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For Immediate Release September 5, 2002
Contact: Cristi Allen
callen@decisionanalyst.com
Phone: 817-640-6166
Slight Majority Agrees with U.S. Action Against Terrorism
ARLINGTON, Texas - About 53% of Americans believe the government is taking the
right steps to keep terrorism at a minimum, according to a recent Internet
survey by Decision Analyst, Inc., a leading international marketing
research firm.
At the same time, 47% of respondents expressed dissatisfaction. Specifically,
31% said the government "is not providing the protection it should,"
and 16% said the government "is taking away too many freedoms to provide
protection."
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Total Respondents |
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The government is proceeding at the right pace to keep terrorism threats at a
minimum
|
53%
|
|
The government is not providing the protection against terrorism that it should
|
31
|
|
The government is taking away too many of our freedoms in order to provide
protection against terrorism
|
16
|
For its August "2002 Personal Opinion and Lifestyle Study," Decision
Analyst asked 3,136 Americans about their views on terrorism. The 35- to
44-year-olds had the highest percentage of those who believe the government is
"proceeding at the right pace to keep terrorism at a minimum" (57%),
the survey shows. They were followed by 45-to-54 age group (54%), 25-to-34
(51%), 55 or over (50%), and 18 to 24 (49%). The same statistics for "not
providing enough protection" and "taking too many freedoms' are shown below."
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Ages
18-24 |
Ages
25-34 |
Ages
35-44 |
Ages
45-54 |
Ages 55 or Over
|
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The government is proceeding at the right pace to keep terrorism threats at a
minimum
|
49%
|
51%
|
57%
|
54%
|
50%
|
|
The government is not providing the protection against terrorism that it should
|
33
|
33
|
30
|
29
|
31
|
|
The government is taking away too many of our freedoms in order to provide
protection against terrorism
|
18
|
16
|
13
|
17
|
19
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For its "2002 Personal Opinion and Lifestyle Study", Decision Analyst
drew on a balanced sample of 3,136 American Consumer OpinionT members. The
study's margin of error is +/- 2% at a 95% confidence level. The survey was
conducted from August 5th to August 12th, 2002.
Decision Analyst Inc., founded 25 years ago, is a leading international
marketing research firm serving Fortune 500 companies as well as smaller firms,
government agencies and private organizations. Along with its traditional
marketing research methodologies, Decision Analyst operates the American
Consumer OpinionT online panel, one of the world's largest Internet consumer
opinion panels. It has over 3.5 million members.
For additional information contact:
Cristi Allen
Publicity
Email: callen@decisionanalyst.com
Phone: 1.800.ANALYSIS (262.5974)
Address: 604 Avenue H East
Arlington, TX 76011
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