2. For my primary research, I created a
questionnaire using the website Survey Monkey.
On this questionnaire I asked questions about the
age of the person, the sex, their knowledge of
SASH, there opinions on homeless people and
others. I targeted my questionnaires at a variety
of people, hoping that I would get a variety of
ages and opinions. I used a number of platforms
to publish my questionnaire, including social
networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, as
well as contacting friends and family in order to
get them to complete the questionnaire.
3. Question 1
The first question I asked
was ‘what is your age?’
this was a very important
question for me so I
wanted to ask it first, its
important because I
wanted to see how many
people out of the target
age of 16-24 had
completed the
questionnaire. When
looking at the answers I
can see that 12 out of the
14 people who answered
the questionnaire. That
means that 85.71% were
in the age group I was
targeting.
4. Question 2
The second question I
then asked was ‘what is
your gender’. This
question was a way for
me to see which gender
group were more likely
to answer the questions.
11 out of 14 people
were female. This
showed me that 78.57%
of the people who
completed the survey
were female and that
21.43% were male.
5. Question 3
The third question I then asked was an opinion
based question asking ‘what are your opinions of
homeless people’. For this I got a large variety of
answers;
- ‘They are annoying’
- ‘I don't really have an opinion because I don't
personally know anyone who's homeless.’
- ‘Feel sorry for them, although they all seem to
have a different story’
- ‘I feel that mostly it should be avoidable with all
the help available and that homeless people
don't do enough to avoid their extreme
situation’.
These are just 4 of the opinions presented in the
answers given, you can see how the range from
people thinking that homeless people are just
annoying and some that think that they have
had to deal with a lot and that there should be
more help for them,
6. Question 4
The fourth question asked
‘do you think that being
homeless is a choice?’
35.71% of people thought
that yes, being homeless
was a choice, whereas
64.29% thought that
homelessness was
something that no one
would chose. There was
then an option for the
people to elaborate
further on their answers,
some said that ‘everyone
deserves a chance to try
and have a home,
therefore homeless
people shouldn’t be an
exception.’ whereas
some said ‘no one would
chose to be homeless’.
7. Question 5
The fifth question that was
asked was ‘where would
you go if you were
suddenly homeless?’. This
questioned gave options
but also allowed the
person answering to
suggest there own options.
50% of the people said
they would go to a families
house, 28.47% said a
friends house, 7.14% said a
hostel and 14.29% said that
they would approach a
homeless charity for help.
8. Question 6
For the sixth question I
asked ‘do you know
anyone who has ever
been homeless?’ 35.71%
answered yes, that they
did know someone who
had been or was
homeless and 64.29%said
no they didn’t. this is a
good piece of
information to have
because it shows how
many people are aware
of friends/family that
are/were homeless.
9. Question 7
The seventh question asked
was ‘would you support a
homeless charity?’. The
answers to this were 42.86%
of people said that no,
they wouldn’t support a
homeless charity and
57.14% said that they
would. They were hen
given an option to
elaborate on their answers,
which is where they said:
-’its for a good cause so of
course id support it’
-’I’m worried that giving
money to homeless
charities doesn’t do as
much as what supporting
other charities do’
These answers show how people have
mixed knowledge about what supporting a
homeless charity will do.
10. Question 8
I then asked if ‘you would
help a homeless person’. This
question then showed that
71.43% of the people would
only help a homeless person
if they knew who they were,
35.71% would help regardless
of if they knew them or not
and 7.14% wouldn’t help
them at all. There was an
option to expand on their
answers,1 person wrote’ It
depends, I know it must be
very difficult but I would only
help a reliable looking
homeless person for example
someone not drinking, or
someone very young and
helpless who may not know
how to go about getting
help’.
11. Question 9
For the ninth question, I
asked them if they had
ever heard about my client,
the homeless youth charity
SASH. For this question, 50%
of the people had heard of
them and 50% had not. This
is good because it shows
how SASH I known by half
of the people I asked, who
were mostly in their target
age range of 16-24.
12. Question 10
The tenth and final question
I asked was ‘would you
allow a homeless person
lodge in your house for the
night’. 28.57% said that they
would and 71.43% said no.
they were then asked to
say why, I got replies such
as;
-’ No. not unless i know
them, they are a complete
stranger regardless if they
are homeless or not, you
dont know what they could
be like.’
-’if I knew them then
perhaps for a few nights,
but I have a big family so..’
13. Conclusion
In conclusion, I have discovered that 50% of the
people who answered my questionnaire ere aware
of who SASH were and what they did as a charity. I
also discovered that people were very wary of
letting homeless people lodge in their homes, but if
they knew who the homeless person was then they
would let them stay there without questioning it.
This questionnaire also showed that people were
aware of homeless charities, and if they needed to
would use them to find a safe place to stay. I also
discovered that people would be willing to help
support a homeless charity if they knew hat the
donations went towards. I also think that using
social media networks were a good way of
targeting people in the 16-24 age range because
people of that age spend a lot of time on either
Facebook or twitter, or other things similar to it.
