Attitudes To Health And Safety

New research by the MORI Social Research Institute for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has been published, looking at attitudes towards health and safety issues. The report -- 'Attitudes towards health and safety: a quantitative survey of stakeholder opinion' -- looks specifically at:

• What is understood by the term "Health and Safety";
• Attitudes towards the role of health and safety in society;
• Perceptions of levels of responsibility for health and safety in the workplace;
• Perceived possible improvements to health and safety in the workplace;
• Familiarity with and favourability towards the HSE, and comparator organisations.

There were three audiences for the study -- citizens (i.e. general public), employees (i.e. working people) and employers. The report is based on the results of the three surveys.

• Attitudes towards health and safety: a quantitative survey of stakeholder opinion - pdf document, 428K

Technical details

For the Citizens survey, a nationally representative quota sample of 1,000 adults aged 16+ was interviewed throughout Great Britain. Interviews were carried out between 23-25 January 2004.

For the Employers survey, MORI interviewed 500 senior members of staff with responsibility for health and safety at businesses throughout Great Britain from 4-17 February 2004.

For the Employees survey, MORI interviewed a representative sample of 2,002 working adults (aged 16 or over) throughout Great Britain from 30 January to 19 February 2004.