Another interesting finding from the survey can be found in some of the background questions in the survey, specifically one regarding the nature of real estate investments that these investors purchased in 2013.
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Meanwhile a survey by the Lemelson Center at MIT survey found that the majority of teenagers may be discouraged from pursuing STEM careers because they do not know anyone who works in these fields and they do not understand what people in these fields do.
But only 29% believe the gains to last beyond the next few months, down from 38%, and a three-month low, the survey found.
Todd Boroson and Tod Lauer of the US National Optical Astronomy Observatory analysed some 17, 500 spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and have now found just such a pair of emissions coming from a distant quasar.
There were no new reports of planned coal-fired generators, and just one of 14 in the pipeline advanced from pre-construction to under-construction status, the agency found in its 2011 annual survey.
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The General Lifestyle Survey found in that time the proportion owning a house with a mortgage fell from 40% to 35%.
More extensive sampling of the dust has not found any evidence of thermite or explosives, says a report from the US Geological Survey and another from RJ Lee.
Furthermore, a Sport England Active People Survey from 2010 found that basketball is the fastest-growing team sport in the United Kingdom.
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Sydney has been able to attract a wide range of professionals from industrialists to artists and information technology experts, the survey found.
That's actually pretty common, according to a survey from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, which found that out of every 10 women who qualify for reconstructive breast surgery, only three are fully informed of their options.
An Anti-Defamation League annual survey from 2009 found that anti-Semitic attitudes in the U.S. are at a historic low, with 12% of Americans prejudiced toward Jews.
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The survey, which included responses from 1, 200 overseas travelers, also found that more than two out of five potential business travelers won't come to the U.S. in the next five years for the same reason.
The survey found 55% of investors now use ETFs, up from 43% in July.
Affronted Brits might draw some comfort from a recent survey of American public opinion by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, which found that Britain was the second most popular foreign country among Americans, just after Canada.
The survey also found that the segregation of women for prayers was spreading, from half of the mosques in 1994 to two-thirds six years later.
Movies aside, with their images of leisurely cafe and restaurant meals, the survey found that average time spent on a meal in France has dropped from 80 minutes in 1975 to 30 minutes today.
We recently carried out a survey of in-house lawyers (the buyers of services from law firms) and found that more than two-thirds were willing to pay more for higher-value legal services if they could pay less for lower-value legal legwork.
He notes that a proprietary survey found that the number of resellers with more customers buying design software from Autodesk in the October quarter fell to 46% from 80% in the previous quarter, with 38% indicating sales were down more than 10%.
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The Pew survey found that 24% of online teens now use Twitter, up from 16% in 2011.
The survey conducted for The Talent Imperative found that fewer than one in 10 executives from midsized private companies say the two are aligned.
The report, based on a survey of 564 GPs, found they were suffering from high levels of emotional exhaustion and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment, particularly those who repeatedly saw the same patients.
However, the survey also found that almost one in five, 18%, favoured a full withdrawal from Europe.
The survey found one in three people believe taking both complementary and conventional medication can speed up recovery from some conditions.
For example, the General Social Survey has long found three-quarters of Americans saying everyone should have to get a permit from the local police before buying a gun.
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Item one for the prosecution: a survey conducted by the influential Makati Business Club that found the highest court had fallen in esteem from first place in 1986 to No. 18, below even the national telephone service.
Carried out in 2011 it found the number of housing units needed each year had risen from 340 in 2006, when the previous survey was conducted, to 451.
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