Coronavirus and the social impacts on Great Britain: 19 March 2021

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (COVID-19 module), 10 to 14 March 2021

Contents:
Table 1: Change in behaviours during and after the coronavirus pandemic

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Coronavirus and the social impacts on Great Britain: 19 March 2021
Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (COVID-19 module), 10 to 14 March 2021

Notes:

Coverage
The sample consists of individuals aged 16 years and over living in Great Britain. Questions were asked to all respondi
From 17th April onwards the Opinions and Lifestyle survey has been running via online and via the telephone, prior to t

LCL UCL
Refer to lower and upper 95% confidence intervals, respectively. These form a confidence interval, which is a measure
estimate and shows the range of uncertainty around the calculated estimate. As a general rule, if the confidence interva
the interval around another, we cannot say with certainty that there is more than a chance difference between the two f

Weighted count
In order to make the sample of a survey representative of the population, responses are weighted. 'Weighted count' pro
each breakdown; this also takes into account survey design and non-response. Further information on weighting can be
this release.

Sample
This refers to the total number of respondents for each breakdown. Please note this refers to the total number who resp
the nearest 10, rather than the number who provided each response category. Sample sizes for some response catego
should be treated with caution.
Missing data

There are cases in which respondents do not answer a specific question. Where this happens, they have been exclude

Multiple response questions

Unless stated on the particular data table, the respondent may only choose one option. Questions where the responden
indicated on the data tables.

Statistical significance
The statistical significance of differences noted within the release are determined based on non-overlapping confidence

Suppression
Estimates with ".." relate to statistics based on small sample sizes (< 3). Such values have been suppressed on quality
issues.
Where the sample size for an entire question, or breakdown thereof is based on 10 or fewer respondents, estimates ha
uncertainty in estimates.

Rounding

All estimates in this spreadsheet are individually rounded to whole numbers. Totals may not add exactly due to this rou

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stions were asked to all responding adults unless specified otherwise.

e and via the telephone, prior to this it was online only.

ence interval, which is a measure of the statistical precision of an

neral rule, if the confidence interval around one figure overlaps with
ance difference between the two figures.

re weighted. 'Weighted count' provides the representative count for

er information on weighting can be found in the text accompanying

efers to the total number who responded to each question rounded to

e sizes for some response categories may be small and therefore

happens, they have been excluded from the analysis.

n. Questions where the respondent may choose multiple options are

ed on non-overlapping confidence intervals.

have been suppressed on quality grounds and to avoid disclosure

fewer respondents, estimates have been suppressed with ".." due to

ay not add exactly due to this rounding.

on Great Britain, are available here:

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All persons total

% LCL UCL

Which of the following activities have you been doing more of

since the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic?1

Working from home 31 29 32

Online grocery shopping 32 30 34
Online shopping for other goods 54 52 56
Ordering take away food 34 32 36
Home hair or beauty treatments including hair cuts 19 17 20
Video calls with family or friends 57 55 59
Avoiding public transport 48 46 50
Avoiding crowded places 71 69 72
Other (please specify) 2 2 3
None of the above 5 4 6

Weighted count 51,909,286

Sample size 4,500

Percentage of working adults2 who say they have worked from

home more often since the start of the coronavirus (COVID- 45 42 47
19) pandemic

Weighted count 32,068,686

Sample size 2,520

Which of these activities do you think you will keep doing

more often after the end of the coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic than you did before it?1
Working from home 20 18 21
Online grocery shopping 21 19 23
Online shopping for other goods 33 31 35
Ordering take away food 13 12 15
Home hair or beauty treatments including hair cuts 8 7 9
Video calls with family or friends 29 27 31
Avoiding public transport 23 21 25
Avoiding crowded places 38 36 40
Other (please specify) 1 1 1
None of the above 23 21 24

Weighted count 51,763,435

Sample size 4,490
Percentage of working adults2 who say they will work from
home more often after the end of the coronavirus (COVID-19) 29 27 31
pandemic than they did before it

Weighted count 31,978,051

Sample size 2,520

Source: Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (COVID-19 module), 10 to 14 March 2021

Notes
1. Respondents were able to choose more than one option.
2. For this survey, a person is said to be working if last week: they had a paid job, either as an employee or self-employed;
they did any unpaid or voluntary work.
 16-29 30-49 50-69

% LCL UCL % LCL UCL % LCL

35 31 39 49 45 53 24 21
20 16 24 36 32 39 32 28
46 41 51 57 53 60 57 53
51 46 56 44 40 48 23 20
20 17 24 22 19 26 17 15
64 59 68 65 61 68 51 47
44 40 49 47 43 51 48 44
61 57 66 69 65 72 75 72
2 1 4 2 1 3 2 1
5 3 6 4 3 6 7 4

10,423,507 16,689,741 16,243,238

700 1,200 1,590

36 31 41 55 51 59 37 33

6,532,350 14,585,302 9,954,788

450 1,050 890

16 13 19 35 32 38 15 12
13 10 16 26 23 29 20 17
29 25 34 36 32 39 35 31
22 18 26 15 13 18 10 7
8 5 10 8 6 11 7 5
34 29 38 32 29 36 27 24
21 17 26 23 20 26 26 22
27 23 31 38 34 42 44 41
1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0
24 20 28 18 15 21 24 21

10,423,507 16,627,689 16,174,786

700 1,200 1,580
 21 17 25 38 35 42 24 20

6,532,350 14,534,908 9,914,547

450 1,050 890

employee or self-employed; or they did any casual work for payment; or

 50-69 70+ Men Women

UCL % LCL UCL % LCL UCL %

27 3 1 5 32 30 35 29
36 40 36 44 29 26 31 36
60 53 49 57 48 45 51 59
27 13 10 16 33 30 36 35
20 11 8 13 16 14 19 21
55 47 43 52 54 51 57 61
52 53 48 57 46 43 50 49
79 76 73 80 68 65 71 73
3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2
9 5 3 6 6 5 8 4

16,243,238 8,552,800 25,375,451 26,533,835

1,590 1,010 2,130 2,370

42 25 13 37 45 41 49 45

9,954,788 996,246 16,323,749 15,744,937

890 130 1,190 1,340

17 2 1 3 22 20 24 17
23 24 20 28 19 17 22 23
38 31 27 35 32 29 34 35
13 5 3 7 14 12 16 13
9 10 8 12 6 5 8 10
30 23 20 27 26 24 29 32
29 19 15 22 22 20 25 23
48 40 35 44 34 31 37 42
1 1 0 2 1 0 2 1
28 26 23 30 25 22 28 20

16,174,786 8,537,453 25,305,858 26,457,576

1,580 1,010 2,120 2,360
 27 12 4 20 31 28 35 27

9,914,547 996,246 16,262,527 15,715,525

890 130 1,180 1,330
 Women

LCL UCL

27 31
33 38
56 62
32 37
18 23
58 63
46 52
71 75
2 3
3 5

26,533,835
2,370

41 48

15,744,937
1,340

15 19
21 25
32 38
11 15
8 11
30 35
21 26
40 45
0 1
18 22

26,457,576
2,360
 24 30

15,715,525
1,330