Majority Say They're Likely to Keep Their New Year's Resolutions
Forty-two percent (42%) of Americans say that they will make a New Year’s Resolution for 2007. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of 1,000 adults found that 51% will not. Watching football on New Year’s Day is a bigger part of the national ritual—47% say they’ll be watching a game. Just 29% say they’ll be attending a party on New Year’s Eve. That includes 49% of those under 30 and just 14% of those over 65. Younger Americans are also far more likely than their elders to make a resolution for the New Year.
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