Location: Singapore
Total Respondents: 84
Age: 14-72
Gender: M54 F30
Profession: Students, teachers, technicians, opticians, engineers, public servants, respiratory technician, psychologists, housewives, etc
1. From the scale of 1 to 10, please indicate how disruptive have the recent cases of haze been to your daily routines? 1 represents not disruptive at all, 10 very disruptive. Mean 7.4 Median 7
2. From the scale of 1 to 10, how much do you think are you personally at fault for the forest fires in Borneo and Sumatra? 1 represents not responsible at all, 10 very responsible. Mean 1.8 Median 1
3. Please indicate the rate of your household usage of each of the following products from 1 to 10. 1 represents very seldom, 10 very often.
Rubber Me7.2Md6 Soap Me9.2Md10 Margarine Me6.5Md5 Chocolate bar Me7.3Md7 Instant Noodle Me7.6Md 7 Cooking Oil Me8.7Md Mayonnaise Me5.2Md4 Palm oil Me4.9Md4
4. What do you think causes the forest fires in Indonesia? You may choose more than one answer.
(4, 4.8%) The fires are deliberately set to kill the endangered animals.
(75, 89.3%) The fires are deliberately set to clear the lands for farming purposes by Indonesian farmers.
(79, 94%) The fires are caused by the extremely dry weather in the areas.
(64, 76.2%) The fires are deliberately set to clear the lands for plantations by large multinational-corporations
5. Who do you think are the most responsible for forest fires in Borneo and Sumatra? You may choose only 2 answers. Total 84 x 2=168 Votes
a. (74, 88%) Indonesian government
b. (53, 63%) Indonesian farmers
c. (35, 42%) Large, multinational palm oil corporations
d. (6, 7%) Consumers of palm oil and rubber
e. (0, 0%) Singapore government
6. Knowing that your personal consumption of palm oil indirectly contributes to forest fires, will you reduce your consumption of products containing palm oil? Yes (76, 91%) No (8, 9%)