Rising cost of living a worry for 77% of adults in Great Britain, says ONS

An ONS survey found the number of people spending less on food shopping and essentials jumped to 41% of households from 36% in the previous fortnight. Photograph: M Horwood/Getty

More than three-quarters of adults in Great Britain worry about the rising cost of living, with about half of them doing so almost every day, according to research by the Office for National Statistics.

In a survey, 77% of people over the age of 16 reported feeling “very or somewhat worried about the rising cost of living”. Of these respondents, 50% said they worried “nearly every day”.