| ethical
buying survey
These are the complete
results from our survey. For reasons of space we have excluded
the freetext responses to questions 14 or 16. If you are interested
in finding out more please contact
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| 1.
Are you Male or Female? |
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Response
Percent |
Response
Total |
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28.3% |
290 |
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71.7% |
733 |
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Total
Respondents |
1023 |
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(skipped
this question) |
50 |
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| 2.
Please indicate your age |
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Response
Percent |
Response
Total |
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0% |
0 |
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2.6% |
27 |
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16.1% |
167 |
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72.1% |
746 |
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6.9% |
71 |
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1.9% |
20 |
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0.3% |
3 |
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0% |
0 |
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0% |
0 |
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0.1% |
1 |
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Total
Respondents |
1035 |
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(skipped
this question) |
38 |
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| 3.
What part of the UK do you
live in? |
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Response
Percent |
Response
Total |
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1.7% |
13 |
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63.1% |
495 |
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4.2% |
33 |
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3.1% |
24 |
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0.5% |
4 |
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2.4% |
19 |
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3.6% |
28 |
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16.6% |
130 |
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4.5% |
35 |
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0.4% |
3 |
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Total
Respondents |
784 |
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(skipped
this question) |
289 |
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| 4.
If you live outside of the
UK, please enter the country
below |
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278 |
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(skipped
this question) |
795 |
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1017 |
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(skipped
this question) |
56 |
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| 6.
What criteria would an item
of clothing have to offer
if sold as ‘ethical’? Tick
as many as apply. If you
have any other criteria,
please enter them into the
box below |
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Response
Percent |
Response
Total |
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No
sweatshops |
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85% |
864 |
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No
child labour |
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92.2% |
938 |
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Organic
fabrics used |
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27.3% |
278 |
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Community
producing it directly benefits |
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72% |
732 |
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Percentage
of profits given to charities
or causes |
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28.5% |
290 |
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17.7% |
180 |
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Total
Respondents |
1017 |
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(skipped
this question) |
56 |
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| Would
you purchase ethical products |
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| 7.
Would you be prepared to
purchase an item of clothing
if you knew that it was
‘ethically produced’? |
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Response
Percent |
Response
Total |
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81% |
832 |
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1.2% |
12 |
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17.8% |
183 |
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Total
Respondents |
1027 |
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(skipped
this question) |
46 |
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| 8.
If you were to purchase
an item of ethical clothing,
what other criteria would
affect purchase decision?
Please Tick all that apply |
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Response
Percent |
Response
Total |
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Ethically
produced is enough |
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10.4% |
104 |
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Comparable
price to High Street stores /
fashion chains e.g. Zara, Banana
Republic, Next |
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70% |
698 |
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Comparable
quality to High Street stores/
fashion chains e.g. Zara, Banana
Republic , Next |
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82.5% |
823 |
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Comparable
style to High Street stores/ fashion
chains e.g. Zara, Banana Republic,
Next |
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72.8% |
726 |
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Total
Respondents |
997 |
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(skipped
this question) |
76 |
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| 9.
Could you please let us
know if you strongly agree,
slightly agree, slightly
disagree or strongly disagree
with the following statements.
If you are not sure please
enter Don’t Know |
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Strongly
Agree |
Slightly
Agree |
Slightly
Disagree |
Strongly
Disagree |
Don't
Know |
Response
Average |
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I
buy clothes because they are stylish
– I don’t care how they are produced |
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10%
(98) |
37%
(368) |
34%
(333) |
15%
(146) |
4%
(37) |
2.65 |
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There
are certain brands that I would
never buy from for social, economic
and political reasons |
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