COVID-19: comfort with eating out in the UK 2020

Approximately one third of respondents in Great Britain said they were comfortable with dining out indoors at restaurants during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, independently of the lockdown status of the area they reside in, as of October 2020. The share of respondents who expressed discomfort was lower, with 23 percent of those living in a local lockdown area uncomfortable with eating out, compared to 25 percent of those not living in a lockdown area.

At this time, how comfortable or uncomfortable would you be about eating indoors at a restaurant?

Characteristic	Lives in local lockdown area	Does not live in local lockdown area
Very comfortable	8%	10%
Comfortable	31%	33%
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	22%	20%
Uncomfortable	23%	25%
Very uncomfortable	14%	11%
Not applicable	1%	1%
Don’t know**	-	1%

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Release date

October 2020

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

October 7 to 11, 2020

Number of respondents

1,630*

Age group

16 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interviews and online survey

Supplementary notes

* Total sample. Sample size of respondents who live in local lockdown area: n = 360. Sample size of respondents who do not live in local lockdown area: n = 1,270.
** Data for "lives in local lockdown area" not included due to small sample size (<3).

Figures may not sum up to 100 percent due to rounding.

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