Importance of learning new things throughout life by demographic

This statistic displays the results of a survey of individuals in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2012, regarding their agreement with the statement, "It's important to continue learning new things throughout your life". Two percent of female respondents reported they somewhat disagreed with the statement. Agreement was strong across all demographic groups, but those aged 16 to 24 were most likely to express disagreement or neutrality to the statement.

To what extent do you agree with the statement: "It's important to continue learning new things throughout your life"?*

Characteristic	Strongly disagree	Somewhat disagree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat agree	Strongly agree
16-24	1%	1%	17%	30%	52%
25-34	-	3%	12%	38%	47%
35-44	1%	1%	9%	43%	47%
45-54	2%	1%	6%	38%	53%
55-64	-	2%	4%	39%	56%
65+	-	3%	5%	43%	49%
Male	1%	2%	9%	37%	51%
Female	1%	2%	8%	40%	49%

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Release date

November 2012

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

August 2012

Number of respondents

1,298**

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

nationally representative

Supplementary notes

*The source did not provide information regarding the exact survey question.
** n (16-24) = 208; n (25-34) = 208; n (35-44) = 234; n (45-54) = 208; n (55-64) = 182; n (65+) = 260; n (male) = 623; n (female) = 675.
Figures do not sum 100 percent. The source provides no explaination.
This statistic using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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