How honest do you think people are?

1 August 2011

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Poll started 01 August 2011: How honest do you think people are? Do you think people are generally honest, do you trust 'the populus' – and do views change with age? Take the following scenario. Ten minutes after leaving a busy train station you realise your purse/wallet fell out on a bench. You go back, which of the following scenarios do you think most likely?

Poll started 01 August 2011:

How honest do you think people are?

Do you think people are generally honest, do you trust 'the populus' – and do views change with age? Take the following scenario.

Ten minutes after leaving a busy train station you realise your purse/wallet fell out on a bench. You go back, which of the following scenarios do you think most likely?

Results

I am 25 or younger (1012 votes)

It'll still be there, money intact		59 votes (6%)
It'll be there, without the cash		101 votes (10%)
It will have been handed in		206 votes (20%)
Someone will have taken it		646 votes (64%)

I am 26-40yrs old (3066 votes)

It'll still be there, money intact		147 votes (5%)
It'll be there, without the cash		191 votes (6%)
It will have been handed in		742 votes (24%)
Someone will have taken it		1986 votes (65%)

I am 41-60yrs old (2744 votes)

It'll still be there, money intact		74 votes (3%)
It'll be there, without the cash		139 votes (5%)
It will have been handed in		625 votes (23%)
Someone will have taken it		1906 votes (69%)

I am 61+yrs old (822 votes)

It'll still be there, money intact		24 votes (3%)
It'll be there, without the cash		43 votes (5%)
It will have been handed in		198 votes (24%)
Someone will have taken it		557 votes (68%)

                   7,644 votes received.

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