As of May 17 2020, in Great Britain 80 percent of survey respondents reported during the coronavirus lockdown they had left their home in the previous seven days to go shopping for necessities, with a further 71 percent reporting they had left their home to exercise.
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In the past seven days, for what reasons have you left your home?
Characteristic
Share of responses
Shopping for basic necessities
80.2%
To exercise
71%
Travelling to and from work
27.9%
Any medical need, or to provide care or to help a vulnerable person
15.3%
To run errands
12.3%
For voluntary work
3.5%
Meeting up with people in a public place
3.2%
Other
2.6%
To go to a garden centre
2.5%
Meeting up with people in a personal place
2.4%
Taking part in a regular indoor activity
1.3%
To take children to or from school (or for other activities)
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (May 22, 2020). In the past seven days, for what reasons have you left your home? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121171/reasons-people-left-their-home-during-lockdown-in-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "In the past seven days, for what reasons have you left your home?." Chart. May 22, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121171/reasons-people-left-their-home-during-lockdown-in-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2020). In the past seven days, for what reasons have you left your home?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121171/reasons-people-left-their-home-during-lockdown-in-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "In The past Seven Days, for What Reasons Have You Left Your Home?." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121171/reasons-people-left-their-home-during-lockdown-in-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK), In the past seven days, for what reasons have you left your home? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121171/reasons-people-left-their-home-during-lockdown-in-great-britain/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
In the past seven days, for what reasons have you left your home? [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), May 22, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121171/reasons-people-left-their-home-during-lockdown-in-great-britain/
