SURVEYS
(See also Beliefs; Gallup Poll)
accuracy of astrological predictions: g80 5/8 3-4
automobiles:
traffic deaths in Third World nations: g83 4/8 30
why cars in Japan collided with emergency vehicles: g83 11/22 31
why Germans fail to heed warnings of traffic congestion: g84 2/22 31
why people desire automobiles: g77 3/22 30
Bible:
belief that the Bible is the Word of God: w80 7/15 10
Bible knowledge: g83 12/8 29
Bible knowledge of Americans: g84 4/22 29
Bible reading: g84 4/22 29; g82 5/8 29
Bible reading by church members: w81 8/1 30
Bible reading by German Protestants: g82 7/22 30
Catholics’ views on Bible reading and study: w81 1/1 23
clergy’s belief in Bible’s inspiration: g79 2/8 30
reading the Bible daily: w80 7/15 10
why people fail to read the Bible: w81 10/1 3
Catholic Church:
attitude of college graduates toward Catholic Church: g79 7/8 5
Catholic acceptance of church teachings: g80 6/22 30
Catholics in France who never went to confession: g83 10/22 30
Catholics living with concubines in Zambia: g84 1/8 10; w81 3/15 7; g81 1/8 30
Catholics’ views of sermons: w81 1/1 23
Catholics’ views on Bible reading and study: w81 1/1 23
practicing Catholics in France: w80 10/15 22
priests quitting in Brazil: g81 3/8 30
whether Catholic Churches in Canada used altar girls: g82 9/8 30
younger Catholics’ views of church teachings: g81 7/22 29
emotions:
depression among youths: g82 8/22 21
effect of weather on friendliness: g80 7/22 30
emotions bringing greatest discomfort: g80 5/8 6
fear of crime: g81 2/22 3
fear of nuclear war: w82 7/15 10
fears among youths: g83 1/8 21
loneliness: hp 47
motorists who have lost their tempers: g80 6/8 31
youths who have considered suicide: hp 6
families:
children’s appalling manners: g85 7/22 28
children’s expectations of future: w85 10/15 3-4
cost of rearing children: g84 1/8 31
effect of a wife working: g85 2/22 5
how the childless manage in old age: g83 10/22 30
relationship between family life and drug abuse among students: g81 5/22 10
role of the father as to a child’s religiousness: w81 7/15 10
teenagers’ wish regarding their parents: g83 7/8 17
whether children have the duty to look after aged parents: g82 5/8 30
whether families discuss religious matters: w84 10/15 6
whether parents are too lenient with their children: g83 7/8 12
whether parents or peers are the strongest force for the religious orientation of children: w83 10/15 27
youths’ description of their home on a typical Sunday: g82 10/8 27
youths still living at home with parents: g80 12/8 30-31
youths who wanted their parents’ advice on sex: w83 6/15 7
God:
belief in God: w85 9/1 3; w81 8/1 30; g78 8/8 31; w77 229
belief in God and Jesus Christ: g77 2/8 30
doubts about God’s existence: g79 11/8 4
Germans who believe in God: g80 2/22 18
scientists who believe in God: g82 9/8 4
three questions people would ask God: w84 4/1 9
whether the world’s many religions lead to God: w83 12/1 28
young people who believe religion is important and believe in God: km 9/84 4
youths’ belief in God: g83 11/22 11
happiness:
are you very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?: g82 4/22 15
relation of happiness to being “very religious”: g83 11/22 13
ten things that bring happiness: g79 5/8 19
what would make you happy?: g81 1/8 5
whether poor people are happy: g76 11/22 30
hard work: hp 51
health:
children who are sedentary: g84 2/8 30-31
disease most feared: g77 4/22 31
diseases triggered by Spanish influenza: w83 5/1 23
effect of hard water on heart-disease rates: g82 7/8 29-30
health of survivors of atomic bombing: g77 10/22 31
hearing loss among college freshmen: g83 8/22 27
intake of sugar, and mortality from breast cancer: g83 6/22 30-31
kind of doctors preferred by Africans: w77 710
nonsmokers’ fear of inhaling smoke: g80 4/8 24
people who notice warnings on cigarette packages: g83 9/8 20
sexually transmitted diseases in Zimbabwe: g83 5/8 31
use of antibiotics in hospitals: g79 12/8 31
use of compound painkillers and kidney cancer: g80 1/22 29
