Adults who only left home for essential reasons in Great Britain 2020

In Great Britain, the share of people who have been only leaving their house for essential reasons* during the coronavirus lockdown has been decreasing since the start of April 2020. In the first survey wave, 85 percent of respondents said they only left for essential reasons, by May 17 this share had dropped to 80 percent.

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Share of adults who stayed at home or only left for work, exercise, essential shopping or medical needs* in Great Britain between April and May 2020

Characteristic	Share of responses
May 14 to May 17	80%
April 24 to May 4	80%
Apr 17 to Apr 27	82%
Apr 9 to Apr 20	83%
Apr 3 to Apr13	85%

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Release date

May 2020

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

14 May to 17 May 2020

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

* From 20 March to 10 May, the "stay at home" measures were defined as leaving your home for only the following reasons: "Key worker travelling to work", "Shopping for basic necessities", "Any medical need" or "Exercise once a day". Any respondent who had either not left their home or left their home in the past 7 days for only these reasons was considered to have followed the "stay at home" measures. The estimates from 14-17 May will be based on these reasons for leaving the house, but may not be directly comparable to previous weeks as "travelling to work" includes all workers.

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