Gee, Joe... These are terrible, terrible results!... :-( I wonder what one would get if the survey were made today. Would you expect these numbers to change slightly, somewhat or dramatically? Marcus On Thu, 26 Oct 2000 17:56:49 Joseph B. Reid wrote: >Greg asked in USMA 8780 > >>How recent are these surveys? >>I would like to know if the apathy of my generation has had any affect on >>the inverse relationship between support for metric and age. >>I would suspect that there wouldn't be a significant correlation found today. >> >>greg > > >A Gallup poll in November 1981 interviewed 2069 adults in their homes The >key answers were as follows: > >"How soon would you like to see metric conversion 100% in place in Canada?" > > Region Age > --------------------------- ---------------- > Atlan Qui Ont- Prair >Answer Total -tic bec ario -ies B.C. 18-29 30-49 50+ >------ ----- ----- --- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- ----- >Before >2001 46.4% 34.3% 58.7% 42.1% 43.7% 41.3% 67.0% 44.9% 32.0% > >Never 35.4 49.3 21.5 38.4 43.1 39.4 26.5 33.4 46.2 > > Education Income > ------------------ ------------------------- > Pub- Univer Under 10000 20000 30000 >Answer Total lic High -sity 10000 -19999 -29999 & up >------ ----- ---- ---- ------ ----- ------ ------ ----- >Before >2001 46.4 27.3 48.0 63.3 30.0 45.5 56.3 58.7 > >Never 35.4 50.1 35.9 17.2 44 4 39.5 26.4 25 5 > > >"What is there about metric you like?" > > Region Age > ---------------------------- ---------------- > Atlan Qui- Ont- Prair >Answer Total -tic bec ario -ies B.C. 18-29 30-49 50+ >------ ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- ---- >Nothing 50.6 67.9 47.9 51.2 47.6 47.1 38.8 46.8 65.8 > > Education Income > ------------------ -------------------------- > Pub- Univer Under 10000 20000 30000 >Answer Total lic High -sity 10000 -19999 -29999 & up >------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ------ ------ ------ ----- >Nothing 50.6 72.8 52.1 19.6 65.5 55.9 44.7 32.9 > > >"Do you know what the metric measure is for weight?" > > Region Age > ---------------------------- ---------------- > Atlan Qui- Ont- Prair >Answer Total -tic bec ario -ies B.C. 18-29 30-49 50+ >------ ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- ---- >kg or g 76.9 65.4 75.3 79.1 78.6 80.7 86.6 83.4 60.6 > > Education Income > ------------------ --------------------------- > Pub- Univer Under 10000 20000 30000 >Answer Total lic High -sity 10000 -19999 -29999 & up >------ ----- ---- ---- ----- ----- ------ ------ ------ >kg or g 76.9 49.9 80.1 94.8 56.5 77.1 86.4 91.8 > > Angelfire for your free web-based e-mail. http://www.angelfire.com
