<Ul> <Li> Half of respondents were opposed to completing metrication, with a quarter supportive and a fifth indifferent or non-committal . </Li> <Li> Younger generations were more supportive than the older but 36% of the 18 - 24 age group were opposed (with 33% supportive and 22% indifferent or non-committal). </Li> <Li> Where there are specific practical reasons for using metric units, the majority of the population prefer to use them . </Li> <Li> Where parental, peer and media pressures are strongly in favour of imperial units, all age groups continue to use imperial - including for personal weighing (89% of the over 60s and 64% of the 18 - 24s). </Li> <Li> There was a definite association between age and acceptance / use of metric units but there was still either a majority or a large minority of younger people who habitually use imperial rather than metric units for various everyday functions . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Half of respondents were opposed to completing metrication, with a quarter supportive and a fifth indifferent or non-committal . </Li> <Li> Younger generations were more supportive than the older but 36% of the 18 - 24 age group were opposed (with 33% supportive and 22% indifferent or non-committal). </Li> <Li> Where there are specific practical reasons for using metric units, the majority of the population prefer to use them . </Li>

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