March 16, 2005—A survey conducted on behalf of Kimberly-Clark Filtration Products found that workers are more concerned about indoor air quality than about noise levels or even employee restrooms, according to the company.
The survey, conducted by Opinion Research Corporation, found that 49 percent of office workers selected IAQ as the thing they would most or second most like to improve in the office where they work. In the northeastern US, more than 60 percent of office workers chose improving indoor air quality as the thing they would most or second most like to improve, according to the survey. That compares with 43 percent of southern US respondents.
Northeasterners and women were also slightly more likely than the general population of office workers polled to link poor IAQ in the office to ill health effects, the survey found. Thirty-four percent of Northeasterners and 32 percent of women indicated that they or co-workers have suffered ill health effects due to poor IAQ in their office. That compares with 25 percent of the general population of office workers polled, according to the study.
The telephone survey of 415 office workers was conducted in December 2004 by Opinion Research Corporation on behalf of Kimberly-Clark Filtration Products.
Kimberly-Clark manufactures a wide variety of filtration media with patented and proprietary technologies. For more information on Kimberly-Clark Filtration Media, visit the company Web site.
