Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Radical Life Extension: A Survey Of Attitudes

Living To 120 And Beyond:  Americans Views On Aging, Medical Advances And Radical Life Extension.  Pew Research:  Religion & Public Life.  August 6, 2013.

(1)  Only ______% felt that "having more elderly people in the population" is a bad thing.

(2)  ________% of adults said that they would not undergo medical treatments to slow the aging process to live to be 120 or more.

(3) The ideal median life span for those surveyed is _________.

(4)  41% had a skeptical view of medical treatments saying that they "often ____________________"

(5)  Two-thirds of those surveyed think that treatments for radical life extension would only be accessible to __________________.

(6)  What are three negative implications of radical life extension foreseen by Americans?

(7)  Blacks and Hispanics are more likely than whites to see radical life extension as _______________________.

(8)  Overall life expectancy in the U.S. is ________ years.

(9)  The median ideal life span of adults under 30 is ________  than for older adults.

(10)  32% say that medical treatments are bad because "they _____________."

(11)  Black Protestants are more likely than evangelical Protestants and Catholics to say that radical life extension would __________________.

(12)  People who oppose the death penalty are likely to believe that long lifespans would _______________.

(13)  How are race and ethnicity related to views about radical life extension?


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