whether cancer can be prevented: g84 7/22 30
whether doctors should tell patients they have cancer: g79 7/22 30
Jehovah’s Witnesses:
what attracted people to Witnesses: w79 7/15 21
Witnesses in Japan who learned truth from house-to-house calls: w83 2/1 24-25; w81 1/1 19; w79 7/15 21
Witnesses in Japan who learned truth through informal witnessing: w79 7/15 21
marriage:
communication in marriage: g84 2/22 30
effect of a wife working: g85 2/22 5
effects of pornography on marriages: g83 4/22 26-27
how teenage girls described the “perfect husband”: g84 9/22 21-22
married couples engaging in violent outbursts: g80 5/8 24
methods of marriage counselors: g83 7/22 5
most desirable attributes of the opposite sex: g80 9/22 29
percentage of Japanese women who desired marriage and percentage expecting happiness: g80 12/8 30
what makes marriages last: g85 9/22 29
whether a couple should live together for a time before getting married: g81 11/22 29
women who thought that brides should be virgins: g84 10/22 30
would you marry the person to whom you are now married?: w83 6/1 12
money accidentally lost in U.S. per year: g62 10/22 31
moral breakdown:
abortions in Japan: g83 10/8 31
admissions to minor or major dishonesty: w84 1/15 3
British girls under the age of 16 who have lost their virginity: g84 10/22 30
Catholics living with concubines in Zambia: g84 1/8 10; w81 3/15 7; g81 1/8 30
cheating in college: g79 4/8 12
cheating in schools: g84 3/22 12; w83 6/15 10
college students having sex relations: g80 11/8 31
computer fraud: g84 1/22 31
crime worldwide: g80 12/22 30
effects of crime on United States: g81 2/8 29
effects of pornography on marriages: g83 4/22 26-27
homosexuality: g79 12/22 29; g78 4/8 30
least amount of money you would take to kill a person: g77 1/22 31
New York City subway riders who fail to pay: g83 4/8 30
number of crime victims in São Paulo, Brazil: g84 5/22 31
premarital sex: g80 5/22 30-31
psychologists having sex with patients: g79 7/8 15
rape and whether type of clothing might attract rapist: g80 7/8 8
resistance to rape: g80 7/8 5
sexual harassment: g82 6/8 30
tax dodgers in Japan: g84 6/22 29
whether rape victims were hitchhiking: g80 7/8 11
whether youths have had sex by the time they were 18: w84 10/15 6
women, unmarried and with sexually active lives: g85 12/22 29
women engaging in premarital sex: g85 7/22 31
youths who have had sex relations: w83 6/15 7; sj 8-9
most popular pets: g77 10/22 30
number of songbirds migrating northward: g81 2/8 19
post-office workers: g77 7/22 30-31
reading:
book reading: g79 3/8 31
five books every educated person should read: w83 1/15 11
growth of secular magazine circulation: km 4/83 5
reading of the Bible by church members: w81 8/1 30
reading the Bible daily: w80 7/15 10
what book made the greatest difference in your life?: g84 1/8 30
why people fail to read the Bible: w81 10/1 3
youths and adults who read magazines: km 3/84 4
youths who read comic books: g83 6/22 3
religion:
attendance at religious services: g82 5/8 29
beliefs of members of Dutch Reformed Church: g80 2/22 17
Bible reading by church members: w81 8/1 30
church attendance in Germany: g82 9/8 29
church attendance in the United States: g82 9/8 29; g77 8/8 30-31
church hospitality: g77 5/22 31
church membership in Britain: g83 4/8 30
church members talking to others about their faith: w79 9/1 15
clergy’s belief in Bible’s inspiration: g79 2/8 30
confidence in clergy: g79 9/8 29
doubts of Australia’s Protestants: g80 2/22 17
French population’s belief in sin: g83 10/22 30
Germans who believe in God: g80 2/22 18
how American Christians interpret and practice their faith: w84 6/1 31
impact of religion on Canadians: g82 6/22 30-31
importance of your religious beliefs: g80 6/8 3
influence of organized religion on individuals: w81 8/1 30
is Jesus “really living”?: g79 2/8 31
Japanese who have a religion of some sort: w80 10/15 23
Jesus Christ a man, or both fully God and fully man?: w80 8/15 11
knowledge regarding Jesus Christ: w83 9/1 27
Koreans’ view of the Bible: g83 4/8 29
