The tables compare the percentages of the opinions of people in the UK on the increase in public spending in terms of gender and
age
groups.
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Overall
, it can be clearly seen that health and Linking Words
education
were found to be more financed by both men and women. Use synonyms
Moreover
, older individuals considered that the government should focus on improving healthcare, Linking Words
whereas
the younger generation thought that Linking Words
education
requires more funding.
Focusing on the views by gender, 32 per Use synonyms
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of men thought that the spending should be channelled to healthcare, Use synonyms
while
48 per Linking Words
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of women considered it to be improved. Regarding Use synonyms
education
, the proportions of male and female respondents were relatively closer, 55 per Use synonyms
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and 40 per Use synonyms
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, respectively. Opinions on spending on other areas were almost the same (13% of men and 12% of women).
As for the support by Use synonyms
age
groups, percentages of the opinions on spending on healthcare rose as the Use synonyms
age
category increased. Surprisingly, the support for an increase in Use synonyms
education
funding experienced an opposite trend, which means the younger the Use synonyms
age
group was, the more they favoured greater investment in Use synonyms
education
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Finally
, the percentages of the thoughts about other areas fluctuated between 35% and 16%Linking Words