Hay fever season wreaks havoc on productivity, intimacy and relationships – the breakdown for sufferers.

Fact Sheet – 2007 Survey Findings
 
General Overview
The following findings are from a single, cross-sectional survey conducted by Galaxy Research behalf of sanofi aventis. The survey was conducted from June 29 to July 1, 2007. There were 1100 respondents aged 16 years or older distributed throughout Australia, of which 34% reported to have suffered hayfever in the past 12 months.
 
Productivity and Work Life
The majority (61 per cent) of those who suffer hay fever symptoms believe that hay fever affects their productivity. Yet, only one per cent have ever taken a ‘sick day’ due to their hay fever symptoms, even though they didn’t need to.
 
Social life
The symptoms of hay fever have a major impact on the lives of Australian hay fever sufferers with one in four (27 per cent) avoiding an outdoor social or sporting event as a result of their hay fever symptoms.  One in four (27 per cent) have also declined to go out for drinks with family and friends as a result of their hay fever symptoms.
 
Intimacy and relationships
When it comes to their love life, 4 per cent of Australian hay fever sufferers admit having been rejected by a partner on account of their hay fever. 15 per cent have said that they cancelled a date and 19 per cent avoided being intimate with their partner.
 
Men versus Women
  • 1 in 5 men (20 per cent) have cancelled drinks with friends or colleagues compared with 1 in 3 women (33 per cent) due to the symptoms of hay fever.
  • Men are less likely (22 per cent) to cancel an outdoor social or sporting event due to hay fever than women (31 per cent).
  • Relationships are put on hold for as almost one in five men and women avoid intimacy (19 per cent) due to hay fever.
  • Double the proportion of men (6 per cent) have been rejected by their partner (3 per cent) due to hay fever.
  • Two thirds of women (65 per cent) say that hay fever affects their productivity, compared with just over half of all men (55 per cent)
  • Women (17 per cent) are more likely than men (10 per cent) to take time off work due to hay fever.
Youth versus Experience
  • 16-24 year olds are most likely (38 per cent) to cancel drinks with friends or colleagues with 35-49 year olds least likely (23 per cent) due to the symptoms of hay fever.
  • Hay fever is most likely to force 25-34 year olds (32 per cent) to cancel on an outdoor social or sporting event, compared with 35-49 year olds who are least likely (24 per cent).
  • 25-34 year olds are most likely (23 per cent)  to  cancel a date or night out with their partner due to hay fever, with 35-49 year olds the least likely (10 per cent).
  • 16-24 year olds are most likely to avoid intimacy due to hay fever (25 per cent) with 25-34 year olds the least likely (15 per cent).
State versus State
Likely to cancel an outdoor social or sporting event due to hay fever
  • QLD               - 34 per cent
  • VIC/TAS         - 31 per cent
  • NSW              - 25 per cent
  • SA                  - 15 per cent
  • WA                 - 14 per cent
 Likely to use a herbal remedy to deal with the symptoms of hay fever.
  • NSW              - 18 per cent
  • VIC/TAS         - 16 per cent
  • SA                  - 11 per cent
  • QLD               - 6 per cent
  • WA                 - 4 per cent
Likely to have been rejected by their partner due to symptoms of hay fever.
  • QLD               - 10 per cent
  • VIC/TAS         - 5 per cent
  • WA                 - 3 per cent
  • NSW              - 2 per cent
  • SA                  - n/a
  • West Australians are the most likely (10 per cent) to suffer from more than 30 hay fever attacks per year with Victorians and Tasmanians the least likely (4 per cent).
  • Queenslanders are most likely (21per cent) to cancel a date or night out with a partner due to hay fever, while South Australians the least likely (8 per cent).
  • Queenslanders are most likely (53 per cent) to have partners who say that they believe that the symptoms of hay fever are exaggerated excuses for not being intimate. Victorians and Tasmanians were the least likely (39 per cent) to have partners who believe that the symptoms of hay fever are exaggerated excuses.
Married versus non married
  • Respondents who are not married are more likely (30 per cent) to cancel drinks with friends or colleagues than those who are married (26 per cent).
  • Respondents who are not married are more likely (33 per cent) to cancel an outdoor social or sporting event than those who are married (24 per cent).
  • 13 per cent of married hay fever sufferers have cancelled a date or night out with their partner due to hay fever compared with 19 per cent of those who are not married.
  • Regardless of whether they are married or not, almost 1 in 5 (19 per cent) hay fever sufferers have avoided intimacy due to hay fever.

Reference
Galaxy Research (2007) Hay fever Study, prepared a single, cross-sectional survey sponsored by sanofi aventis. The survey was conducted from June 29 to July 1, 2007. There were 1100 respondents aged 16 years or older distributed throughout Australia, of which 34% reported to have suffered hayfever in the past 12 months. Interviews were conducted using computer assisted telephone interviewing with telephone numbers randomly selected from electronic white pages.

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