Koreans’ view of the churches: g83 4/8 29
life after death: w77 110
loss of faith among religious instructors: g82 12/8 31
Lutheran clergy views on morals: g79 12/22 29
number of religious TV programs: g84 4/22 30
number regarding themselves as charismatic Christians: g82 2/8 3-4
number who speak in tongues: w81 8/15 3
people quitting their churches: w81 3/15 5
practices and beliefs of those speaking in tongues: w81 8/15 6-7
prayers: g82 5/8 29
relation of happiness to being “very religious”: g83 11/22 13
religion in Finland: g83 12/22 29
religion in Germany, Federal Republic of (West): g76 9/22 6-7
religion in the United States: w78 11/1 24
religion of abortion patients: w81 4/15 30
religion’s role in politics: g81 12/22 29
religious beliefs of British young people: w79 2/1 3
religious influence in U.S.: w85 2/15 26
religious trend among Americans: g84 3/8 29
role of the father as to a child’s religiousness: w81 7/15 10
Soviets with no religion: g79 10/8 31
state of religion in the United States: g81 8/8 29
what people desire from churches: g85 3/8 14-15
what sin is: w80 11/1 4
whether a child is sinful at birth: w83 12/1 28
whether families discuss religious matters: w84 10/15 6
whether parents or peers are the strongest force for the religious orientation of children: w83 10/15 27
whether religion influences one’s judgments of right and wrong: g80 12/8 3
whether the world’s many religions lead to God: w83 12/1 28
why people attend church: g77 5/22 30-31
women’s attendance at church meetings during the week: g78 12/8 29-30
women’s views on how religion affects their lives: w77 359
young people who believe religion is important and believe in God: km 9/84 4
youths’ attitude toward prayer: w82 6/1 6
youths’ confidence in organized religion: g82 4/22 7; g80 2/22 19; g78 8/8 31
youths in the Church of England who regarded unmarried sex as wrong: g84 10/22 30
youths who had a “born again” experience: w82 2/1 18
youths who would follow their parents’ religion: w83 6/15 7
safety measures taken when Tokyo was jolted by four tremors: g78 1/8 29-30
schools:
attitude of medical school deans and psychiatrists toward psychic phenomena: g81 9/8 30-31
cheating in college: g79 4/8 12
cheating in schools: g84 3/22 12; w83 6/15 10
more emphasis on reading, writing, and arithmetic in schools: g79 11/22 10
teacher absences from school: g79 7/22 23
teaching methods: g83 11/22 29
sex and sexes:
British girls under the age of 16 who have lost their virginity: g84 10/22 30
college students having sex relations: g80 11/8 31
effect of sex education on Canadian students: w84 4/15 7
girls having steady boyfriends: w79 4/1 23-24
homosexuality: g79 12/22 29; g78 4/8 30
most desirable attributes of the opposite sex: g80 9/22 29
premarital sex: g80 5/22 30-31
psychologists having sex with patients: g79 7/8 15
qualities teenage boys found attractive in girls: g84 9/22 21
rape and whether type of clothing might attract rapist: g80 7/8 8
resistance to rape: g80 7/8 5
sexual harassment: g82 6/8 30
sexually transmitted diseases in Zimbabwe: g83 5/8 31
whether a couple should live together for a time before getting married: g81 11/22 29
whether rape victims were hitchhiking: g80 7/8 11
whether youths have had sex by the time they were 18: w84 10/15 6
whether youths want more parental direction on sex: w84 10/15 6
women, unmarried and with sexually active lives: g85 12/22 29
women engaging in premarital sex: g85 7/22 31
women who thought that brides should be virgins: g84 10/22 30
young people’s romantic experiences: g82 4/8 16
youths in the Church of England who regarded unmarried sex as wrong: g84 10/22 30
youths who have had sex relations: w83 6/15 7; sj 8-9
youths who wanted their parents’ advice on sex: w83 6/15 7
students:
college students having sex relations: g80 11/8 31
drug use among college students: g81 8/22 29
effect of sex education on Canadian students: w84 4/15 7
hearing loss among college freshmen: g83 8/22 27
high school seniors who use drugs, alcohol, or cigarettes: g84 7/22 30-31
