While the majority of people are positive about New Year’s Eve a significant minority have a negative view of the occasion
The majority (58%) of Britons have a positive opinion of New Year’s Eve although a significant minority (36%) hold a negative view of the festivities.
Londoners and the Southerners are the most positive (60%) about the celebration followed by Scots (59%), Midlanders and the Welsh (56%) and Northerners (54%). The North holds the most negative opinions about New Year’s Eve (41%) followed by the Midlands and Wales (40%), Scotland (36%), London (34%) and the South (33%).
Young Lang Syne
Under-25s are the most positive about New Year’s Eve and the older people become the more negative they become about the occasion:
- Just under two-thirds (66%) of under-25s have a positive opinion of New Year’s Eve, a quarter (25%) have a negative opinion
- 59% of 25-39 year-olds have a positive opinion of New Year’s Eve, over a third (35%) have a negative opinion
- 56% of 40-59 year-olds have a positive opinion of New Year’s Eve, 39% have a negative opinion
- A small majority (54%) of the over-60s have a positive opinion of New Year’s Eve, 40% have a negative opinion
Not going out
A plurality (38%) of people don’t plan to do anything special to celebrate the start of 2013. The home is the most popular venue for those actively marking the occasion, with over a quarter (28%) staying in to celebrate. Fewer than one in ten plan to go to a party (9%), go out to a pub or bar (8%) or go elsewhere (8%) and 6% of people don’t know what they will do yet.
Happy New Year!
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