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Vidaville.com will soon have surveys available for visitors
to participate in. These surveys are for us to stay informed of what
people want to know, what they worry about, and what they have problems
with.
This is the place where we will pass on the results to
you, for knowledge and inspiration.
Come back often for Topic Ideas
Email us your topic and we will run the survey for you.
Top Issues will have priority.
Recent Surveys from the Web
Pharmaceutical Drugs
Source: www.drugtopics.com |
| The large number of rural women who medicate
themselves surprised the authors. They stated in their article
that: |
- 92% of the participants took prescription
medications
- 96.5% of the participants self-medicated
with OTC medications, and
- 59.1% of the participants used herbal
medications
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Attitudes on Aging
Source: www.agingresearch.org |
| Key findings include: |
- Seven out of eight online participants (85 percent) want to
live to age 100 versus two out of three Americans (63 percent)
polled by telephone;
- Ninety percent of web users expect to live to at least 80 years
of age whereas 60 percent of the general population felt that
way;
- Two-thirds believe that unless we find cures for major diseases
affecting people in old age, the U.S. will not have enough hospitals,
doctors, and equipment to
care for the aging baby boom generation;
- Internet users are more "pro-research" than
the general population, with 58 percent of Internet users saying that the federal
government should spend
more money in aging research compared to 44 percent of the general population;
- Interestingly, the general public and online users are about
equal in believing scientists should be free to explore new
areas of medical research, with 61
percent of the general population wanting regulation limited compared to
63 percent of
web users;
- Federally funded embryonic stem cell research remains a high
priority for online users, with 83 percent in favor of it compared
to
62 percent of the
general public;
and
- Online participants are more unified in their feelings on increasing
the amount of aging related research, with nine out of 10 calling for
more research
versus
eight out of 10 of the general population.
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| The online version of our survey provides an important tool for
our ongoing efforts, and will help us better understand the public's
concerns and hopes for aging, track trends over time, and use the
data to effectively educate consumers on critical biomedical research
issues of the day. |
What's more important - Type or Gender?
Source: www.personalitytype.com |
In an effort to confirm or refute some popularly
held beliefs about differences between men and women, we analyzed
several of the data to see what, if any effect gender had on
specific behaviors and attitudes. In the majority of items
analyzed, gender appears to have little influence. And in several
instances,
results suggested behavior was often more influenced by one's
personality type that by one's gender. One example:
Participants
ranked several qualities according to how important they
were in a satisfying relationship. On the quality "intimacy",
a slim majority of women considered it slightly more important
than men did. But far greater differences were observed between
Thinkers and Feelers. About 60% of Thinkers (both men and
women) considered intimacy most important compared with 75% of
Feelers
(both men and women). And by a slight majority, male Thinkers
considered it more important than female Thinkers.
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Aspects of a Satisfying Relationship
Source: www.personalitytype.com |
The survey looked at twenty-two aspects of satisfying
relationships to determine which were most important to people
of different types.
Those aspects and percentages that all people
indicated were most important:
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- Trust 95%
- Communication 92%
- Mutual respect 92%
- Mutual commitment 86%
- Fidelity 82%
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| Aspects and percentages all people indicated were least important |
- Shared religious beliefs 18%
- Financial security 27%
- Shared interests 28%
- Similar parenting styles 33%
- Spiritual connection 34%
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