high school students who have tried marijuana: g80 6/8 30
relationship between family life and drug abuse among students: g81 5/22 10
smoking by school children: g84 1/22 29-30
students in Japan who knew how to use chopsticks: g84 10/8 30-31
students with part-time jobs: g82 2/22 16-17
what students fear: g84 4/8 20
television:
living without TV for one month: g78 8/22 31
number of TV commercials viewed by children per week: g80 6/8 12
relationship between TV viewing and school test scores: g81 5/8 31
time consumed by the average family watching television: g84 4/22 30
TV as a baby-sitter: g82 10/22 6
TV viewing and test scores: g81 5/8 31
youths who watch programs they did not even like: g84 11/8 16
what people wanted most in life: g83 4/8 6
whether advantages of having the British monarchy outweighed the cost: g82 8/22 5
whether Britons want a monarchy: g82 8/22 6
world conditions:
1980’s: g80 3/22 29
abortions in Japan: g83 10/8 31
American diplomats and where they feel safer—in Washington or their assignments: g81 1/8 31
Americans who are afraid to go out alone at night: w83 7/15 23
amount countries spend on armaments: g81 4/22 29
Chinese who want to buy their own homes: g84 12/8 31
cities with highest cost of living: g82 8/8 29
crime in western Europe: g85 3/8 29-30
crime worldwide: g80 12/22 30
do you think there might be a nuclear war?: g84 8/22 3
edible food thrown out as garbage: g83 10/8 24
European unification: g79 2/22 6
fear of crime: g81 2/22 3
fear of nuclear war: w82 7/15 10
if someone offered you a pill that would make it possible for you to live 500 years, would you take it?: w83 11/15 4
poverty worldwide: g76 11/22 30
public attitude toward the threat of nuclear war: w82 12/1 11
religion’s role in politics: g81 12/22 29
response to speed limits: g79 9/8 31
reusable metal, glass, and paper that are discarded: g83 10/8 24
safety of 700 beaches in 14 countries: g84 9/22 30
United Nations: g85 8/8 29
U.S. companies with grooming codes: g83 1/8 29
what is needed to make ends meet: g84 4/8 24
where people turn for news: g84 2/8 31
whether a war is likely in next three years: w81 1/15 10
whether government leaders have lied to the people: g83 12/8 20
whether “money is almighty”: g80 6/8 3
whether people have confidence in doctors, lawyers, what corporations say, and whether advertising is truthful: g83 12/8 20
whom you would call first if an earthquake occurred when you were away from home: g80 12/8 30
world prices and incomes: g80 7/8 31
youths:
attitude toward prayer: w82 6/1 6
belief in God: g83 11/22 11
belief that religion is important and belief in God: km 9/84 4
“born again” experience: w82 2/1 18
British girls under 16 who have lost their virginity: g84 10/22 30
confidence in organized religion: g82 4/22 7; g80 2/22 19; g78 8/8 31
depression: g82 8/22 21
description of home on a typical Sunday: g82 10/8 27
expenditures for cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs: g80 7/22 7
fears: g83 1/8 21
goals in life: g83 10/22 21; w82 6/15 3
Japanese youths’ view of conscription: g80 8/8 29
life’s purpose and the future: hp 89
manual skills of Japanese children: g84 5/8 31
reading: g83 12/8 22-23
romantic experiences: g82 4/8 16
self-perceptions: g82 4/22 3
sex by the time they were 18: w84 10/15 6
sex relations: w83 6/15 7; sj 8-9
shyness: g82 10/22 13
spending: g79 8/22 31
still living at home with parents: g80 12/8 30-31
suicide considered by: hp 6
teenage troublemakers: g85 12/22 30
view of their ability to get along with others: g80 8/22 20
view of their leadership ability: g80 8/22 20
watch TV programs they do not even like: g84 11/8 16
what bothers teenagers most: g84 2/8 20
what youths are thinking: w77 485-487
whether youths want more parental direction on sex: w84 10/15 6
who read comic books: g83 6/22 3
who read magazines: km 3/84 4
who would follow their parents’ religion: w83 6/15 7
wish regarding parents: g83 7/8 17
youths in the Church of England who regarded unmarried sex as wrong: g84 10/22 30