Armed Forces Morale 2008 – 2012

How would you rate the level of morale of The [Service] AS A WHOLE?

Officers Other ranks Total

20081 2009

2 2010

3 2011

4 2012

5

Sig

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2011-

12

Sig

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2010-

12 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Sig

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2011-

12

Sig

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2010-

12 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Sig

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2011-

12

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2010-

12

High (%) 12 21 22 10 6 -4 -16 12 20 25 20 16 -4 -9 12 20 25 18 15 -3 -10

Low (%) 45 28 32 55 60 +5 +28 56 39 33 42 48 +6 +15 54 37 33 44 50 +6 +17

Neutral (%)6 41 48 46 35 33 -2 -13 29 38 42 38 36 -2 -6 31 40 42 37 35 -2 -7

Tri-service Total unweighted count (n) 3,188 2,727 3,462 3,481 3,649 7,164 6,703 8,902 8,936 9,018 10,352 9,430 12,364 12,417 12,667

High (%) 7 13 15 6 5 -1 -10 7 10 11 10 8 -2 -3 7 11 12 9 8 -1 -4

Low (%) 50 32 32 59 53 -6 +21 59 49 49 55 56 +1 +7 57 45 45 56 55 -1 +10

Neutral (%) 41 52 53 35 41 +6 -12 31 38 40 35 36 +1 -4 33 41 43 35 37 +2 -6

Royal Navy Total unweighted count (n) 932 891 974 928 1,118 1,805 2,233 2,335 1,926 2,245 2,737 3,124 3,309 2,854 3,363

High (%) 56 62 59 51 38 -13 -21 21 33 32 36 21 -15 -11 25 36 35 37 22 -15 -13

Low (%) 12 7 9 14 21 +7 +12 44 26 27 24 44 +20 +17 41 24 25 23 41 +18 +16

Neutral (%) 26 28 32 35 41 +6 +9 32 38 41 40 36 -4 -5 31 37 40 40 36 -4 -4

Royal Marines Total unweighted count (n) 320 259 286 321 337 1,181 1,105 1,873 1,891 2,153 1,501 1,364 2,159 2,212 2,490

High (%) 15 28 30 13 7 -6 -23 16 24 33 25 20 -5 -13 16 25 32 23 18 -5 -14

Low (%) 40 24 25 48 63 +15 +38 51 33 24 34 43 +9 +19 49 32 24 36 45 +9 +21

Neutral (%) 44 45 45 39 31 -8 -14 31 39 44 41 37 -4 -7 33 40 44 41 36 -5 -8

Army Total unweighted count (n) 997 752 1,093 1,241 1,120 2,154 1,743 2,630 2,997 2,083 3,151 2,495 3,723 4,238 3,203

High (%) 7 14 10 2 3 +1 -7 5 11 12 11 10 -1 -2 5 12 12 9 8 -1 -4

Low (%) 52 33 45 70 65 -5 +20 70 51 51 60 58 -2 +7 66 47 49 62 59 +3 +10

Neutral (%) 39 52 45 27 32 +5 -13 24 35 37 29 32 +3 -5 27 39 39 29 32 +3 -7

RAF Total unweighted count (n) 939 825 1,109 991 1,074 2,024 1,622 2,064 2,122 2,537 2,963 2,447 3,173 3,113 3,611

*In 2010 the 'don't know' response option was dropped from the questionnaire, therefore figures from previous years have been analysed excluding the 'Don't know' responses for the purpose of comparing between years.

1 2008 AFCAS http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/137F3C7E-7801-47FB-A8E8-66DB80BE388F/0/afcas08_main_rpt_annexes.pdf 2 2009 AFCAS http://www.dasa.mod.uk/applications/newWeb/www/index.php?page=48&thiscontent=700&pubType=0&date=2011-03-22&disText=2009&from=historic&topDate=2011-03-30&PublishTime=09:30:00 3 2010 AFCAS http://www.dasa.mod.uk/applications/newWeb/www/index.php?page=48&thiscontent=700&pubType=0&date=2011-03-30&disText=2010&from=historic&topDate=2011-03-30&PublishTime=09:30:00 4 2011 AFCAS http://www.dasa.mod.uk/applications/newWeb/www/index.php?page=48&thiscontent=700&pubType=0&date=2011-09-01&disText=2011&from=historic&topDate=2011-09-01&PublishTime=09:30:00 5 2012 AFCAS http://www.dasa.mod.uk/applications/newWeb/www/index.php?page=48&thiscontent=700&date=2012-08-23&pubType=0&PublishTime=09:30:00&from=home&tabOption=1 6 “Neither high or low” category used for 2008, 2009 and 2010