Lifestyle & social participation
Big growth in holidays to the new EU member states
Holiday destinations that have shown the largest percentage growth, 2003 to 2007, UK residents
• Nearly nine in ten homes (87 per cent) in the UK had a digital television service at the end of the first quarter of 2008. (Figure 13.2)
• Less than one-half (44 per cent) of people aged 15 and over in Great Britain read a national daily newspaper in the 12 months to June 2008, compared with 72 per cent in the 12 months to June 1978. (Table 13.6)
• Holiday trips to Latvia by UK residents increased by 1,164 per cent between 2003 and 2007. Up from 4,000 holiday trips to around 50,000. (Figure 13.12)
• In 2007/08, 90 per cent of pupils in England took part in at least two hours or more high quality physical education and out-of-hours school sport each week during term time, an increase of 21 per cent since 2004/05. (Page 200)
• Nearly one-half (49 per cent) of all those aged eight to 17 in the UK who use the Internet had a page or profile on a social networking site in 2007. (Figure 13.19)
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