76% Adults Registered on FTC's Do Not Call Registry Majority Receiving Fewer Telemarketing Calls, Finds Harris Interactive
Monday, 16 January 2006
The Federal Trade Commission's National Do Not Call Registry continues to be successful, according to a new survey by Harris Interactive. A large majority of the US adult population says they have registered and that they have received fewer telemarketing calls.
Approximately three-quarters of all US adults (76%) say that they have signed up for the registry; a significant increase from January 2004 when 57 percent reported that they had registered.
Moreover, many of these adults say they have either received no telemarketing calls since then (18%) or that they have received some calls, but far fewer than before (61%). Only a few of those who have registered report receiving the same number (6%) or more (1%) telemarketing calls than before.
These are the results of a Harris Poll of 1,961 U.S. adults aged 18 or over surveyed online between December 8 and 14, 2005 by Harris Interactive(R).
Other interesting findings in this research include:
· The proportion of all adults who have seen, read or heard about the registry has increased slightly from 91 percent in September 2004 to the current 94 percent.
· The proportion of all adults who claim to have signed up for the registry has increased from 32 percent in September 2003, to 57 percent by January 2004, to the current 76 percent.
· Over nine in 10 (92%) of those who have registered report receiving fewer telemarketing calls, including the 18 percent who say they have received none, 61 percent who have received some but far less than before, and 12 percent who have received some, but a little less than before.