Which do you think most St. Louisans are better at doing, managing our finances or managing our health? |
Finances:
37%
Health:
3%
About the same, good:
18%
About the same, bad:
42%
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Do you think that St. Louisans are, in general, in better or worse physical condition than the average American is?
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Better physical condition:
4%
Worse physical condition:
48%
About the same:
48%
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Do you think that St. Louisans are, in general, in better or worse financial condition than the average American is? |
Better financial condition:
24%
Worse financial condition:
15%
About the same:
61%
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Are you generally more focused these days on your own physical fitness or your financial fitness? |
Physical fitness:
50%
Financial fitness:
50%
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Which do you think is going to cause you more problems for the remainder of the year, your finances or your health? |
My finances:
59%
My health:
41%
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Do you think that you are in better or worse physical condition than the average St. Louisan is? |
Better shape:
52%
Worse shape:
16%
About the same:
32%
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Do you think that your finances are in better or worse shape than the average St. Louisan's is? |
Better shape:
59%
Worse shape:
15%
About the same:
26%
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If you were setting a realistic weight-loss goal for yourself over the rest of the year, how much would it be? |
A hundred pounds or more:
1%
Between sixty and a hundred pounds:
3%
Between forty and sixty pounds
7%
Between twenty and forty pounds:
17%
Between ten and twenty pounds:
36%
Less than ten pounds:
27%
Zero:
10%
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If you were setting a realistic debt-reduction goal for yourself over the rest of the year, how much would it be? |
Twenty thousand dollars or more:
7%
Between fifteen and twenty thousand dollars:
3%
Between ten and fifteen thousand dollars:
9%
Between five and ten thousand dollars:
17%
Between one and five thousand dollars:
24%
Less than a thousand dollars:
17%
Zero:
22%
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Would you pay ten thousand dollars to lose twenty pounds in six months? |
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Do you personally know somebody who would pay ten thousand dollars to lose twenty pounds in six months? |
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Which do you think it will be more difficult for you to lose over the rest of the year, weight or debt? |
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To which of the following are you most likely to turn for financial advice? |
A relative:
13%
A financial professional:
62%
A columnist or writer in the daily newspaper:
3%
Television:
1%
A co-worker or close friend:
8%
The Internet:
14%
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To which of the following are you most likely to turn for physical fitness advice? |
A relative:
6%
A fitness professional:
48%
A columnist or writer in the daily newspaper:
6%
Television:
2%
A co-worker or close friend:
15%
The Internet:
23%
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Which of the following weight-loss gimmicks are you most likely to try? |
A fitness machine that I saw on the Internet or on an infomercial:
16%
A diet plan in which I am required to eat a certain type of food:
26%
A fad diet that doesn't allow me to eat carbs or sugar:
14%
An invasive procedure that promises to turn my flab to muscle:
2%
A scale that lies:
42%
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Which of the following get-rich-quick scenarios are you most likely to try? |
Sending my bank account and credit card information to a former government official's widow who promises to share her late husband's fortune with me:
4%
Buying lottery tickets:
61%
Flipping lofts:
7%
Playing blackjack at Lumiere Place:
10%
Getting involved in an almost-pyramid scheme:
2%
Investing my mad money in penny stocks:
17%
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