Remain faces difficulties in getting across its core message on the financial risks of quitting the EU, a Sky poll indicates.
The Remain campaign have placed the economy at the centre of their messaging, highlighting the risks of giving up our EU membership.
Speaking on Sky News' EU debate this week, the Prime Minister claimed leaving would be an "act of economic self-harm".
Chancellor George Osborne has also warned Brexit could leave British families £4,300 worse off per year, while leading economic figures including International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde and Bank of England boss Mark Carney have highlighted the risks of financial instability if Britain quits the EU.
Despite this, one in five Britons (20%) have said the economy was the area about which they felt least informed in the EU referendum campaign.
Britons are least likely to feel ignorant about the impact on immigration - a key area for the Leave campaign. Only 7% said they know least about immigration.
People feel least informed about sovereignty (22%), while one in seven know least about security (14%). Four in ten considered themselves well-informed in all of these areas (37%).
Older people generally felt better informed about the referendum (40% of over 55s felt well-informed compared with 30% of 18-34s), though they were less sure about the impact on security than younger people (17% vs 11%), while younger people were less aware of the issues around sovereignty (30% for 18-34s compared with 14% of over-55s).
The Sky Data Snap Poll also suggested Britons are increasingly making up their minds in the EU debate.
In an online poll in April, Sky Data showed 29% said they might still change their mind on which way to vote, while today's poll by SMS shows just 14% now say the same.
The findings come as David Cameron accused his Conservative colleagues Michael Gove and Boris Johnson of "writing cheques they know will bounce" after they claimed an extra £100m a week would be available to spend on the NHS if Britain left the EU.
The Justice Secretary and former London mayor have said they would be able to use the UK's contribution to Brussels to give the health service a "cash transfusion".
However, the Prime Minister argued the economic damage caused by Brexit would mean there would be less money for the NHS.
The criticism follows Mr Gove's appearance on Sky News in which he attacked the PM's arguments for remaining in the EU as "depressing" and "an exercise in trying to scare you".
But he also failed to guarantee jobs would not be lost if the UK left the EU and was accused of acting like a World War One general, in urging men over the top without any idea of what was on the other side.
Meanwhile, six former Labour leaders have called on the party's supporters to vote to stay in the 28-member bloc on 23 June.
In an open letter released by Britain Stronger in Europe, Lord (Neil) Kinnock, Dame Margaret Beckett, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband warned: "If Labour stays at home, Britain leaves."
There are concerns that a low turn-out by party supporters could see the Leave campaign win.
Lord Kinnock urged young voters to ignore the "fantasy" claims being made by the "quitters", arguing the promises were "pants".
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