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Survey<br />
RESULTS<br />
Results of the 2013<br />
Readers’ Survey – What You<br />
Told Us…<br />
A fantastic response to our readers’ survey provides a<br />
goldmine of ideas about how to improve the content<br />
of the Spinal Network News<br />
We received an incredible response to our Spinal Network<br />
News readers’ survey which we sent out with the August 2013<br />
issue, so a huge thank you to all those who took the time to<br />
send us your feedback. We now have a wealth of information<br />
to help us put together a magazine that truly reflects what<br />
you – the readers – want to see. Starting in 2014, we aim to<br />
include regular articles that address the areas you requested<br />
and suggested in the survey.<br />
We were very interested to know who is reading the SNN,<br />
and the majority of survey respondents are people living<br />
with a SCI (70%). One (31.8%) or two (50.9%) was the most<br />
common number of readers per household. We were also<br />
very interested in what people do with their copy of the SNN<br />
after they have read it and a massive 54.5% of respondents<br />
said they keep the SNN, with 20% lending it to others, and<br />
19% disposing of it. In this last category, people also remarked<br />
that they gave their copy of the SNN away to doctors’ clinics,<br />
medical centres, and a volunteer-run library. We were also<br />
curious to know, in what format people preferred to receive<br />
the SNN; the most requested option – a whopping 76.9% –<br />
said they want a printed hardcopy. A total of 15.4% requested<br />
an electronic copy, and 7.7% selected both. We hope to explore<br />
options regarding accessing the SNN online next year. We’ll<br />
keep you posted.<br />
We were very interested to know what you thought about<br />
the stories/articles we have in the SNN, and whether you find<br />
them interesting and relevant. A total of 60.5% respondents<br />
said they always find them interesting and, another 37.6% said<br />
they were sometimes interesting. Only 1.8% reported that<br />
stories/articles were hardly ever interesting. In terms of their<br />
relevance, nearly 40% said they found them relevant all the<br />
time, 57% said they were relevant sometimes, and only 4.7%<br />
said they were never relevant.<br />
An important part of this survey was to find out what topics<br />
you, the readers, want to see in the SNN (respondents could<br />
list more than one thing). Almost 70% of respondents said that<br />
they would like to see more articles on health issues, 63.6%<br />
said they would like to see more stories on technology and,<br />
49.1% more on travel issues. Also, 22.7% of readers would like<br />
Question 1<br />
Please select a category that best describes you<br />
Question 2<br />
On average, how many people in your household would<br />
read your copy of the SNN?<br />
I live with SCI 70%<br />
A partner of someone<br />
with SCI 3.6%<br />
A family member of someone<br />
with SCI 5.5%<br />
A carer of someone with<br />
SCI 0%<br />
A supporter of the NZST<br />
13.6%<br />
Other 7.3%<br />
1 31.8%<br />
2 50.9%<br />
3 10.0%<br />
4 2.7%<br />
5 1.8%<br />
More 2.7%<br />
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