| Rasmussen Reports: 64% Say Spring Puts Them in a Better Mood |
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13/03/2010 11:53 (700 Day 20:38 minutes ago) | |||||
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The FINANCIAL -- Spring is almost here, and 64% of Americans say the arrival of the new season will put them in a better mood.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only nine percent (9%) say spring puts them in a worse mood. Thirty percent (30%) say the arrival of spring has no impact on their mood whatsoever.
Women are slightly more likely than men to say spring makes them feel better. Those ages 50 and older are more upbeat about spring than those who are younger.
Twenty-eight percent (28%) of all adults say spring is their favorite season of the year. But that's second to summer, which is the first choice of 36%. Twenty-one percent (21%) consider fall their favorite time of year, while just nine percent (9%) like winter the best.
Twenty percent (20%) of Americans say they are planning to take a spring vacation this year, down seven points from a year ago and back to the level found in 2008.
But then views of the country's short- and long-term economic future are gloomier these days than they have been at any time since President Obama took office in January of last year. A lot of adults plan to tackle projects this spring. Most (68%) will clean and organize or their house. But that's down 14 points from a year ago when 82% said they would do some spring cleaning.
Sixty-one percent (61%) will garden this spring.
Most adults (58%) don’t intend to take on a home improvement project. Just 34% plan to tackle a project to improve their homes, down 12 points from a year ago.
Maybe in part that's because homeowners continue to express little confidence in the short-term prospects for the U.S. housing market, although most still have more hope for five years down the road. Men are slightly more likely than women to garden and to do a home improvement project. Adults ages 40 to 64 are more ambitious in both these areas than younger Americans and those 65 and older.
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