Q. When you first moved to college, how prepared were you for cleaning on your own?
32% said completely prepared
50% said very prepared
14% said somewhat prepared
4% said not very prepared
0% said not at all prepared
Q. Now that you are close to the end of your college experience, do you feel prepared to clean on your own?
32% said completely prepared
50% said very prepared
14% said somewhat prepared
3% said not very prepared
1% said not at all prepared
Q. Which of the following skills or habits, if any, do you wish you had before heading to college?
47% said Sweeping/Mopping/Vacuuming floors
43% said picking up after yourself
43% said doing laundry
43% said doing the dishes
37% said dusting
34% disinfecting surfaces
33% said decluttering your home
2% said there are no cleaning habits or skills I wish I had before heading to college
0% said other
Q. Which of the following reasons, if any, motivate you the most to clean your living space?
49% said creating a relaxed, stress-free environment
46% said social media trends (e.g., Sunday resets, cleaning hacks, etc.)
45% said having a clean space helps me focus on schoolwork
42% said friends coming over
38% said fear of getting sick
35% said a date or significant other possible seeing my living space
28% judgmental roommates
0% said I never feel motivated to clean my living space
0% said other
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About the Survey
The ACI Class of Clean Survey was conducted by Wakefield Research (www.wakefieldresearch.com) among 500 US college seniors or rising US college seniors, between May 13th and May 21st, 2024, using an email invitation and an online survey. Results of any sample are subject to sampling variation. The magnitude of the variation is measurable and is affected by the number of interviews and the level of the percentages expressing the results. For the interviews conducted in this particular study, the chances are 95 in 100 that a survey result does not vary, plus or minus, by more than 4.4 percentage points from the result that would be obtained if interviews had been conducted with all persons in the universe represented by the sample.