Survey: SHOH37

Stories based on the data from this survey:

Questions asked in this survey:

Do you think Amerian basically is head in the right direction or in the wrong direction?
On general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president?
Do you currently own or rent your home?
When considering your own home, do you think you need more space, less space or are you mostly cotent with the a ount of space you have?
When if comes to picking the size and location of your home, which one of these two choices would houj prefer: Would you favor a smaller home with a shorter commute to work or other places you frequently go" Or wold you rather have a larger home but with a longer commute?
Do you curently have a mortage on your home? (If yes)) Do you have a fixed rate or a variable rate mortgage?
Have you or your family felt puinches by the cost of your mortgage in recent years or are you generally able to afford your mortgage payments?
Are you curently looking for a different home to buy or are you already in the process or buying a different home?
Are you curently looking for a home to buy or are you already in the process of buying a home? (asked of people who do not own their home)
How likely do you think it is that you will be looking to buy a home in the next two years? Is it very likely, somewhat likely or somewhat unlikely or very unlikely that you will buy a home in to years? (Asked only of people who did not own homes and expressed some interst in buying a home.)
Generally do you think this is a good time to buy a home in your community or not?
Is this good time to sell a home in your community, or not?
Have the current troubles in the mortgage lending industry, including a widespread tightening of credit, hurt you personally or not?
Do you personally know anyone who has had trouble getting a home mortgage because of the troubles in the lending industry?
If you were to sell your house, would you hire someone to "stage" it, that is to come in and redecorate your home specifically so it will get a better price? (Asked only of people who own their homes.)
On a diferent topic, I'd like to name some important national issues. Please tell me whether you think they are very important, somewhat important or not important. So when I mention the Iraq war, si that very important, somewhat important or not important?
How about the quality of education in public schools? Is that very important, somewhat important or not important?
How about access to health care in the United States? Is that very important, somewhat important or not important?
How about protecting the Social Security program? Is that very important, somewhat important or not important?
How about hunger in American? Is that very important, somewhat important or not important?
How about abortion? Very important, somewhat important or not important?
How about child abuse? Is it very important, somewhat important or not important?
How about the federal deficit? is that very important, somewhat important or not important?
How about unemployment? Is it very important, somewhat important or not important?
How about military preparedness? Is it very important, somewhat important or not important?
How about illegal immigration? Is it very important, somewhat important or not important?
Now let me ask which party, the Democrats or the Republicans, you think is best able to deal with these issues. So which party is best able to handle the war in Iraq?
Which party is best for dealing with the quality of education in public schools?
Which party is best for dealing with access to health care?
Which party is best for protecting Social Security?
Which party is best for dealing with hunger in America?
Which party is best for dealing with abortion?
Which party is best for dealing with child abuse?
Which party is best for dealing with the federal deficit?
Which party is best for dealing with unemployment
Which party is best for dealing with military preparedness?
Which party is best for dealing with illegal immigration?
I'd like to ask a few questions about vaccinations that children get to protect them from diseases like polio, mumps and measles. Most states require kids to receive up top 10 different vaccinations by the time they are five yeara old. Soem parents and researchers say vaccines have side effects that may led to autism, asthma, diabetes, atention deficit disorder and other medical problems. Have you heard about these concerns?
Mostr U.S. health officials urge that children be vaccinated to protect them and to prevent the spead of disease. More than one million children die of measles outside the U.S. every year. Geneally speaking do you think the benefits of immunizations outweigh the risks or do you hae questions about the risks of immunization?
Most states allow children to be exempt from vaccinatons if their parents object for religous reasons. many stats also allow exemptons if parents are philosophically opposed to the vaccinations. Should parents be allowed to exempt their children for philosophical reasons?
There are still outbraks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measlaes and mumps in this country. Unvaccinaed children are eight times more llikely to get measles than thoe who've gotten the full series of shots. Nearly a quarter of the children have not received all recommended shots by the time they are three years old. Is this a very serious public health problem or nnot?
Would you recommend that all children in your family get all recommended vaccinations or would you want your family to ask lots of questons before proceeding wuth vaccinations?
I'd also lke to ask about some conspiracy theories that are sometimes mentoned among Americans. Please tell me whether you think each of these is very likely, somewhat likely or not likely. So when I say that oil companies are conspiring to keep gasoline prices high, is that very likely, somewhat likely or not likely.
How about that some people think the federal government had specfic warnings of the 9/11 attacks in New york and Washington, but chose to ignore these warnings. Is this very likely, somewhat likely or not likely?
How likely is it that some people in the federal government knew about the assassinaton of President Kennedy in advance?
Some Americans feel that flying saucers ae real and that the federal government is hiding the truth about them from us. Do you think this is very likely, somewhat Likely or not likely?