Questions - Human Life - October 15-16, 2011
71% Say Volunteering Serves Community More Than Entering Politics
59% Rate Their Own Lives As Good Or Excellent
59% See Years Before 40 As Best of Their Lives
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National Survey of
1,000 Adults
Conducted October 15-16, 2011
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Think for a moment about the phases of a human life.
For most people, what are the best years of their life?
Under
18
18-29
30-39
40-49
50-64
65+
Not
sure
2* For most people, what are the worst years of their
life?
Under
18
18-29
30-39
40-49
50-64
65+
Not
sure
3* For people over 65, is it better to be completely
retired, to work part-time, or to work full-time?
4* How do you rate your own life today? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
5*
When you look back on high school, would you rate your high school years as a
great time in your life, a good time in your life, a fair time, or a poor time?
6* Within the past month, have you done any volunteer
work for a church, community organization, or charitable group?
7*
What is more important in terms of serving the community—getting involved in
politics or doing volunteer work for a church, community organization, or
charitable group?
8*
Would life in the United States be better if more
Americans lived as Christians?
9* In a typical week,
how often do you read the Bible?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
