Ocean literacy survey: headline findings
Headline findings from an online survey with the public in Scotland on the topic of ocean literacy - exploring the public's understanding of the marine environment. It is part of a wider project covering England and Wales.
Marine activism
Fifty-nine percent had taken at least one of the listed actions to protect the marine environment (Figure 26). The most common action people had undertaken to protect the marine environment was making lifestyle changes (35%) followed by signing petitions (23%) and voting for political parties with strong policies to protect the marine environment (18%).
Direct action in rallies or demonstrations (2%), involvement in citizen science (3%) and contacting elected representatives (3%) were the least undertaken actions whilst 38% said they had undertaken none of the activities listed.
Q15: Which of the following activities, if any, have you done to protect the marine environment in Scotland?
Unweighted base: 3,055
Dimensions
- Activism
- Behaviour
- Attitudes
Where they had taken action to protect the marine environment, this was most commonly in relation to marine habitats (63%), followed by marine mammals (58%) (Figure 27).
Q16: What aspects of the marine environment was your activity intended to protect?
Unweighted base: Where tried to protect the marine environment: 1,847
Dimensions
- Activism
- Behaviour
- Attitudes
Contact
Email: socialresearch@gov.scot
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