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Would you say that most of the people you encounter have good manners or bad manners?
Compared to 20 or 30 years ago, do you think most people's manners are better today, worse, or about the same?
For each item I name, please tell me if you think it's a major or a minor source of bad manners in this country: Stress in today's society
For each item I name, please tell me if you think it's a major or a minor source of bad manners in this country: Parents not teaching manners enough
For each item I name, please tell me if you think it's a major or a minor source of bad manners in this country: The schools not teaching manners well enough
For each item I name, please tell me if you think it's a major or a minor source of bad manners in this country: Televison and the movies setting a bad example
Do you think it's ...
Thinking specifically about children, do you think most of the television programs they watch encourage them to be more respectful of others, less respectful, or do children's TV programs have no real effect on their respect for others?
Which is more important to society:
If people said 'please' and 'thank you' more...
For each item I name, please tell me if that's something you've done in the last few months, or not. This is confidential and for statistical purposes only: Held a door open for someone you didn't know.
For each item I name, please tell me if that's something you've done in the last few months, or not. This is confidential and for statistical purposes only: Used a swear-word in public.
For each item I name, please tell me if that's something you've done in the last few months, or not. This is confidential and for statistical purposes only: Gotten impatient with someone in public and spoken rudely to them.
For each item I name, please tell me if that's something you've done in the last few months, or not. This is confidential and for statistical purposes only: Made an obscene gesture at another person while driving a car
In the last few months has another driver made an obscene gesture at you, or not?
Educational level
Age
Marital status
Employment
Total number of children in household
If you added together the yearly incomes, before taxes, of all the members of your household for the last year, 1998, would the total be...? Your answers will remain completely confidential.)
Think about your total investable financial assets such as CDs, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, checking and savings accounts, excluding your home, IRA, 401k or other retirement accounts. Would the value of your assets be...?
Age less than 50
Age category
Annual household income
Highest degree
manners today
some college