ABC News Manners Express Poll, May 1999 [electronic resource] ABC News

1999-08-20

Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 1999

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This special topic poll, fielded May 5-9, 1999, sought respondents' views on manners. Those queried were asked to assess whether most of the people they encountered possessed good or bad manners, how most people's manners compared to two and three decades ago, and whether it was better for people to have good manners, yet hide what they really think. Respondents were asked whether the following were minor or major sources of bad manners in this country: stress, parental failure to instill good manners, educational institutions' failure to teach good manners, and television/movie influences. Those queried were asked whether enforcing good manners or allowing people freedom of expression was a greater societal good. Respondents were asked which of the following activities they had engaged in over the last few months: holding a door open for a stranger, using a swear word in public, speaking rudely to someone in public, and making an obscene gesture at another person while driving a car. Additional questions covered the content of children's television programs, and whether saying "please" and "thank you" would make the world a better place. Background information on respondents includes age, race, sex, education, age of people in household, and income.Cf: http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02772.v1

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