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Benefits: cuts for people refusing to learn English, by age

Opinion on cutting benefits for non-English-speaking migrants by age group

The data displays the share of respondents who said they would support a policy of stopping benefits for non-English speaking migrants who are not taking English classes, in Great Britain in June 2013, by age group. Those aged 60 and over were the most decisive, and also the most likely to support such a policy, whereas those aged 18-24 were the most indecisive and also the least likely to be in favor of this policy.

18-24 72 10 18
25-39 77 12 11
40-59 87 8 5
60+ 92 5 2