Survey Says?!
People around the world speak out! And their opinions on getting organized and keeping things clean have been published in the following surveys on organization and cleanliness by Steelcase, Soap and Detergent Association, IKEA, and newstarget.com.
Topic
Orderly vs. Disorderly
Work Environment
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.
Topic
A Clean House
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.
Topic
Organization for Everyone
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.
Topic
The British on Organizing (or
Organising, as they say)
Source
“Spring Cleaning Week Surveys Unveil Startling Statistics”
Website
Findings
A new
survey has revealed that 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%).
