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The Consumer Detriment Survey (CDS) is a project which aims to understand the nature of problems that consumers experience with items and services they purchase, providing insight into the detriment they face and also how they engage with the consumer protection system. This project looked at consumer detriment that occurred in the 12 months to April/May 2024 and follows up on a survey conducted in early 2021.
In the 12 months from April/May 2023 to April/May 2024:
Fieldwork for this study was conducted using the NatCen Opinion Panel – a random-probability panel of people recruited from high-quality, random probability studies such as the British Social Attitudes survey. The data was collected between 18th April and 2nd June using a sequential mixed mode design (web and telephone).
The survey largely replicates the one used in the 2021 wave of the study. Respondents were first asked to select from randomised lists the items (goods) and services they paid for in the 12 months to April/May 2024, or purchased and used within that period, across 43 different sectors. They then selected the sectors where they experienced detriment and reported the occurrence of these experiences. Those reporting detriment in at least one sector were asked for more detailed information about their experiences. If a respondent had experienced detriment in more than three sectors, data was collected from three randomly selected sectors. When a respondent reported multiple instances of detriment in a given sector, they were asked to focus on the most recent instance for their answers. For up to three experiences of detriment, respondents were asked to provide further details, including on the nature of the detriment, the current status of the problem and any impact the detriment had.
A total of 6,371 of the 11,990 panel members invited to take part did so, resulting in a 53% survey response rate. Among the respondents, 5,968 (94%) participated online and 403 (6%) via phone. Of the respondents, 4,462 experienced at least one incident of detriment, leading to the collection of detailed data on a total of 9,957 instances of detriment.
The data were weighted to be representative of the UK adult population (aged 18+) through respondent weighting, and to reflect all incidents of detriment experienced by UK consumers through detriment weighting.
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