The document summarizes the results of a questionnaire about leisure activities and water consumption in Finland, Germany, France, and Croatia. It finds that: 1) Sports are the most common leisure activity in each country, followed by multimedia, though Croatia favors watersports instead. 2) People in the different countries engage in these activities with varying frequency, from once a week in France to daily in Finland and Croatia. 3) Most people need water for drinking or showering as part of their leisure activities, though 93 people in Germany reported not needing water. 4) While a majority said they were not careful about water consumption, some offered ideas like shorter showers or reusing water to reduce usage.

1. ABOUT THE
QUESTIONNAIRE
• Finnish questionnaires answered: 102
• Most of the test subjects were aged between 16-18
or over 40
• The female to male ratio slightly favored females
0
20
40
60
<18 18-20 21-30 >30
Age of German test
subjects
Kroatian questionnaries
answered: 56
French questionnaries answered: 47
German questionnaires answered:
137
Total amount of
questionnaries
answered: 342

2. WHAT DO YOU LIKE DOING IN
YOUR FREE TIME?
• The most common free time activites are sports
such as going to the gym, jogging or football
• Hanging out with friends and watching movies
or television was also a very common answer
• Less common answers were playing games,
gardening and arts for example music or theater 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Free time activities

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE DOING IN
YOUR FREE TIME?
72
34
12
18
9
12
28
5
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
28
30
32
34
36
38
40
42
44
46
48
50
52
54
56
58
60
62
64
66
68
70
72
74
76
Sport Sport with water Social Multimedia Food Household Relaxation soething else

4. WHAT DO YOU LIKE DOING IN
YOUR FREE TIME?
• 25 OF 56 PEOPLE DO SPORT
• 11 PEOPLE PLAY VIDEOGAMES
• 3 PEOPLE LIKE WALKING AND COOKING
• 3 PEOPLE LIKE TO SHOWER IN FREE TIME
• 3 PEOPLE LIKE TO SLEEP
• 2 PEOPLE LIKE DOING AGRICULTURE
• 3 PEOPLE LIKE WATCH TV
• 2 PEOPLE LIKE TO STUDY
• 1 OF THEM LIKE CLEANING HOUSE

5. WHAT DO YOU LIKE DOING IN
YOUR FREE TIME?

6. SPORT IS THE MOST COMMON LEISURE ACTIVITY IN EACH COUNTRY FOLLOWED
BY MULTIMEDIA EXCEPT IN CROATIA IT IS WATERSPORTS. THE THIRD PLACE IS
SPLIT UP IN DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. IN GERMANY THEY LIKE TO RELAX, LISTEN
TO MUSIC OR READ BOOKS. IN FRANCE, COOKING AND IN CROATIA TAKING A
SHOWER. IN FINLAND THEY LIKE TO DO ART OR PLAY GAMES.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE DOING IN
YOUR FREE TIME?

7. HOW
OFTEN?
• MOST PEOPLE ANSWERED EVERY
DAY
• SOME PEOPLE ALSO HAD ISSUES
WITH HOW THE QUESTION WAS
WRITTEN, SINCE IT DOESN’T
REFER TO ANYTHING
• DATA WAS ALSO HARD TO
COMPILE SINCE PEOPLE DID
DIFFERENT THINGS DIFFERENT
AMOUNTS OF TIME
0 10 20 30 40 50
Every day
6-4 times a week
4-2 times a week
less than twice a week
41
21
19
21
How often?

8. HOW
OFTEN?
18
34
21
46
9
How often per week?
1x per week 2-3x per week 4-5x per week 6-7x per week Rarely
• Practice it regular per week
• Most of them 6 times perweek or daily

9. HOW
OFTEN?
• 23 PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY DO ACTIVITIES EVERYDAY
• 21 PEOPLE DO PERIODICAL
• 10 PEOPLE DO OFTEN
• 2 PEOPLE DO ACTIVITIES WHENEVER

10. HOW
OFTEN?

11. EVERY COUNTRY DOES THESE ACTIVITIES FOR DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF TIME IN
A WEEK. THE MOST COMMON ANSWER WAS IN FRANCE ONCE A WEEK, GERMAN
PEOPLE DO THESE ACTIVITIES 6-7 TIMES A WEEK. THE FINNISH AND CROATIAN
PEOPLE DO THESE ACTIVITIES EVERY DAY. THE SECONDARY ANSWER IN
FRANCE WAS MORE THAN 3 TIMES A WEEK, GERMANS ANSWERED 2-3 TIMES A
WEEK, FINNISH PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY DO THESE ACTIVITIES 6-4 TIMES A
WEEK OR LESS THAN 2 TIMES A WEEK. CROATIAN PEOPLE ANSWERED
PERIODICALLY.
HOW
OFTEN?

