Organizing Surveys

Who knew there were organizing surveys out there? I'll admit, I was surprised.

But somewhere, someone is doing a little bean counting. They're stuck in a small cubicle...asking questions about organizing, adding up answers, and spitting out results.

And here are those results!

Drum roll, please..................................................

Organizing Surveys: Home

Source: Spring 2006 National Cleaning Findings

Sponsor: Soap and Detergent Association

Findings:

60% say spring is the best time to rid the house of dirt, clutter.

98% feel good about themselves when their house is clean.

54% of Americans prefer to clean on a daily or weekly basis.

97% believe their families appreciate a clean home.

Organizing Surveys: General

Source: “You Can’t Be Too Organized” Survey

Sponsor: IKEA

Findings:

Women with shoe racks are seven times more likely to be on time for work than women without shoe racks.

Registered Republicans are three times more likely to color code their T-shirt drawers than registered Democrats. However, Democrats are five times as likely to color code their files at work, compared to Republicans.

Women who color code their linen closet spend more time with their friends than women who do not color code their linen closets.

Families that hang their coats on a coat tree in their home are three times more likely to have dinner together five nights per week than families without a coat tree in their home.

Married men are four times more likely to leave their pajamas on the floor in the morning compared to single men.

Organizing Surveys: Spring Cleaning

Source: “Spring Cleaning Week Surveys Unveil Startling Statistics”

Website: www.naturalnews.com

Findings:

For 83% of [Brits], happiness is a clean house.

Brits love their homes to be clean and feel unhappy if they are not.

For 63% of Britons, happiness is a shiny sink.

Cleaning gives 57% of the [British] population a feeling of satisfaction.

Being able to see their face gleaming in the porcelain of the loos is important to 14% of Londoners.

When it comes to stressing about having to clean the house, it’s more of a problem for [British] women (38%) than men (24%).

Organizing Surveys: Workplace

Source: Workplace Index Survey 2005

Sponsor: Steelcase

Findings:

Nearly 60% of respondents surveyed consider themselves to be "neat freaks" in the office.

Women are much more likely than men to describe themselves as "neat freaks" (36 percent vs. 22 percent).

The youngest respondents (aged 18-24) are the most likely age group to choose "neat freak" as the phrase that best describes them (44 percent) compared to all other age groups (28 percent).

Only 15 percent of respondents consider themselves to be "pilers," while 26 percent of workers describe themselves as "filers."

Only 2 percent of workers chose "slob" as the descriptor that best fit them.

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