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<H1>Survey: Nurses tops in honesty, car salesmen last</H1></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=1>Tuesday, December 7, 2004 Posted: 5:54 PM
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<P><B style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Nurses get top marks when it
comes to honesty and ethics, and car salesmen are the least trusted people,
according to Gallup's annual U.S. survey of professions released
Tuesday.</B></P>
<P>Nurses were given a "very high" or "high rating" by 79 percent of those
surveyed nationwide in telephone interviews with 1,015 adults, aged 18 or older,
conducted November 19-21.</P>
<P>Grade school teachers were next highest on the chart of 21 professions at 73
percent, one point higher than pharmacists and military officers.</P>
<P>Car salesmen brought up the rear with only 9 percent rating their honesty and
ethics as high. That was one point lower than for people in advertising.</P>
<P>Journalists did not fare much better in public approval.</P>
<P>TV reporters (23 percent) and newspaper reporters (21) ranked below auto
mechanics (26) and nursing home operators (24) on the list.</P>
<P>The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points, Gallup
said.</P>
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<DIV class=cnnBodyText><FONT size=2>Americans ranked public service
professions highest in honesty and ethics.<BR>1. Nurses<BR>2. Grade school
teachers<BR>3. Druggists, pharmacists<BR>4. Military officers<BR>5.
Medical doctors<BR>6. Policemen<BR>7. Clergy<BR>8. Judges<BR>9. Day care
providers<BR>10. Bankers<BR>11. Auto mechanics<BR>12. Local
officeholders<BR>13. Nursing home operators<BR>14. State
officeholders<BR>15. TV Reporters<BR>16. Newspaper reporters<BR>17.
Business executives<BR>18. Congressmen<BR>19. Lawyers<BR>20. Advertising
practitioners<BR>21. Car salesmen</FONT> <BR><BR><I>Source: Gallup
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