12. HOW DO YOU USE WATER IN
THEM. DO YOU NEED WATER
IN YOUR LEIZURE
ACTIVITIES
• THE MOST COMMON ANSWER WAS SHOWERING AND
OTHER TYPES OF WASHING
• IN SECOND PLACE CAME TO DRINK WATER
• SOME OTHER USES WERE COOKING WITH WATER,
SWIMMING IN IT AND WATERING PLANTS
• IT WAS OFTEN DIFFICULT FOR THE TEST SUBJECTS TO
DISTINGUISH WHAT USE OF WATER WAS CONNECTED TO
THE ACTIVITY ITSELF

13. HOW DO YOU USE WATER IN
THEM. DO YOU NEED WATER
IN YOUR LEIZURE
ACTIVITIES
44
93
Do your leisure activities take
water?
Yes No
Many dont need water for their leisure
activities

14. HOW DO YOU USE WATER IN
THEM. DO YOU NEED WATER
IN YOUR LEIZURE
ACTIVITIES
• 29 PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY USE
WATER FOR DRINKING IN THE ACTIVITIES
• 13 PEOPLE USE WATER TO DO SHOWER
• 3 FOR COOKING
• 2 FOR WASHING
• 9 PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY DON´T USE
WATER IN THEIR ACTIVITIES

15. HOW DO YOU USE WATER IN
THEM. DO YOU NEED WATER
IN YOUR LEIZURE
ACTIVITIES

16. • MOST PEOPLE NEED WATER TO DRINK OR TO SHOWER
• IN GERMANY 93 OF 137 PEOPLE DON'T NEED WATER IN THE OTHER
COUNTRIES IT IS THE OPPOSITE IN CROATIA ONLY 9 PEOPLE OUT OF 56 DON´T
NEED WATER AND IN FRANCE 15 PEOPLE DON'T NEED WATER
• IN EACH COUNTRY PEOPLE USE THE MOST WATER DRINKING. ONLY IN
FINLAND THEY NEED THE MOST WATER FOR SHOWERING.
HOW DO YOU USE WATER IN
THEM. DO YOU NEED WATER
IN YOUR LEIZURE
ACTIVITIES

17. ARE YOU CAREFUL ABOUT
YOUR WATER
CONSUMPTION?
43
59
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
yes no
ARE YOU CAREFUL ABOUT YOUR
WATER CONSUMPTION

18. ARE YOU CAREFUL ABOUT
YOUR WATER
CONSUMPTION?
34
95
Do you pay attention on your
water consumption?
Yes No
73,6 % do not pay attention on their water consumption

19. ARE YOU CAREFUL ABOUT
YOUR WATER
CONSUMPTION?
• 40 PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY ARE CAREFUL ABOUT WATER
CONSUPTION DURING ACTIVITIES

20. ARE YOU CAREFUL ABOUT
YOUR WATER
CONSUMPTION?

21. ARE YOU CAREFUL ABOUT
YOUR WATER
CONSUMPTION?
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Germany Finland France Croatia
34
43
28
40
95
59
19
29
People
Country
Yes
No
YES NO
204
138
ALL COUNTRIES

22. DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD
REDUCE YOUR WATER
CONSUMPTION?
 Question 5 and question 6 were often
confused together
 It could have also been a yes or no
question
 Many of the people saying no don’t
think Finland has an issue with water
consumption
31%
17%
52%
Do you think you should reduce your
water consumption
yes maybe no

23. DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD
REDUCE YOUR WATER
CONSUMPTION?
4
45
Do you want to reduce your water
consumption?
Yes No
More than 90% don‘t want to reduce
their water consumption

24. DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD
REDUCE YOUR WATER
CONSUMPTION?
29 people think that they should reduce water consumption

25. DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD
REDUCE YOUR WATER
CONSUMPTION?

26. 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Finland Croatia Germany France
no yes maybe
DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD
REDUCE YOUR WATER
CONSUMPTION?

27. HOW? ANY IDEAS? ANY
SOLUTIONS?
• A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE (56) SIMPLY LEFT THE QUESTION
UNANSWERED OR SAID THEY HAD NO IDEAS
• OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD IDEAS ALMOST ALL REFFERED TO
SHOWERING, WASHING DISHES OR YOUR HANDS
• SHOWERING FOR A SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME WITH COOLER
WATER SEEMS TO BE THE PUBLICS BEST ANSWER
• OTHER IDEAS WERE:
• REUSING WATER FROM OTHER ACTIVITIES OR SAVING
RAINWATER
• EATING VEGETARIAN FOOD AND EATING LESS MEAT
• JUST NOT WASTING WATER IN THE FIRST PLACE

28. HOW? ANY IDEAS? ANY
SOLUTIONS?
Germans didn´t have any
ideas

29. HOW? ANY IDEAS? ANY
SOLUTIONS?
• MOST OF PEOPLE DON´T KNOW HOW TO SAVE WATER AND
OTHER DON´T THINK ABOUT THIS.

30. HOW? ANY IDEAS? ANY
SOLUTIONS?

31. IN FINLAND THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE(56) SIMPLY LEFT THE QUESTION BLANK,
OTHERS HAVE SOME SOLUTIONS LIKE: REDUCING SHOWER TIME, REUSING
WATER FROM OTHER ACTIVITIES AND JUST NOT WASTING WATER IN THE FIRST
PLACE, ETC…
IN GERMANY MORE THAN 90 % DON’T WANT TO REDUCE THEIR WATER
CONSUMPTION, OTHERS (3%) SAID YES TO WATER CONSUMPTION
IN FRANCE PEOPLE HAVE SOME GOOD SOLUTIONS SUCH AS: TURNING OFF THE
TAP, RAINWATER RECYCLING, AUTOMATIC WATER FLOW CONTROLLER, USING A
SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER BUT MOST PEOPLE HAD NO IDEA.
IN CROATIA MOST OF THE PEOPLE DIDN’T HAVE ANY IDEAS HOW TO REDUCE
WATER CONSUMPTION.
HOW? ANY IDEAS? ANY
SOLUTIONS?

32. THANK YOU