Impact of the SDSR and Armed Forces Covenant
To date, this survey has been completed by 332 personnel, although more visited the website only to opt out of completing the survey for some reason. These casual visits or incomplete surveys were not recorded as part of the totals.
The breakdown of family members indicates that 91% were serving and 9% were non-serving. The gender breakdown was 74% male and 26% female.
In terms of their relationship to the serving person, 16% of our participants classed themselves as serving and single, 60% were serving with a non-serving partner, and 13% were serving and also had a partner serving in the Armed Forces. 9% were non-serving spouses while the remaining voters were either partners or siblings of serving personnel or had categorised themselves as ‘other’.
Votes came from across the rank structure, with every rank represented apart from J/T and Plt Off. The most represented ranks were Cpl, Sgt, Flt Lt and Sqn Ldr. The split between commissioned and non-commissioned voters was 36% commissioned and 64% non- commissioned.
Voters ranged in age from under 21 to over 56, with the
majority of votes (45%) coming from the 31-40 year olds, with a further 34% aged 41-55 and 18% aged 21-30. The higher proportion of older respondents perhaps reflects that interest in this subject matter primarily came from those who had been in the Service for longer and had been personally impacted by the SDSR announcements.
In terms of personal status, our respondents classified themselves as follows: 7% single with no current partner; 11% single but in a long-term relationship; 62% married or in a civil partnership for the first time; 12% married or in a civil partnership for a second or subsequent time and the remainder were either separated, divorced or widowed. These figures reflect the ratios arising from previous survey activity and we believe they represent a fair breakdown of marital status albeit we suspect the proportion of divorced personnel is distorted by those now in a subsequent long-term relationship.
Finally, of our respondents, 45% stated they lived for the majority of the week in SFA, with 4% in SSFA; 17% lived in SLA, with 3% in SSLA; 27% lived in their own home. The remainder lived in either privately rented accommodation or with their parents.
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