|
MORI Opinion Polling on Pylons and Power Lines
At roughly two-year
intervals from 1997 to 2006, MORI interviewed approximately 2000 adults (chosen
as a nationally representative quota), paid for by National Grid.
See also other opinion polling on EMFs
National Grid
indicated the type of information it wished to obtain. The questions themselves were worded by MORI
and the poll administered and analysed by them.
MORI were told to find out the genuine extent of awareness and concern
among the public without biasing the answer either way by the way the questions
were phrased.
This summary
gives, where possible, the figures for the category "pylons and power lines",
either as a category directly used in the survey or obtained by aggregating
separate "pylons" and "power lines" categories.
There were some mentions of EMFs and substations, but the figures for
pylons and power lines have always been the largest.
Further
questions, phrased differently in different years, have addressed views about
the strength of the scientific evidence etc.
|
|
Question
|
1997
|
1999
|
2001
|
2003
|
2006
|
|
1
|
What issues, if
any, to do with industry, public health and the environment in Britain
concern you most these days?[1]
[no prompts]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pylons/overhead
power lines:
|
1%
|
1%
|
1%
|
1%
|
1%
|
|
2
|
Which of the
following have you heard anything about recently in the industrial
environment context/context of human health issues?[2]
[prompted with
list]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electricity
pylons/overhead power lines:
|
31%[3]
|
28%3
|
45%
|
37%
|
37%
|
|
3
|
Which, if any,
particularly concern you these days (because of these health issues)?[4]
[prompted with
list]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electricity
pylons/overhead power lines:
|
8%3
|
8%3
|
11%
|
9%
|
9%
|
For comparison,
from the 2006 results, the pylon/power line scores compared to some other
issues were:
|
|
Question
|
2006
|
|
1
|
What issues, if
any, to do with industry and the environment in Britain concern you most these
days?
[no prompts]
|
pollution 35%
global
warming/climate change 25%
waste
disposal/litter 13%
traffic
congestion 13%
Bird Flu 6%
Mobile phone
masts 4%
Pylons/power lines 1%
|
|
2
|
Which of the
following have you heard anything about recently in the context of human
health issues?
[prompted with
list]
|
Bird Flu 89%
Passive smoking
77%
Mobile phone
masts 56%
MMR 52%
GM crops 46%
Pylons/power lines 37%
|
|
3
|
Which, if any,
particularly concern you these days because of these health issues?
[prompted with
list]
|
Bird Flu 39%
Passive smoking
39%
GM crops 19%
Mobile phones masts/telephones 16%
Pylons/power lines 9%
|
The 2006 survey
involved face-to-face interviews in 197 sampling points with a sample of 1,958
adults aged 15+ representative of the population of Great Britain. Fieldwork took place
in the period 30 March-3 April 2006.
[1] Wording up to
2003 was: "What issues, if any, to do
with industry and the environment in Britain concern you most these
days?"
[2] Wording was "context of human health" from
2001 onwards
[3] Percentage relates to "Pylons" only
[4] "because of these health issues" added
from 2003
back
|
