|
Peter Strupp: Fat,
dumb, and ugly, The decline of the Average American, Simon
& Schuster, New York, 2004. |
% |
|
world's population living in US |
5 |
|
world's resources consumed in US |
33 |
|
world's trash produced by US |
19 |
|
world's toxic waste produced in US |
33 |
|
US Coke plastic bottles (10 billion
yearly) made of recycled material |
0 |
|
US households with one or more cars |
89 |
|
US households with at least one
television |
99 |
|
US households with three or more
televisions |
66 |
|
US adults who have a firearm in
their home |
39 |
|
US adults who are overweight |
1980 |
46 |
| 2003 |
64.5 |
|
US adults who are considered obese |
30.5 |
|
US adults who are considered
severely obese |
4.6 |
|
US overweight adolescent children |
1980 |
5 |
| 2003 |
15 |
|
Americans who said they believe in
ghosts |
1978 |
16 |
|
2000 |
33 |
|
Americans who believe that the
theory of human evolution is probably or definitely not true |
48 |
|
Americans who do not know whether
the Soviet Union was an ally or enemy in the World War II |
51 |
|
Americans of the age 18 to 24 who
can find US on a blank world map |
10 |
|
Americans of the age 18 to 24 who
cannot locate US on a map |
11 |
|
Americans of the age 18 to 24 who
cannot locate France on a map |
65 |
|
American teenage girls who say
shopping is their favorite pastime |
98 |
|
American's disposable income set
aside for saving |
1980 |
8.6 |
| 2000 |
4.2 |
|
American's disposable income
assigned to personal debt payments |
1980 |
62 |
| 2001 |
83 |
|
Americans who believe they are in
the richest 1% of the population |
19 |
|
Americans who think they will be
famous (widely recognized) for at least a short period of time |
30 |
|
Americans of the age 18 to 25 who
have a tattoo |
25 |
|
American adults who are at least
somewhat satisfied with their physical appearance |
88 |
|
Americans who are very proud to be
US citizens |
84 |
