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1. April
2014
Survey
Results
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3. Executive Summary
A diverse and interesting set of statistics from our very first survey. Many thanks to
the several thousand people (3,792 to be exact) who participated. Here are a few
summary observations.
These are the 9 Questions in the April 2014 survey:
1. Your gender
2. Age group
3. Part of the world you live in
4. Rate the overall quality of your life so far in 2014
5. I feel optimistic 2014 will be a good year for me
6. The things I most look forward to every day
7. The issues that keep me awake at night
8. I will be visiting other countries in 2014
9. The Internet is an important part of my daily life
Q1: respondents were split 60% male and 40% female
Q2: 51% were 18-35 years, 35% were 36-60 years, 11% were over 60's, under 18s 3%
Q3: A broad cross section of locations with almost 20% from North America and 34%
from South Asia
Q4: 85% of males and 82% of females felt they
Q5: Overall 85% of all respondents felt optimistic that 2014 will be a good year
Q6: What people look forward to (from most to least): Family time, Learning, my job,
time with friends, me time, music/movies/TV, reading, my colleagues, a few drinks
Q7: 85% have issues that keep them awake at night
Q8: 60% said they will visit another country in 2014
Q9: 88% said the Internet is an important part of their daily life
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Some statistics that are not surprising include the two main issues keeping people awake at
night being Personal Finances and Emotional Happiness. There was close alignment between
males and females in almost every aspect of What They Look Forward To except for "Have a
Few Drinks" which was twice as popular for males compared to females.
For question 6 there was a marked difference to answers across age groups - probably to be
expected. Question 7 also saw a marked difference in responses across age groups.
For those who said they would travel to another country the split was males 62% and
females 58%. The regional split of those intending to travel was 89% of Western Europeans,
86% of Oceanians, 74% of North Americans, 60% of North Asians and 55% of South Asians.
Some responses that are surprising include that 33% of those under 18 do not feel optimistic
that 2014 will be a good year. The least optimistic region overall was the Middle East
(perhaps not surprising) with only 50% being optimistic and they were followed by Western
Europeans and South Americans each with 33% not being optimistic.
Twice as many females as males worry about Emotional Happiness, the Environment and
Getting Old and males are 3 times more concerned than females about Access to Healthy
Food.
Only 66% of females over 60 felt that they would have a good year in 2014.

4. –60% male
–40% female
“Q1: Your gender”
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5. –51% 18-35 years
–35% 36-60 years
–11% over 60’s
–3% under 18s
“Q2: Your age group”
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6. –Africa 2%
–Americas 23%
–Asia 38%
–Europe 9%
“Q3:Part of the world you live in”
–Middle East 2%
–Oceania 17%
–Scandinavia 1%
–Subcontinent 8%
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7. –females (7.73) generally rated their quality of
life higher than males (7.3)
–people living in the Americas (7.95) rated their
quality of life highest
–18-35 year olds (7.73) had the highest rating
–under 18s had the lowest (6.0)
“Q4: Quality of life in 2014”
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8. –85% answered yes
“Q5: Optimistic 2014 will be good”
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9. –#1 Family time
–#2 Learning
–#3 My job
–#4 Time with friends
–#5 Me time
–#6 Music/movies/TV
–#7 Reading
–#8 My colleagues
–#9 A few drinks
“Q6: What I look forward to”
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–Other:
–#1 my faith
–#2 sport
–#3 sex
–#4 computer games
–#5 stock market
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10. –#1 Emotional happiness
–#2 Personal finances
–#3 Work security
–#4 Getting old
–#5 Personal safety
–#6 Access to quality health care
–#7 Access to healthy food
–#8 Environment in general
“Q7: What keeps you awake at night”
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–15% said nothing keeps them awake

11. –60% are visiting another country in 2014
“Q8: Visiting other countries”
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12. –88% said yes
“Q9: Internet is part of my daily life”
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13. –Greg Twemlow, Founder & CEO
(info@9qs.org)
“9 Questions Organization taps the mood, capabilities
and community orientation of a global audience.
Metrics that measure how we feel, what we are
capable of and our preparedness to help our fellow
human beings.”
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