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Senior Citizens Most Likely to Honor and Practice
Social Responsibility
Harris Poll finds only 8% of adults rate
social responsibility highly
June 20, 2007 – Senior citizens, in this case
adults age 62 and older, are more likely than younger people to take
“social responsibility” seriously and “practice what they preach,”
according to a new Harris Poll. But only about 8 percent of U.S. adults
believe social responsibility is a good idea and of high importance.
From a series of questions Harris classified people
by their responses into three categories:
1. Practice What They Preach - for this
group, individual, as well as corporate, social responsibility is
extremely important.
2. Good Intentions - they believe that
social responsibility is a good idea, and they do what they can in terms
of volunteering, but they do not sacrifice huge amounts of time or
money.
3. To Thine Own Self Be True - for this
group, social responsibility has little consequence in their lives.
Among all ages, 8 percent were classified in the
“Practice What The Preach” group, but 11 percent of the most mature
group (62 and over) fell into this top category.
Harris put 67 percent of all adults in the “Good
Intentions” group. The Matures led all age groups with 71 percent.
And, in the bottom category – To Thine Own Self Be
True – the seniors had only 17 percent, compared to 25 percent of all
adults.
|
|
Total |
Generation |
Political Party |
|
Echo Boomers
(18-30) |
Gen X (31-42) |
Baby Boomers
(43-61) |
Matures (62 and
over) |
Rep. |
Dem. |
Ind. |
|
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
| "Practice What You Preach" |
8 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
11 |
9 |
8 |
9 |
| "Good Intentions" |
67 |
62 |
66 |
68 |
71 |
70 |
68 |
66 |
| "To Thine Own Self Be True" |
25 |
33 |
29 |
22 |
17 |
22 |
24 |
25 |
Note: Percentages may not add up to exactly 100% due to rounding
Other highlights:
● The younger one is, the more likely they are to
be “true to their own self”.
● The less educated one is, the more likely they
are to be "true to their own self".
● Men are more likely than women to both practice
what they preach (10% versus 7%) and are also more likely to "be true to
their own self" (28% versus 23%).
● Women are more likely to have good intentions –
70 percent as compared to 63 percent.
● Hispanics are more likely than both Blacks and
Whites to practice what they preach (13% versus 9% and 7%).
● Those who have household incomes of above
$75,000 a year are the income group that is most likely to practice what
they preach (12%)
● Republicans may be slightly more socially
responsible than Democrats.
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