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(10/02/12) - Nurses, Doctors Are Most Respected
Jobs in Canada, U.S. and Britain
Less than three-in-ten respondents in the three
countries express respect for politicians.
The Poll Archive
Nurses and doctors continue to be well regarded
by people in Canada, the United States and
Britain, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has
found.
In the online survey of representative national
samples, respondents were asked about the level
of respect they hold for 25 different professions.
In Britain, 93 per cent of respondents have “a
great deal of respect” or “a fair amount of
respect” for nurses—a view shared by 96 per cent
of Canadians and 92 per cent of Americans.
Doctors also fared well in the three countries
(96% in Canada, and 90% in both Britain and the
United States).
Farmers had a particularly high ranking in Canada
(95%) and the U.S. (93%), while Canadians also
gave good marks to scientists (92%) veterinarians
(92%) and dentists (90%).
In Britain, six professions did not manage to
garner the respect of at least half of respondents:
building contractors (43%), business executives
(28%), journalists (20%), politicians (15%),
bankers (15%) and car salesmen (14%). In the
United States, four professions ranked below 50
per cent: business executives (48%), lawyers
(45%), car salesmen (30%) and politicians (20%).
In Canada, only two professions received overly
negative ratings: car salesmen (28%) and
politicians (27%).
Britons are more likely to express respect for
athletes (81%) than Canadians (73%) and
Americans (60%), while Americans are more likely
to respect priests and ministers (76%) than
Canadians (66%) or Britons (54%).
Full Report, Detailed Tables and Methodology
(PDF)
CONTACT:
Mario Canseco, Vice President, Angus Reid Public
Opinion
+877 730 3570
mario.canseco@angus-reid.com
Methodology – Angus Reid Public Opinion
conducted an online survey among:
- 1,002 American adults who are Springboard
America panelists, from September 4 to
September 5, 2012.
- 2,010 British adults who are Springboard UK
panelists, from August 30 to August 31, 2012.
- 1,510 Canadian adults who are Angus Reid
Forum panelists, from August 30 to August 31,
2012.
The margin of error—which measures sampling
variability—is +/-2.2% for Great Britain, +/-2.5%
for Canada, and +/-3.1% for the United States.
The results have been statistically weighted
according to the most current education, age,
gender and region Census data to ensure a
sample representative of the entire adult
population of each country

this is what you get in countries where people reason with their heads and not their anus, where people talk through their mouth and not their phalux