Full set of survey results

The full set of survey questions that was used for the 2017 Morris Census survey is here (2017 survey) and the questionnaire used for the 2014 survey is here (2014 survey).

The table below links to analysis of each of the Morris Census survey questions. The default set of figures shown is the average for UK sides. The international and combined averages are also presented, as well as analysis of each question broken down by organisation/country and by main performance style. You can also click the 'get the data' link to download the data tables.

Survey question	Link to 2017 data	Link to 2014 data (where applicable)
The survey instrument used:	2017 survey	2014 survey
Survey response rates	2017 data	2014 data

About your side
What kind of place is the side based in?	2017 data
Which organisation(s) is the side currently a member of?	2017 data	2014 data
Why is your side a member of an organisation?		2014 data
In what decade was the side formed?	2017 data	2014 data
What is the respondent's role in the side?	2017 data	2014 data
Which is the best description of the side’s dancers?	2017 data	2014 data
Which is the best description of the side's musicians?	2017 data	2014 data
What three words would you use to describe your side?		2014 data

About your side’s performances
What styles of dance/ performance does the side regularly perform?	2017 data	2014 data
What styles of dance/ performance does the side occasionally perform?	2017 data	2014 data
To what extent is your dance/performance repertoire traditional (i.e. as it was originally collected)?	2017 data	2014 data
What Cotswold traditions regularly make up the side's dance repertoire?	2017 data
What Cotswold traditions occasionally make up the side's dance repertoire?	2017 data
Do any members of the team perform jigs at your side’s dance outs? (Cotswold only)	2017 data
How often does your side participate in massed dancing with other sides, when you have the opportunity? (Cotswold only)	2017 data
What characters does your side perform with?		2014 data
What musical instruments do the side's musicians play?		2014 data
How many musicians play for performances?		2014 data

Face paint/ disguise and kit
Does the side regularly use face paint or disguise?	2017 data	2014 data (Big changes made to this question)
What face paint or disguise does the side use?	2017 data
Has your side changed its face paint or disguise in the last five years?	2017 data
What face paint or disguise did the side use previously?	2017 data
How would you describe your side's kit?		2014 data
If your side is mixed sex, is the kit different for men and women?		2014 data
What colour(s) is the side's kit?		2014 data

Side members
How many members does the side have?	2017 data	2014 data
How many members are also members of at least one other side?	2017 data	2014 data
How many members are male/female?	2017 data	2014 data
How many members are in different age groups?	2017 data	2014 data
How many members are from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background?	2017 data
How many people are occasional performers with the side?	2017 data	2014 data
How many people left the side or stopped performing with the side?	2017 data
Does the team accept children as members?		2014 data

Recruitment
How many new recruits has the side had join the side in the last two years?	2017 data	2014 data
How many recruits are male/female?	2017 data	2014 data
How many recruits are in different age groups?	2017 data	2014 data
What recruitment methods have your side used recently?	2017 data	2014 data
Which recruitment method has your side found to be the most useful?	2017 data

Side events
How often does your side perform at these types of event in a typical year?	2017 data	2014 data
What proportion of your engagements in a typical year are local to where the side comes from?		2014 data
If your side was asked to perform at a private event for half an hour, what fee would you charge?		2014 data
Do you perform regularly on any of these dates?		2014 data
Has your side organised, or would your side consider organising, an event that requires...		2014 data

Side culture and the future
We regularly make changes to the side's repertoire	2017 data
It's important that the side regularly changes who's in charge	2017 data
High quality dancing is important to the side	2017 data	2014 data
Preserving the tradition as it was originally collected is an important goal of the side	2017 data	2014 data
How optimistic are you that the side will still be performing in 5 years' time?	2017 data	2014 data

Side’s practices
How often does your side practice?		2014 data
What day(s) does the side practice?		2014 data