The Great Bushwalking Survey 2003 !

This survey was conducted over 1 week in April 2003 on the aus.bushwalking newsgroup.

Here are the results:


Total responses: 90

State:
       NSW:     47 %
       VIC:     24 %
       QLD:     10 %
       Tas:     10 %
       WA:       3 %
       Overseas: 3 %
       ACT:      2 %
       SA:       1 %

Age-range:
       0-20:    4 %
       21-30:  16 %
       31-40:  27 %
       41-50:  22 %
       51-60:  24 %
       61+:     7 %

Gender:
Male: 87 %
Female: 13 %

Type of job:
       Indoors job:         69 %
       Other job:           12 %
       Unemployed/retired:  11 %
       Outdoors job:         4 %
       Student:              4 %

Main source of pre-trip info:
       Maps & notes:              40 %
       Friends & word of mouth:   19 %
       Guidebooks:                17 %
       Websites:                  17 %
       Parks & wildlife service:   6 %
       Other:                      1 %

Member of a bushwalking club:
       Yes:  33 %
       No:   67 %

Walk solo sometimes:
       Yes:  48 %
       No:   52 %

Walk offtrack:
       Yes:  78 %
       No:   22 %

Walk length:
       A few hours:  20 %
       1 day:        26 %
       2 days:       28 %
       3 days:       13 %
       4 days:        4 %
       5 days:        4 %
       6 days:        0 %
       7 days:        1 %
       8 days:        1 %
       9 days:        1 %
       10 days        1 %
       >10 days:      1 %

Packweight:
       0-5 kg:     3 %
       6-9 kg:     0 %
       10-12 kg:  15 %
       13-16 kg:  33 %
       17-20 kg:  23 %
       21-24 kg:   8 %
       25-30 kg:   4 %
       >30 kg:     2 %
       None:      12 %


Footwear:
       Leather boots:     58 %
       Sneakers/volleys:  22 %
       Soft boots:        18 %
       Other:              2 %

Stove fuel:
       Metho:        33 %
       Gas:          25 %
       Shellite:     24 %
       Solid fuel:    2 %
       Lighter fuel:  2 %
       Petrol:        1 %
       Other liquid:  1 %
       No stove:     12 %

Used GPS:
       Yes:  48 %
       No:   52 %

Carried PLB (EPIRB):
       Yes:  24 %
       No:   76 %

Carried Sat Phone:
       Yes:   6 %
       No:   94 %

Type of camera used:
       Film:    49 %
       Digital: 24 %
       Both:    17 %
       None:    10 %

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