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Behaviour Change: What role do we want governments to play? An international comparison Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute
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How do attitudes towards behaviour change policies vary around the globe?
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What people say and how they act is different but…
A measure which does not have public support is, in general,
less likely to succeed House of Lords report on Behaviour Change
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What we did
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We asked people in 24 countries…
Britain
Spain
France
Italy
Germany
Poland
Hungary
Belgium
Argentina
Brazil
India Indonesia
Japan
Mexico
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Turkey
Key: 1,000 interviews
500 interviews
Australia
Canada
China
Russia
USA
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…about their support for different degrees of government intervention in these areas:
FOOD
RETIREMENT
ENVIRONMENT SMOKING
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We looked at four degrees of Government intervention – and also asked about interventions against business
Provide information about changing behaviour INFORMATION FO
RC
E OF IN
TERVEN
TION
Provide incentives to change behaviour INCENTIVES
Make behaviour more expensive or difficult RESTRICTIONS
Ban behaviour BAN OUTRIGHT
Make companies act to change behaviour COMPANIES
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Limitations of the data
• As such, for developing nations the results are not representative of the country as a whole
• Internet penetration by no means uniform
• Results must be seen in this context
• There may be bias in some countries where Internet is not felt to be private
• Ecological data
• Definitions will be different
Global @dvisor is conducted through an internet survey in 24 countries
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Our findings
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What, if anything, do you think government should do? (Average over all four policy areas)
…perhaps surprisingly, there is majority support for intervention across the board…
Base: c.500 - 1,000 residents aged 16-64 (18-64 in the US and Canada) in each country, November 2010 Source: Ipsos Global @dvisor
92%
87%
69%
62%
0%
88%
% Strongly support/tend to support
Provide information
Provide incentives
Make companies act against behaviour
Make behaviour more expensive/ difficult
Ban behaviour
FOR
CE O
F INTER
VENTIO
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But people support different degrees of intervention in different policy areas…
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Next, thinking about how people plan for retirement. What, if anything, do you think government should do?
People want financial incentives to save for their pension, and 7 in 10 support being forced to save
Base: c.500 - 1,000 residents aged 16-64 (18-64 in the US and Canada) in each country, November 2010 Source: Ipsos Global @dvisor
92%
90%
79%
69%
87%
% Strongly support/tend to support
Provide information
Provide incentives
Make employers contribute to pension schemes
Make pension scheme enrolment automatic
Make pension scheme enrolment mandatory
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Now thinking about smoking: What, if anything, do you think government should do?
Smoking: still low support for an outright ban, but banning in public places is largely accepted
Base: c.500 - 1,000 residents aged 16-64 (18-64 in the US and Canada) in each country, November 2010 Source: Ipsos Global @dvisor
92%
82%
80%
52%
84%
% Strongly support/tend to support
Provide information
Incentivise people to stop smoking
Make tobacco companies invest against smoking
Ban smoking in public places
Ban smoking altogether
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Firstly, thinking about what people choose to eat. What, if anything, do you think government should do?
There are exceptions to the hierarchy of public support
Base: c.500 - 1,000 residents aged 16-64 (18-64 in the US and Canada) in each country, November 2010 Source: Ipsos Global @dvisor
90%
82%
53%
60%
88%
% Strongly support/tend to support
Provide information about healthy eating
Provide incentives, such as health food vouchers
Make companies promote healthy choices
Make unhealthy foods more expensive
Ban unhealthy foods
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Now thinking about using the planet's resources in a sustainable way (i.e. in a way that protects the quality of life of future generations). What, if anything, do you think government should do?
