Cabin Fever Symptoms? The 2014 Healthy Pools - Ipsos Survey found that Americans are anxious to shake off their winter blues by diving into the pool. One in three Americans – and over half of Americans in the Northeast and Midwest regions – said the long, brutal winter of 2014 caused their worst cabin fever in at least a decade, and the “cure” many are looking forward to is jumping in a swimming pool, according to this year's national Healthy Pools - Ipsos survey.

1. 2014 Healthy Pools
Survey Results
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Conducted by Ipsos on May 13, 2014

2. Methodology: This Healthy Pools study was conducted among an online sample of 1,506 American adults by Ipsos on May 13, 2014. Margin of error of +/- 2.9 percentage points.
Question: True or False: My cabin fever this winter was the worst of the last 10 winters.
CABIN FEVER?
True or False:
My cabin fever this winter was
the worst of the last 10 winters.
Percent who marked “True” by Region
had the worst
cabin fever in
a decade
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54%
Midwest
10%
West
25%
South
48%
Northeast

3. Methodology: This Healthy Pools study was conducted among an online sample of 1,506 American adults by Ipsos on May 13, 2014. Margin of error of +/- 2.9 percentage points.
Question: Which one of the following are you most looking forward to as a way to put the long, frigid winter behind you?
37%
24%
15%
13% 12%
“DIVING” INTO SUMMER ACTIVITIES (AGES 18-54)
GARDENINGSWIMMING BIKINGCAMPINGHIKING
WAYS DEFROST
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to as a way to put the long, frigid winter behind you?
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4. Methodology: This Healthy Pools study was conducted among an online sample of 1,506 American adults by Ipsos on May 13, 2014. Margin of error of +/- 2.9 percentage points.
Question: Which one of the following are you most looking forward to as a way to put the long, frigid winter behind you?
WAYS DEFROSTto
FAVORED ACTIVITIES BY AGE AND DEPENDENTS
43%
15%
15%
14%
14%
40%
27%
14%
11%
8%
AGES 18 - 34 CHILDREN IN HOUSEHOLD
SWIMMING
GARDENING
HIKING
CAMPING
BIKING
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5. Methodology: This Healthy Pools study was conducted among an online sample of 1,506 American adults by Ipsos on May 13, 2014. Margin of error of +/- 2.9 percentage points.
Question: Do you know how to swim?
SINK SWIM?
Do you know how to swim?
admit they
don’t know how
to swim
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82%
“YES”
18%
“NO”
or

6. Methodology: This Healthy Pools study was conducted among an online sample of 1,506 American adults by Ipsos on May 13, 2014. Margin of error of +/- 2.9 percentage points.
Question: True or False: Chlorine is responsible for turning your hair green after going in a swimming pool.
GREEN CHLORINE?
True or False:
Chlorine is responsible for turning your
hair green after going in a swimming pool.
When swimmers’ hair
takes on a greenish tint,
copper is the real culprit.
Copper is added to pool
water when old brass fittings
or gas-heater coils or dissolve
over time and chemicals to
treat algae are added.
ANSWER:
PERCENT WHO MARKED “TRUE”
WITH
CHILDREN
WOMEN
MEN
WITHOUT
CHILDREN
29%
51%
48%
38%
40%
TRUE
60%
FALSE
from

7. COOL POOLS RED EYES?
True or False:
Red eyes while swimming indicates
too much chlorine in the pool.
Methodology: This Healthy Pools study was conducted among an online sample of 1,506 American adults by Ipsos on May 13, 2014. Margin of error of +/- 2.9 percentage points.
Question: True or False: Red eyes while swimming indicates too much chlorine in the pool.
but
The eye-opening reality is that red,
irritated eyes are actually caused by
chloramines, a group of chemicals
that forms when chlorine combines
with substances brought into
the pool by swimmers.
ANSWER:
73%
“TRUE”
27%
“FALSE”

8. Methodology: This Healthy Pools study was conducted among an online sample of 1,506 American adults by Ipsos on May 13, 2014. Margin of error of +/- 2.9 percentage points.
Question: True or False: Swimming in properly managed chlorinated pools aggravates asthma symptoms.
ASTHMA AGGRAVATION?
True or False:
Swimming in properly managed chlorinated
pools aggravates asthma symptoms.
19%
TRUE
FALSE
81%
PERCENT WHO MARKED “TRUE” BY AGE
18 - 34
35 - 54
55+
26%
17%
13%
incorrectly believe that
swimming in properly
chlorinated pools is bad
for those with asthma.
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ANSWER:
Swimming in a properly
managed pool with appropriate
pH and chlorine can help
improve asthma symptoms.