Full Results of Mother Jones' 2008 Student Activism Survey
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WHAT'S ACTIVISM ANYWAY? |
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Students
Nonstudents
Giving spare change to the homeless
34%
30%
Taking "Ending Poverty 101" instead of "Intro to I-Banking"
49%
46%
Thrifting
52%
49%
Being a vegetarian
57%
46%
Buying organic
63%
59%
Taking public transit
70%
68%
Recycling
78%
75%
Boycotting Wal-Mart
85%
83%
Buying fair trade/non-sweatshop labor
85%
83%
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ARE STUDENTS MORE OR LESS ENGAGED NOW THAN IN THE 60'S? |
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Students |
Nonstudents |
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More |
14% |
16% |
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Less |
86% |
84% |
WHERE'S THE FUTURE OF ACTIVISM?
Source: 2008 Mother Jones Student Activism Survey; 1,353 total respondents (678 students, 675 nonstudents)
MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FOR STUDENTS
MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FOR NONSTUDENTS
Former Students
Ever been arrested for a cause?
Where is student activism more important?
What's more important?
What's the lamest form of activism?
What do you wish you'd spent more time on?
Current Students
Ever been arrested for a cause?
Where is student activism most important?
What's more important?
What's the lamest form of activism?
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