Q. Overall, do you think that technological change is making people’s lives better or worse?
| Total agree | Men | Women | Aged
18-34 |
Aged
35-54 |
Aged 55+ | Nov 2015 | |||
| Total better | 50% | 53% | 47% | 55% | 50% | 45% | 56% | ||
| Total worse | 25% | 20% | 29% | 18% | 26% | 32% | 22% | ||
| A lot better | 15% | 15% | 15% | 17% | 15% | 14% | 22% | ||
| A little better | 35% | 38% | 32% | 38% | 35% | 31% | 34% | ||
| Neither better nor worse | 22% | 24% | 20% | 22% | 22% | 21% | 18% | ||
| A little worse | 17% | 14% | 20% | 12% | 19% | 21% | 16% | ||
| A lot worse | 8% | 6% | 9% | 6% | 7% | 11% | 6% | ||
| Don’t know | 3% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 4% |
50% think that technological change is making people’s lives better and 25% think it is making people’s lives worse. 22% think it has made no difference. This is a shift to a slightly more negative view of technology since this question was asked in 2015.
Those most likely to think technology is making people’s lives better were aged 18-24 (57%), Labor voters (58%) and university educated (59%).