The BritishSocialAttitudesSurvey indicated that public satisfaction with the NHS fell from 70% to 58% last year - the largest annual drop since it started in 1983.
New figures from the BritishSocialAttitudessurvey - published alongside the poll - suggest that about half of Britons as a whole have a religious affiliation, sharply down from 20 years ago when it was two-thirds.
According to the latest BritishSocialAttitudes (BSA) Survey, which was conducted in 2008, almost two-thirds of people now see little difference between marriage and living together.