Similar story around environmental interventions
Base: c.500 - 1,000 residents aged 16-64 (18-64 in the US and Canada) in each country, November 2010 Source: Ipsos Global @dvisor
92%
92%
63%
68%
91%
% Strongly support/tend to support
Provide information
Make sustainable options less expensive
Make companies be more sustainable
Make unsustainable products more expensive
Ban unsustainable products
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But we also gave people the opportunity to say whether the government should not get involved in their behaviour…
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What, if anything, do you think government should do? (Average over all four policy areas)
Half still have a negative gut reaction to the “nanny state”
Base: c.500 - 1,000 residents aged 16-64 (18-64 in the US and Canada) in each country, November 2010 Source: Ipsos Global @dvisor
53%
53%
46%
46%
50%
% Strongly support/tend to support
Not get involved in what people choose to eat
Not get involved in what people choose to save for retirement
Not get involved (average)
Not get involved in whether or not people choose to live sustainably
Not get involved in how people make decisions about smoking
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Inconsistent views or a question of framing?
69% agreed that “government
should change the law so that
everyone has to enrol in a pension
scheme”
53% agreed that “government
should not get involved in what people choose to
save for retirement”
36%
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Support for the five degrees of intervention varies in different ways between countries
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Government should provide information… (Average over all four policy areas)
Support for information is uniformly high (range = 16pp)
Base: c.500 - 1,000 residents aged 16-64 (18-64 in the US and Canada) in each country, November 2010 Source: Ipsos Global @dvisor
98% 98% 97% 97%
95% 94% 94% 93%
93% 93% 92% 92% 92% 91% 91% 91% 90%
90% 90%
88% 85% 85%
84% 82%
Indonesia South Africa
China Turkey
Saudi Arabia India
South Korea Mexico
Australia Brazil
Russia Hungary
Argentina Canada Belgium
Italy Great Britain
Poland Spain
Germany France Japan
Sweden USA
Tend to support/strongly support
INFO
RM
ATIO
N
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Government should ban… (Average over all four policy areas)
Support for outright prohibition shows the full extent of political diversity (range = 54pp)
Base: c.500 - 1,000 residents aged 16-64 (18-64 in the US and Canada) in each country, November 2010 Source: Ipsos Global @dvisor
87% 87%
86% 84%
75% 72%
69% 68%
66% 64% 63%
63% 62%
60% 56%
53% 53%
52% 52%
51% 49% 49%
43% 33%
Saudi Arabia India
Indonesia China
Russia Turkey Mexico
Italy South Korea
Poland Argentina
Brazil Japan
South Africa Hungary Canada
Spain Australia
France Belgium
Germany Great Britain
Sweden USA
Tend to support/strongly support
BA
N O
UTR
IGH
T
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Government should make companies… (Average over all four policy areas)
Broad support for government intervention in business but price trade off not explored
Base: c.500 - 1,000 residents aged 16-64 (18-64 in the US and Canada) in each country, November 2010 Source: Ipsos Global @dvisor
97% 97% 97%
94% 94%
93% 92%
92% 91%
90% 90% 90% 89%
86% 85% 85% 85% 85%
84% 83% 82%
81% 80%
66%
Indonesia China
Turkey Saudi Arabia
India Russia Mexico
South Africa Hungary
Brazil France
Italy Argentina
South Korea Belgium
Australia Canada Poland
Great Britain Germany
Spain Japan
Sweden USA
Tend to support/strongly support
CO
MPA
NIE
S
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Specific questions really emphasise the difference between countries
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Government should introduce laws to ban unhealthy foods
Cultural divide? The right to eat what I want (range = 68pp)
Base: c.500 - 1,000 residents aged 16-64 (18-64 in the US and Canada) in each country, November 2010 Source: Ipsos Global @dvisor
89% 89%
88% 87% 87% 87%
86% 71%
70% 68%
65% 64%
63% 55%
