We’ll keep on driving

Wednesday 29th March 2006, 12:00AM BST.

A THIRD of people who replied to a new major States social survey said that no-thing would make them use their car less than now.

If that will cause a headache to environmentalists and health promoters, news that 14 per cent of respondents were obese will make them see that making the populace more healthy could be a difficult job.

The first Jersey Annual Social Survey produced by the States Statistics Unit is published today and is likely, as the years progress, to form a major part of planning for the future by ministers and departments.

A total of 3,600 forms were sent out to random households asking them about a range of important issues including health, transport, crime, population, pensions and leisure facilities.

More than 1,800 forms were re- turned – a result described by head of statistics Duncan Millard as ‘phenomenal’.

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