Will you be making New Year's resolutions this year?
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Will you make more than one resolution this year?
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How likely do you think it is that you will be able to stick to the top item on your list of resolutions?
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Very likely:
20%
Somewhat likely:
31%
Not very likely:
6%
Not likely at all:
1%
I will not be making any resolutions:
42%
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How long do your New Year's resolutions usually last?
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About a week, or less:
9%
About a month:
13%
A few months:
21%
About a year:
8%
They always stick:
9%
I don't make New Year's resolutions:
41%
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In which of the following general categories do your most important New Year's resolutions usually fall?
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Weight:
36%
Work:
4%
Finances:
7%
School:
2%
Family:
5%
Health, not including weight:
18%
Romance:
1%
Something else:
28%
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Do you generally make resolutions for others?
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Do you tell other people about your New Year's resolutions?
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Yes:
25%
No:
35%
I don't make New Year's resolutions:
40%
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Would you rather lose 20 pounds in the next year or get a $2000 bonus by next January 1?
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Lose 20 lbs:
58%
Get $2000:
42%
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Which of the following things will you most realistically achieve in 2009?
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Fit in my skinny jeans:
6%
Increase my savings:
17%
Spend more time with family and friends:
11%
Learn or perfect a language:
4%
Become more organized:
10%
Stop drinking or smoking:
4%
Exercise more:
36%
I won't do any of these things:
13%
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Which of the following resolutions do you wish your spouse or significant other would adopt?
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Spend more/less time with the family:
5%
Learn how to cook better/different:
4%
Get better organized/Stop being so bossy:
13%
Lose/gain weight:
20%
Get a (different) job:
6%
Come home/leave home:
4%
Something else:
49%
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Do you think men or women are more likely to keep resolutions?
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Men:
8%
Women:
29%
About the same:
63%
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Do you think older people or younger people are more likely to keep resolutions?
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Older:
45%
Younger:
8%
Older or younger than whom?:
48%
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Do you think Democrats or Republicans are more likely to keep resolutions?
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Democrats:
52%
Republicans:
48%
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Do you generally make the same or different resolutions from year to year?
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I make the same type of resolution every year:
46%
I make the exact same resolution every year:
10%
I make different resolutions every year:
44%
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Which of the following is the best advice to help someone else keep their resolutions? |
Aim low:
19%
Don't overload yourself:
37%
Tell everyone you know:
4%
Reward yourself:
16%
Don't bother:
24%
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Which of the following would be the best New Year's resolution for the City of St. Louis? |
Get bigger:
5%
Get younger:
1%
Get smarter:
19%
Get more creative:
21%
Get nicer:
4%
Get together:
15%
Get healthier:
8%
Get safer:
26%
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