53% 43%
42% 41%
39% 35% 35%
33% 33%
21%
China South Korea Saudi Arabia
India Indonesia
Turkey Russia Mexico Japan
Argentina Italy
Spain Poland
Hungary Brazil
Germany South Africa
Canada Belgium France
Sweden Australia
Great Britain USA
Tend to support/strongly support
OU
TRIG
HT
BA
N
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Now let’s investigate the patterns between countries…
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Countries do not differentiate in a nuanced way between shoves: if you like one type of legislation then you’ll like another
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What, if anything, do you think government should do? (Average over all four policy areas)
Strong correlation between support for banning and restricting
Base: c.500 - 1,000 residents aged 16-64 (18-64 in the US and Canada) in each country, November 2010 Source: Ipsos Global @dvisor
ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA
BELGIUM
BRAZIL CANADA
CHINA
FRANCE
GERMANY
UK
HUNGARY
INDIA
INDONESIA
ITALY
JAPAN
MEXICO
POLAND RUSSIA
SAUDI ARABIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH KOREA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
TURKEY
UNITED STATES 30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
45% 50% 55% 60% 65% 70% 75% 80% 85% 90%
RESTRICTIONS
BAN
OU
TRIG
HT
R² = 0.9357
LIBERALISM
PATERNALISM
Strongly support/tend to support policy
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But by comparing other interventions we can observe more subtle characteristics…
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Subtle differences between nations emerge: authoritarians and incentivisers
Base: c.500 - 1,000 residents aged 16-64 (18-64 in the US and Canada) in each country, November 2010 Source: Ipsos Global @dvisor
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA BELGIUM
BRAZIL
CANADA
CHINA
FRANCE GERMANY
UK
HUNGARY
INDIA INDONESIA
ITALY
JAPAN MEXICO
POLAND
RUSSIA
SAUDI ARABIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH KOREA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
TURKEY
UNITED STATES 20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
55% 60% 65% 70% 75% 80% 85% 90% 95% 100%
INCENTIVES
BAN
OU
TRIG
HT
R2 = 0.50
Tend to support/strongly support for food and smoking (average)
BANNING OVER INCENTIVES
INCENTIVES OVER BANNING
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But along with cultural differences, could prevalence of behaviour contribute to this variation?
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Prevalence of obesity does not appear a factor in the case of food
Base: c.500 - 1,000 residents aged 16-64 (18-64 in the US and Canada) in each country, November 2010 Source: Ipsos Global @dvisor; International Obesity Taskforce
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
BELGIUM
BRAZIL
CANADA
CHINA
FRANCE
GERMANY
UK
HUNGARY
INDIA
INDONESIA
ITALY
JAPAN
MEXICO
POLAND
RUSSIA SAUDI ARABIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH KOREA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
TURKEY
UNITED STATES
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36
% ADULTS WITH BMI ≥ 30
STR
ON
GLY
SU
PPO
RT/
TEN
D T
O S
UPP
OR
T
R2 = 0.60
OUTRIGHT BAN
Government should introduce laws to ban unhealthy foods
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Government should introduce laws to ban…?
Prevalence of smoking appears to strengthen opinion – the power of nicotine
Base: c.500 - 1,000 residents aged 16-64 (18-64 in the US and Canada) in each country, November 2010 Source: Ipsos Global @dvisor; WHO World Health Statistics 2010
ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA
BELGIUM
BRAZIL
CANADA
CHINA
FRANCE
GERMANY
UK
HUNGARY
INDIA
INDONESIA ITALY
JAPAN
MEXICO
POLAND RUSSIA
SAUDI ARABIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH KOREA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
TURKEY
UNITED STATES
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%
Smoking Food
% ADULT POPULATION SMOKING
OUTRIGHT BAN
STR
ON
GLY
SU
PPO
RT/
TEN
D T
O S
UPP
OR
T
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Is wealth a factor?
