On 1 Apr 2025 06:50:30 GMT, Gordon <
Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/556852/new-poll-most-voters-think-parents-should-provide-school-lunches
Many of the results are somwhat pedictable but a stereotype has landed in
the glare of the results.
"Those on the lowest-incomes were more likely to name parents as being the most
responsible, while those with the highest were more likely to name the
government."
Now I doubt that this will go into the public view anytime soon as it has to >overcome human nature (interia).
Nevertheless it is food for thought.
If 60% of the parents thought it was their job to provide the lunches is >there a practical way to supply lunches for the children whose parents do
not supply the lunches. Problematic is a word which comes to mind.
This type of polling is what should be done more often. Data comes out of it >which is a good driver for better out comes.
It really was a stupid poll question - the school lunches are only
being provided to the bottom 20% of schools by assessed lowest family
income / highest family poverty.
Most parents would like to provide lunches, and for 80% of schools
they need to - sadly due to incompetence many in the schools getting
the Seymour lunches are having to find other food anyway.
It is not support for parents or support for government - the question
was about who should be providing lunches. We do not know the precise
question, or what guidance the polling people gave on querying what
was intended, but the results are not surprising at all - most of
those whose children are getting Seymour lunches undoubtedly would
prefer not being so poor that the assistance is necessary.
Poor survey questions give poor indications of actions to improve -
this survey appears to have been near useless; this muck up possibly
indicates we should not take much credence for the other survey issues
they covered.
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