Public Perception Survey
The survey carried out as part of the Merseyside Noise Study is probably the largest and most detailed survey of public attitudes to noise in the UK other than the government funded National Noise Attitude Survey.
A total of 1170 people were interviewed for the survey, 10 people from each of the 117 electoral wards across Merseyside. This compares with a total of 2524 people surveyed in all of England and Wales as part of the National Noise Attitude Survey.
Respondents were identified as follows. First, ten streets were selected at random for each ward. For each street, 30 households were selected at random. Where there were less than 30 households in a street, households in an adjacent
street were also used. The interviewers were instructed to conduct an interview with one member of any of these 30 households.
The interviewers were also instructed to conduct all 10 interviews for each ward at varying times of day/days of week to ensure that a balance between the working and non-working population was achieved. Each respondent had to be 16 years old or older and interviews within each ward were conducted across a spread of age groups and gender, and with a mix of ‘workers’ and non-workers’.
All interviews were conducted to the Market Research Society Code of Conduct.
The results of the public perception survey are summarised in the full Merseyside Noise Study Final Report and are provided in full in the Technical Appendix to the Report.