41%

64%60%

65%

24%

12%16%

8% 7% 7%

38%

4%

21%

10%13%

9%

Work (250)

Shopping (589)

Leisure (431)

Medical/clinic (507)

Distances travelled

Q Please list how many miles you travel for different journeys on a typical weekday:

5-8 miles3-4 milesUnder 3 miles

Base: All those who stated how far they travel. Base sizes in brackets above.

More than 8 miles

50

32%

2%

10%7%

62%

49% 50%

5%5% 5%2%1%

5%1%

29%

19%25%

20%

29%

11%11%11%5%3%

Work (388)

Shopping (582)

Leisure (469)

Medical/clinic (536)

Time travelled

Q Please list how much time it takes you to travel for different journeys on a typical weekday:

Base: All those who stated how far they travel. Base sizes in brackets above.

15-29 mins>15 minsNone 30-59 mins 1-2 hours <2 hours

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Part 5: Health and Well-being

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Happiness

% Neither/nor % Very unhappy% Unhappy% Very happy % Happy

Q Taking all things together, would you say in general you are…?

12

20

14

11

58

57

50

51

22

28

28

4

3

5

8

1

1

16

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA


53

60

65

70

75

80

10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60

Happiness and deprivation levels

IMD score

% Happy/very happy

Workington NMIA

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA


Cumbria

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Health

% Fair % Very bad% Bad% Very good % Good

Q Over the last 12 months, would you say that on the whole your health has been…

15

22

17

16

35

42

38

36

32

28

30

12

6

12

14

4

1

4

3

25

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA


55

40

45

50

55

60

65

70

10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60

Health and deprivation levels

IMD score

% Good/very good

Workington NMIA

Whitehaven NMIABarrow NMIA


Cumbria

56

74

80

88

37

22

17

9

60

Disability

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Q Do you have any long term illness, health problem or disability which limits your daily activities or the work you can do?

Q Do you think of yourself as a disabled person?% Yes % No

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Long term illness, health problem or disability

Think of yourself as a disabled person


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Smoking

Q Do you smoke cigarettes at all nowadays?

% ‘Yes’

49%

33%

42%

47%

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA

Base: All who have ever smoked cigarettes, cigars or other tobacco products: 1,038 Cumbria; 371 Workington NMIA; 342 Whitehaven NMIA; 404 Barrow NMIA residents

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30

35

40

45

50

10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60

Smoking and deprivation levels

IMD score

% Who smoke cigarettes now

Workington NMIA

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA

Base: All who have ever smoked cigarettes, cigars or other tobacco products: 1,038 Cumbria; 371 Workington NMIA; 342 Whitehaven NMIA; 404 Barrow NMIA residents

Cumbria

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Q On a typical day, how many portions of fruit and vegetables do you eat?

Diet

5+Less than 4

78%

69%

82%

83%

19%

28%

15%

14%

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA


60

60

65

70

75

80

85

90

10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60

Diet and deprivation levels

IMD score

% Who eats 4 or less portions per day

Workington NMIA

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA


Cumbria

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Q In an average week, how many units of alcohol do you drink?

Alcohol consumption

8%

9%

Male (Drink more than 21 units per week)

Female (Drink more than 14 units per week)


62

5

10

15

20

15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60

Alcohol and deprivation levels - Men

IMD score

% 22 units or more

Workington NMIA

Whitehaven NMIA Barrow NMIA

Cumbria

Base: All male residents: 938 Cumbria; 232 Workington NMIA; 256 Whitehaven NMIA; 287 Barrow NMIA

63

5

6

7

8

9

10

15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60

Alcohol and deprivation levels - Women

IMD score

% 15 units or more

Workington NMIA

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIACumbria

Base: All female residents: 1,195 Cumbria; 390 Workington NMIA; 352 Whitehaven NMIA; 376 Barrow NMIA

64

37%

19%

23%

7%

3%

7%

Moderate exercise

Q How often do you take moderate exercise?

1-3 times a week

Every day

4-6 times a week

Never

29

3

7

32

21

4

Cumbria%


Less than once a month

More than once a month, but less than once a week

65

6%

9%

20%

14%

13%

34%

Vigorous exercise

Q How often do you take vigorous exercise?

1-3 times a week

Every day

4-6 times a week

Never

32

11

18

4

10

22

Cumbria%


Less than once a month

More than once a month, but less than once a week

66

Q How much do you weigh?Q How tall are you?

BMI

26.5

26.4

26.3

24.7

25.6

26.4

28.0

27.0

FemaleMale

Barrow

Cumbria

Workington

Whitehaven

Mean

Base: All except pregnant women: 2,125 Cumbria; 620 Workington NMIA; 600 Whitehaven NMIA; 659 Barrow NMIA residents

NB: Body Mass Index (BMI) calculated by dividing weight (in kg) by height (in metres) squared. Those with a BMI of 30 or more are classified as obese.

67

16%

10%

12%

16%

Obesity

% Obese

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA

Base: All except pregnant women: 2,125 Cumbria; 620 Workington NMIA; 600 Whitehaven NMIA; 659 Barrow NMIA residents

Q How much do you weigh?Q How tall are you?

NB: Body Mass Index (BMI) calculated by dividing weight (in kg) by height (in metres) squared. Those with a BMI of 30 or more are classified as obese.

68

Q Which of the following best describes your sexuality?

Sexuality

22%

17%

23%

19%

75%

80%

75%

77%

3%

3%

3%

3%

Workington NMIA

Cumbria

Whitehaven NMIA

Barrow NMIA


Not heterosexualHeterosexual Not stated/prefer not to say

cumbria quality of life survey 2006 workington nmia report

Documents

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workington nmia report

whitehaven nmia

barrow nmia

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cumbria quality of life

levels of volunteering

volunteering levels