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Posted by: mpd61

Heres the latest Harris poll!
At least we're above clergy actors and lawyers!!!!!!


One thing to notice is that while Americans have become celebrity obsessed, with gossip magazines and websites as must reads, they do not hold these celebrities in high regard. Actors and entertainers occupy two of the bottom five positions in the list of prestigious occupations showing that while people may enjoy reading about them, they do not regard these occupations as prestigious.

TABLE 1
PRESTIGE OF 23 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

"I am going to read off a number of different occupations. For each, would you tell me if you feel it is an occupation of very great prestige, considerable prestige, some prestige or hardly any prestige at all?"

Base: All Adults

Very Great Prestige

Considerable

Prestige

Some Prestige

Hardly Any Prestige At All

Not Sure/

Refused
%
%
%
%
%

Firefighter

61
26
10
2
-

Scientist

54
28
13
4
*

Teacher

54
24
16
6
*

Doctor

52
35
12
1
-

Military officer

52
29
15
4
*

Nurse

50
29
17
4
-

Police officer

46
27
19
7
*

Priest/Minister/ Clergy

42
23
26
9
*

Farmer

41
16
26
17
-

Engineer

30
37
25
6
1

Member of Congress

26
32
23
17
2

Architect

23
33
39
6
*

Lawyer

22
20
41
17
*

Athlete

16
20
45
19
*

Business executive

14
28
42
15
*

Journalist

13
24
47
16
*

Union Leader

13
20
36
30
1

Stockbroker

12
17
46
25
1

Entertainer

12
16
42
31
-

Accountant

11
25
48
16
1

Banker

10
28
45
17
*

Actor

9
19
34
38
-

Real estate agent/broker

5
18
43
34
*

"-"No Response
*Less Than 0.5%

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Posted by: Deuce

This just proves yet again, people are stupid. Firefighters suck....

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Posted by: MM1799

Police officer:Journalist
46:13
27:24
19:47
7:16
*:*

I finally know why they hate us so much..

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Posted by: 5-0

It would be interesting if the data was organized by socio-economic status and a maybe an IQ threshold. Seriously though, we just barely beat clergy... lol

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Posted by: Grasshopper

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5-0 It would be interesting if the data was organized by socio-economic status and a maybe an IQ threshold. Seriously though, we just barely beat clergy... lol

Clergy? That feels so wrong! But we so belong above nurses and especially firefighters! All things considered, we didn't fare too badly did we boys and girls?

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Posted by: Hb13

Why was the military officer ranked so low? Ofcourse the nozzleheads beat police everyone loves those bastards.

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