The Kindness Report : a snapshot of Compassion in Britain

Site Admin • 12 December 2019

source: Action for Happiness 
published: 6 December 2019


New research has found that 60% of people think Britain has become less caring in the last 10 years, while only 8% of people believe Britain has become more caring. 49% agree that people are kind in their local community and 44% agree that people are kind in the country as a whole.


* 60% of people believe Britain has become less caring over the last 10 years

* The Kindness Report reveals top 5 factors that predict how compassionate we are: being female, voting Remain, living with others, being under 35 and voting Labour.

* Income, social class and location don't matter when it comes to how kind we are.


The Kindness Report: A snapshot of Compassion in Britain is based on a national survey of compassion in Britain, carried out by Ipsos Mori on behalf of the UK-based charity Action for Happiness, with supporting statistical analysis by Dr Christian Krekel at the Centre for Economic Performance (part of the London School of Economics and Political Science).


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