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Who Are Britain's 'Grousers' and 'Shiners'?
The North-east is easily the most optimistic part of Britain, according to a new analysis from the MORI Social Research Institute. People in the north-east are consistently more positive than most others on the economy, and most public services.
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Direct Mail 'Binned' By A Third Of Britons
Two thirds of British people aged over 35 who receive direct mail either throw it in the bin (36%) or want it to stop (29%), according to research by MORI. The survey, commissioned by The REaD Group, shows two in five (42%) believe they receive seven or more pieces of direct mail a week.
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Patients Happy To See Nurses Instead Of Doctors For Out-Of-Hours Care
A survey from MORI reveals that the public would be happy to let nurses care for less serious conditions at night instead of insisting on being treated by a doctor.
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A Majority Of Over 100 With The Women's Vote? Or, No Overall Majority?
Dr Elizabeth Nelson, the founding partner of Taylor Nelson, now one of the world's largest market research groups, leads the London arm of the International Women's Forum, and asked me recently to have a look at the upcoming elections in the USA and here in Britain. I'll confess, I hadn't been paying enough attention to what's been happening to the women's voting intentions since the last general election. Mea culpa!
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Audit of Political Engagement
This week the Electoral Commission and the Hansard Society published a report seeking to audit the nature and extent of the UK public's political engagement, to be used to provide a platform for further debate about what might be done to enhance engagement in politics and the political process. The report is primarily based on a Political Engagement Poll conducted by the MORI Social Research Institute of 1,976 UK adults aged 18+ conducted in December 2003.
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Environmental Behaviour And World Environment Day
A new MORI survey for the Environment Agency has found over three-quarters (77%) of adults in England and Wales say they might be encouraged to do more for the environment or do things more often, if it were made easier. A similar proportion (73%) said they might do more, or do things more often, if they thought it would make a difference.
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Europeans Want Better Restaurant Hygiene
Hygiene issues are one of the key drivers of restaurant choice across Western Europe, according to new research from MORI. The project, conducted for Kimberly-Clark, looks at attitudes to restaurant hygiene in six European countries (Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands).
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Trust In Doctors
Trust in doctors is at its highest for over 20 years, according to MORI's annual survey of trust in the professions. MORI found more than nine in 10 members of the public (92%) trust doctors to tell the truth. This is higher than the rating for any other professional group included in the survey, and the highest since it began in 1983.