Responses to the Morris Census
The 2017 Morris Census received responses from 530 of the 768 sides in the UK responded: a response rate of 69 per cent. The survey also received 148 responses from international sides. Such a good response rate means the results give a very detailed picture of the morris community in the UK and across the world.
Thank you to all the sides that responded to the 2017 Morris Census! The survey had a very good response rate, meaning that the results give a very detailed picture of the morris community in the UK and across the world.
The 2017 Morris Census had responses from 530 of the 768 sides in the UK: a response rate of 69 per cent. This was higher than in 2014, when the survey achieved a 64 per cent response rate in the UK.
The survey also received 148 responses from international sides, again more than in 2014 when 102 sides responded. It is difficult to know how many sides there are in the USA and Canada, so it was not possible to calculate a response rate for those sides.
Responses to the Morris Census
Lists of all the sides that are current members of the Morris Federation, Morris Ring and Open Morris are published and regularly updated on the website of each respective organisation, and the same is the case for sides in Australia and New Zealand. Knowing the total number of sides that could have responded, means we can calculate the response rate. While lists of teams in the United States and Canada exist, they are not regularly kept up to date so might contain defunct sides and may not contain newer sides.
Where it is known, the total number of sides is shown below, along with the response rate for organisations (in the UK) and countries. The average response rate among UK member sides of a JMO organisation was 69%, which is a good response rate. It is higher than the response rate 2014 Morris Census.
The response rate was highest in Open Morris (78%) and lowest in the Morris Ring (59%) and Australia (69%).
Thank you to all the sides that responded to the 2017 Morris Census! The survey had a very good response rate, meaning that the results give a very detailed picture of the morris community in the UK and across the world.
The 2017 Morris Census had responses from 530 of the 768 sides in the UK: a response rate of 69 per cent. This was higher than in 2014, when the survey achieved a 64 per cent response rate in the UK.
The survey also received 148 responses from international sides, again more than in 2014 when 102 sides responded. It is difficult to know how many sides there are in the USA and Canada, so it was not possible to calculate a response rate for those sides.
Responses to the Morris Census
Lists of all the sides that are current members of the Morris Federation, Morris Ring and Open Morris are published and regularly updated on the website of each respective organisation, and the same is the case for sides in Australia and New Zealand. Knowing the total number of sides that could have responded, means we can calculate the response rate. While lists of teams in the United States and Canada exist, they are not regularly kept up to date so might contain defunct sides and may not contain newer sides.
Where it is known, the total number of sides is shown below, along with the response rate for organisations (in the UK) and countries. The average response rate among UK member sides of a JMO organisation was 69%, which is a good response rate. It is higher than the response rate 2014 Morris Census.
The response rate was highest in Open Morris (78%) and lowest in the Morris Ring (59%) and Australia (69%).
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Assuming that sides that did not respond have similar characteristics on average to those that did respond, then statistical weights can be used on the data. Weighting increases the contribution that types of side with low response rates make to the overall average and decreases the contribution that types of side with high response rates make to the average. Averages are representative of all types of sides, rather than just representative of those that responded.
As it is hard to know exactly how many sides there are in the USA, Canada, and UK sides that are not affiliated to an organisation, so each of the sides that responded have equal weight. Any results for the total across UK and international sides may therefore not be representative.
Who responded?
The survey was designed so that any member of the side could fill it in accurately without necessarily needing to consult the rest of the side. This would save them time and reduce the burden of the survey on the side, hopefully increasing the response rate. The chart below shows the roles of individuals within the side that submitted the survey: in most cases this was the secretary or the captain/ team leader.
As it is hard to know exactly how many sides there are in the USA, Canada, and UK sides that are not affiliated to an organisation, so each of the sides that responded have equal weight. Any results for the total across UK and international sides may therefore not be representative.
Who responded?
The survey was designed so that any member of the side could fill it in accurately without necessarily needing to consult the rest of the side. This would save them time and reduce the burden of the survey on the side, hopefully increasing the response rate. The chart below shows the roles of individuals within the side that submitted the survey: in most cases this was the secretary or the captain/ team leader.
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