Public opinions and social trends, Great Britain: 14 to 25 September 2022 This period (14 to 25 September) covers the latter period of national mourning following the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II and her State Funeral on 19 September. On 23 September, the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered his Growth Plan 2022 to Parliament. New questions in this period explore the impact on people's working lives of the cost of living. Findings include: - Most working adults (63%) reported they were not doing anything differently in terms of their work situation because of increases in cost of living. However, around 1 in 5 (19%) reported looking for a job that pays more money, including a promotion. Other responses included 15% working more hours than usual in their main job and 7% saying they were going into their place of work more often to reduce home energy costs.
- Among working adults, 4% reported working more than one job because of increases in the cost of living. This is in line with data from the Labour Force Survey, on second jobs, that show approximately 1.2 million workers have second jobs between May and July 2022, remaining relatively stable since recent cost of living increases began.
- When asked how their cost of living compared with a year ago, 91% of adults aged 16 and over said it had increased. Asked how it compared with a month ago, 73% said it had increased (see NOTE below). The main reasons given were the price of food shopping (95%), increased gas or electricity bills (73%) and the price of fuel (51%).
- Around 4 in 10 (44%) of adults who pay energy bills said they found it very or somewhat difficult to afford them in the latest period.
- Thinking about the times in which we are living through, more than 4 in 10 (42%) said they felt very or fairly unsure about the future, compared with 26% saying they felt very or fairly sure about the future.
- The most frequently reported worries among adults (being very or somewhat worried) were climate change (76%) and the rising cost of living (76%).
NOTE: In this period, we introduced some changes to the cost of living questions to allow us to better measure the short and long term impacts. For this reason, we recommend not directly comparing with data from earlier periods Vital ONS data on COVID-19 Details of all of the statistics and analysis the ONS is producing on the prevalence and impact of COVID-19 and the UK's vaccine rollout can be found at ONS.gov.uk/coronavirus Please note the ONS publishes market sensitive releases at 07:00. Other statistics are released at 09:30 unless specified. Follow our latest news and get an insight into the work behind the numbers by following @ONSfocus on Twitter. To arrange broadcast or print interviews, please contact Media Relations on 020 3973 4761 or email Media.Relations@ons.gov.uk | 
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