Student Post: Is life fair? Only a quarter of Brits think so

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A survey was conducted by YouGov which had asked people across the UK, “Do you think life is fair or not fair?” whereby out of the sampled 1,660 people, 25% had supported the notion that life is fair. The headline is regarded to be accurate based on this calculation: the UK population size is 65.5 million (65,511,098 in 2017) – when searched up on google. So, (1,660/65,511,098) x 1,000,000 = 25%. Despite there being a higher percentage of people believing that ‘life is not fair’ (59%) in the UK, the data presented in this article supports the headline, thus the article is not misleading. Furthermore, the survey presented is seen as informative as the results shown is based on their: age, gender, regions and the political parties they side with. However, they do not elaborate on what they mean by ‘fair’ leaving this article to slightly unclear.

References:

Smith, M. (2017). ‘Is life fair? Only a quarter of Brits think so’. YouGov. [Online]. Available from: https://yougov.co.uk/news/2017/04/12/only-quarter-brits-think-life-fair/ [Accessed on 14th April].

Smith, M. (2017). YouGov Survey Results in ‘Is life fair? Only a quarter of Brits think so’. YouGov. [Online]. Available from: https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/3epd3mk4h1/InternalResults_170110_Fairness_W.pdf [Accessed on 14th April].

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