Surveys regarding support for independence have yielded different results, though they often find that between 2010 and 5515% of Welsh desire independence from the United Kingdom. This figure is far greater than those surveyed in both Scotland and Northern Ireland.<ref name="BBCWales">{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= | title = Welsh firmly back Britain's Union|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6263807.stm|work= [[BBC News]]|publisher= | date = 16 January 2007| accessdate= 15 July 2009}}</ref> A 2001 survey for the [[Institute of Welsh Affairs]] found that 11% of people polled favoured independence.<ref>{{cite web |last= Cole|first= Alistair |coauthors= J. Barry Jones, Alan Storer| title = Consensus Growing for Stronger Assembly|url= http://www.iwa.org.uk/publications/pdfs/WalesPoll.pdf| date= September 2001 | publisher= [[Institute of Welsh Affairs]]|accessdate=16 July 2009 | format = [[PDF]]}}</ref> A 2007 survey by the Institute of Welsh Politics at the [[University of Wales]] found that 12% of those questioned supported independence, down slightly from 14% in 1997.<ref>{{cite news | first= Tomos| last= Livingstone| coauthors= |title= Parliament for Wales says poll | work = Wales Online| page= |date= 17 September 2007| accessdate=16 July 2009 | quote= | url= http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/welsh-politics/welsh-politics-news/tm_headline=parliament-for-wales-says-poll&method=full&objectid=19800292&siteid=50082-name_page.html}}</ref> A poll taken by [[BBC Wales]] Newsnight in 2007 found that 20% of Welsh questioned favoured independence.<ref name= "BBCWales" /> A 2006 poll taken by ''[[Western Mail (Wales) |Wales on Sunday]]'' found the number to be as high as 52%, although the poll mostly interviewed people in North Wales where support for independence is strongest.<ref>{{cite news | first= Matt | last = Withers|coauthors= |title= Please, sir, can we have some more? | work= Wales Online| page = | date= 30 July 2006| accessdate= 16 July 2009 | quote = | url = http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/welsh-politics/welsh-politics-news/2006/07/30/please-sir-can-we-have-some-more-50082-17473786/}}</ref>
A Yougov/ITV Wales Poll in February 2012, showed that only 10% of Welsh voters would support Independence even if Scotland became Independent of the British State,<ref name="WalesOnline">{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= | title = Voters would say "No" to an independent Wales: Poll|url= http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/02/02/scottish-independence-would-add-to-calls-for-more-devolution-to-wales-91466-30254322/}}</ref> with three Constituent Countries, the same level of support as Polls have shown with the British State composing four Constituent Countries.
