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Daylight Saving
Daylight Saving Public Attitude Survey
Regulatory Impact Statement
Further Background
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Daylight Saving Public Attitude Survey
The Department of Internal Affairs commissioned Research New Zealand, an independent research company, to undertake a public attitude survey into the extension to Daylight Saving. This was the first survey conducted on Daylight Saving since 1985. Research New Zealand surveyed 1,006 members of the public, and 494 dairy farmers. The survey was conducted between 8 and 29 April 2008 (following the end of Daylight Saving). The survey found:
General Public
- The extension to Daylight Saving was approved by 82 per cent of respondents, with 57 per cent strongly approving. In contrast, 5 per cent disapproved and 6 per cent strongly disapproved.
- Just over one-half of respondents (52 per cent) believed the extension to Daylight Saving had a personal impact on them, with 47 per cent believing it had no impact on them.
- Respondents who believed the Daylight Saving extension had had a personal impact on them were more likely to say that these impacts were positive. Expressed as a proportion of the total sample, 31 per cent of respondents claimed that the impacts on them were all positive, 5 per cent claimed they were all negative, and 14 per cent claimed the impacts were both positive and negative. About half (49 per cent) believed the extension had neither a positive nor negative impact (including the 47 per cent noted above who reported no personal impact at all).
- Daylight Saving in general was approved of by 90 per cent of all respondents, with 72 per cent strongly approving. In contrast, six per cent disapproved.
- These results have a margin of error of ±3.6 per cent at the 95 per cent level of confidence.
Dairy Farmers
- Just over one-half (54 per cent) of dairy farmers approved of the extension to Daylight Saving. In contrast, 41 per cent disapproved.
- Just under one-half of dairy farmers (49 per cent) believed the extension to Daylight Saving had a personal impact on them, although the same proportion (50 per cent) believed it had no impact on them.
- Dairy farmers who believed the Daylight Saving extension had had a personal impact on them were more likely to say that these impacts were negative. One-fifth (20 per cent) of the dairy farmers interviewed claimed that the impacts were all negative, 10 per cent claimed that the impacts on them were all positive, and 18 per cent claimed the impacts were both positive and negative. About half (52 per cent) believed the extension had neither a positive nor negative impact (including the 50 per cent noted above who reported no personal impact at all).
- Daylight Saving in general was approved of by 82 per cent of all dairy farmers, with 45 per cent strongly approving. In contrast, 15 per cent disapproved.
- These results have a margin of error of ±4.5 per cent at the 95 per cent level of confidence.
The full survey report includes breakdowns of significant differences between social groups, of the reported impacts of the extension and the reasons given for approving or disapproving of the extension to Daylight Saving.
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