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The government should make the behaviour more difficult/more expensive. (Average over all four policy areas)
The wealthier the nation the less likely they are to favour government intervention
Base: c.500 - 1,000 residents aged 16-64 (18-64 in the US and Canada) in each country, November 2010 Source: Ipsos Global @dvisor; International Monetary Fund 2010
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
BELGIUM
BRAZIL
CANADA
CHINA
FRANCE
GERMANY
UK
HUNGARY
INDIA
INDONESIA
ITALY JAPAN
MEXICO
POLAND
RUSSIA SAUDI ARABIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH KOREA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
TURKEY
UNITED STATES
40%
45%
50%
55%
60%
65%
70%
75%
80%
85%
90%
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000
GDP PER CAPITA (PPP) (CURRENT INT'L $)
RESTRICTIONS
STR
ON
GLY
SU
PPO
RT/
TEN
D T
O S
UPP
OR
T R2 = 0.70
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A wealth paradox
High earners are more supportive of legislation than low earners
% Support by Household Income
Low Medium High
Food 50 53 56
Retirement 79 80 78
Environment 61 63 67
Smoking 76 80 83
Overall 66 69 71
RESTRICTIONS
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Might other factors explain these patterns?
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What, if anything, do you think government should do? Strongly support/tend to support. How confident do you feel in the way the Government of ... tackles the main problems facing the country?
Apart from those with extreme confidence in government, there is little correlation
Base: c.500 - 1,000 residents aged 16-64 (18-64 in the US and Canada) in each country, September 2010 (confidence), November 2010 (intervention) Source: Ipsos Global @dvisor
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA BELGIUM
BRAZIL
CANADA CHINA
FRANCE GERMANY
UK
HUNGARY INDIA
INDONESIA
ITALY JAPAN
MEXICO
POLAND
RUSSIA
SAUDI ARABIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH KOREA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
TURKEY
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT
BAN
OU
TRIG
HT
R² = 0.2544
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Countries with a higher inequality of power more supportive of prohibitive legislation
Base: c.500 - 1,000 residents aged 16-64 (18-64 in the US and Canada) in each country, November 2010. Source: Ipsos Global @dvisor; Hofstede Cultural Dimensions
INDIA
INDONESIA CHINA
RUSSIA
TURKEY
MEXICO ITALY
SOUTH KOREA
POLAND ARGENTINA BRAZIL
JAPAN SOUTH AFRICA HUNGARY
CANADA SPAIN AUSTRALIA FRANCE
BELGIUM UK
GERMANY
SWEDEN UNITED STATES
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
POWER DISTANCE INDEX
STR
ON
GLY
SU
PPO
RT/
TEN
D T
O S
UPP
OR
T
R2 = 0.5832
OUTRIGHT BAN
The government should ban the behaviour. (Average across all policy areas) Nb. PDIs for China, Hungary, Poland and Russia are estimate values; there is currently no individual PDI for Saudi Arabia.
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So what does this tell us?
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What have we learnt?
• What was striking was the extent to which people supported government intervention
• Public acceptability tends to fall as more freedoms are lost with some exceptions
• Clear and striking country differences
• It is issue dependent to a point
• Still a reaction to “nanny state”
• Influence of wealth is not straightforward
• Governmental system (power distance) may explain it
• We haven’t analysed fully is the extent to which these policies already exist in countries
• Definitions of government?
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Can measuring acceptability help determine where we are in a cycle?
TIME
PUB
LIC
SU
PPO
RT
Goodwin P. (2006) Cycle of Public Acceptability
Build-up of support as benefits appear
Fall-off as detail emerges
Sufficient support to go ahead
Increasing support for general idea
New idea, no justification
Panic just before implementation
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What does level of support tell us?
• There have been interventions that have been successful without public support and vice versa
• Acceptability is just one factor that needs to be considered • Consider public space smoking ban in China which is widely ignored
• A better concept might be how “prepared” the public are which includes acceptability but also:
• Recognition of an issue
• Understanding benefits/scale of the problem
• Belief in the effectiveness of the measure proposed
• Level of opposition
• Measuring acceptability should be seen as part of a cycle of change
• All of the above and more need to be considered to increase the effectiveness of an intervention
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