Word: yankelovich
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...find what Americans today really think about the very basic but infinitely complex questions of sexual morality, TIME commissioned the firm of Yankelovich, Skelly & White, which regularly conducts TIME's polls of voters' political, social and economic views, to undertake a special survey. Yankelovich interviewers questioned 1,044 registered voters, a group representative of various regions, races, ages and religious groups in proportion to the nationwide figures for those same groups. Thus 14% came From the Pacific Coast states, 10% were between 21 and 24 years old, 34% had only a high school education, 29% were Roman Catholic...
According to a survey conducted for TIME by Yankelovich, Skelly & White, 58% of the people regard Carter as a leader who can be trusted, down only 4 percentage points since March (see following story). At the same time Americans are increasingly uneasy about inflation, and only 25% of those surveyed expressed confidence in Carter's ability to handle the economy, a plunge of 8 points since March. That general skepticism appears to be reflected in the skittish behavior of the stock market, a pretty fair indicator of business confidence. The Dow Jones average has slid steadily, hitting...
Candor & Folksiness. These are among the findings of a nationwide telephone survey of 1,036 registered voters conducted in late May for TIME by the opinion-research firm of Yankelovich. Skelly & White Inc. A comparison with a similar TIME survey conducted last March shows that Carter has lost a sprinkling of popularity points in some areas but has registered gains in others. Most notably, voters who feel that Carter is coming to grips with the energy problem increased from...
...Yankelovich sees "the gradual evolution of a new implied contract between parents and their children." In his view, Traditionalists-the 57% of parents committed to stricter child rearing and older American values-implicitly say to their children, "We will sacrifice for you and be repaid by your success and sense of obligation." The New Breed message: "We will not sacrifice for you, because we have our own lives to lead. But when you are grown, you owe us nothing...
Though nine out of ten parents in the survey say they would choose to have children if they had it to do again, Yankelovich reports that they are generally plagued with doubts and under heavy strain because of changing attitudes. Says he: "It's clear that the new values and the old have not yet found a synthesis...