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A full report of the results from the 2007 Survey of Attitudes and Behaviours in relation to the Environment is released today. It gives a representative picture of what people in England think, and how they behave, across a range of issues relevant to the environment, including transport and recycling.

The results presented here follow from previous Environmental surveys run by Defra and its predecessors in 1986, 1989, 1993, 1996-7 and 2001. The results for the 2007 survey were produced from data collected from a representative sample of 3,618 individuals in England during spring 2007. The data were collected on behalf of Defra by the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) during computer assisted interviews.

Structure of the report

This full report, completed for Defra by BMRB, follows National Statistics releases of headline survey results released on 14 August 2007, and results of questions on wellbeing on 27 July 2007.
The survey itself was split into several sections. The report is presented using the same structure, as follows:

• Knowledge and attitudes
• Behaviours to reduce climate change
• Travel behaviour and attitudes
• Energy and water efficiency in the home
• Reducing waste, reusing and recycling
• Purchasing behaviours
• Green spaces
• Animal welfare
• Biodiversity
• Wellbeing

Where applicable, each section covers the following in relation to that subject:

• Attitudes
• Behaviours
• Barriers

The survey data, anonymised to protect confidentiality, is being concurrently released on the UK data archive website.
The full report can be found at: www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/pubatt/index.htm