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Size of Christmas gatherings
Q. If you are hosting or attending a Christmas gathering this year, will there be:
Total | Gender | Age Group | |||||
Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | |||
More people attending than in previous years | 8% | 14% | 3% | 12% | 12% | 2% | |
About the same amount of people attending | 34% | 33% | 34% | 29% | 32% | 40% | |
Less people attending than in previous years | 24% | 22% | 25% | 32% | 22% | 17% | |
Not sure | 12% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 11% | |
Not hosting or attending a Christmas gathering this year | 22% | 20% | 24% | 14% | 20% | 31% | |
Base (n) | 1,071 | 539 | 532 | 339 | 374 | 358 | |
- A quarter of people will be hosting or attending a smaller gathering than usual this Christmas, but more will either be hosting or attending the same size gathering as usual (34%) or more (8%).

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