Dataset Public opinions and social trends, Great Britain: personal experiences of shortages of goods

29 April 2022

This dataset was previously published in the Coronavirus section of the website. It has a new title and page location for periods from 30 March to 10 April 2022 onwards, but will continue to present indicators from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey of whether people experienced shortage of goods such as food, medicine and fuel when shopping. All previous versions of the dataset can be found on the Coronavirus and the Social impacts on Great Britain: personal experience of shortage of goods dataset page.

02 June 2023

The 17 to 29 May 2023 edition of this dataset will be the last one to include breakdowns by age, sex and index of multiple deprivation. From our release on 16 June 2023 onwards, we will continue to present indicators from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey of whether people experienced shortage of goods. This is based on a routine review of the relevance and usefulness of this release. If you have any questions please contact policy.evidence.analysis@ons.gov.uk.