To Verify - Christianity Today

FAITH

Percentage of women who attended a religious service in the past week: 46

Percentage of men: 38

(Gallup Poll, cited in Christianity Today, 2/6/95.)

Percentage of Americans who believe God hears their prayers and has the power to answer them: 86

(Barna Associates, cited in National & International Religion Report, 3/6/95.)

YOUTH

Percentage of high school seniors who say they’ve tried illegal drugs: 45

(Rolling Stone, 1/26/95.)

Percentage of graduating high school seniors who said their generation will be remembered for advancements in technology: 20

For diversity/open-mindedness: 16

For social concerns: 14

(Yankelovich Partners for the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, cited in USA Today, 6/8/95.)

Percentage jump in murder rate of young men 15 to 19 years old from 1985 to 1991: 154

(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cited in The New York Times, 10/14/95.)

HEALTH

Number of years until there may be no cases of polio or measles in the world: 10

(UNICEF’s “The Progress of Nations, 1995,” cited in USA Today, 6/8/95.)

Percentage of overweight American children a decade ago: 24

Today: 31

(Princeton Survey Research Associates, Inc., USA Today, 10/27/94.)

ABORTION

Estimated percentage of abortions in America for unwanted or unplanned pregnancies (and not due to rape, incest, or medical considerations): 95

Percentage of obstetricians who do not believe abortion should be available as a form of birth control for unplanned pregnancies: 52

(A poll of 36,000 U.S. obstetricians by the independent PPS Marketing Group, cited in Physician, 3-4/95.)

DEATH

The chances you will eventually die in a car crash: 1 in 125

Develop a brain tumor: 1 in 25,000

Die in a fire this year: 1 in 4,000,000

Win a state lottery jackpot: 1 in 4,000,000

(What the Odds Are (HarperPerennial, 1992) by Les Krantz, cited in Context, 2/1/95.)

Percentage of U.S. deaths handled by cremation: 20

(Cremation Association of North America, in American Demographics, 5/95.)

MEDIA

Percentage of people who think Hollywood, television, and the music industry are too full of sex and violence: 75

(USA Today, 6/6/95.)

Percentage of entertainment industry decision-makers who describe their political leanings as liberal: 52

As moderate: 31

As conservative:16

(U.S. News & World Report/UCLA survey, cited in USA Today, 6/6/95.)

Percentage of 35- to 64-year-olds who say it is “very or somewhat important” that movies they see reflect their moral and ethical values: 69

Of those 18-35: about 58

(Gallup Poll, cited in USA Today, 6/5/95.)

BIBLE

Percentage of the world’s population with at least portions of the Bible in their language: 97

(The Atlantic Monthly, 6/95.)

Percentage of Americans who own at least five Bibles: 27

(Harper’s, 9/95)

GOSSIP

Percent of adults who say their privacy is violated by gossiping neighbors: 29

(National Opinion Research Center, cited in American Demographics.)

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