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50 - 55 years of age The majority of respondents 50 to 55 years of age earned an average of 20-60,000 dollars, worked 40 to 60 hours a week and have some College experience. They spent an average of 1-3 hours a week with friends, and 70% had at least one parent who was deceased. The majority of them knew people who had been married for 25+ years, and 53% of the respondents in this age range were in a monogamous (but not married) relationship, 23% were single. When asked to rate the truth of the following statements:
100% of the respondents in this age category felt that all of these statements were most likely true. The majority spent 5+ hours a week watching Drama on television, and spent an average of 4+ hours a week alone. 79%% reported rarely buying on impulse. 54% said they did not use recreational drugs (including nicotine). 85% felt that they did have a religious identity, and 30 % never attended services with the 30% attending on daily basis in a religion different from the one they were raised in. 93%of this age group reported feeling a strong political identity. 100% of this age group reported voting in a presidential election within the past four years with 50% choosing to participate in other elections. 84% of this age group considered themselves to be well informed on current events. When asked to rate the truth of the following statements:
The majority of responders in this age group felt like these statements were somewhat true. The majority of the group felt that the statement, I look forward to getting older, was mostly untrue. There was no consensus on the truth on the following statement. Equal numbers of this age group felt these statements were completely false, completely true and neither false or true:
The majority of this age group felt the following statements were most likely untrue:
The majority of this age group felt the following statements were most likely true:
This age group perceived married people as more likely to:
When asked to respond to a series of questions that allowed for them to write in their own answers, the majority of this age group responded that:
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