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2008-12-19 13:27:48
Wed Dec 17, 10:37 pm ET
SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) It really does pay to be a doctor, with an
international survey showing the medical profession is the most trusted, among
the most admired and includes the most eligible marriage partners.
By contrast, actors and musicians, along with journalists and advertisers, were
among professionals that people trusted the least, and were also least likely
to choose a partner from, according to a survey by Synovate, the market
research arm of Aegis Group plc.
"Much of who we are is tied up in what we do in the hours from nine to five,
and often way beyond," a Synovate statement said.
"Asking someone what they do for a living is often the first question you ask
them; right after 'what's your name?'."
The survey polled about 5,500 respondents in Brazil, Canada, China, France,
Malaysia, South Africa and the United States.
It asked people what makes for an admirable job, which professions they trust
or do not, who is overpaid, and which profession they would prefer to marry.
Sixteen percent nominated doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals as
their preferred marriage partners, higher than any other profession.
Other eligible -- and admired -- professions were education, at 14 percent, and
science and technology, at 10 percent.
Educators and doctors were also voted the most trusted by an overwhelming 86
and 87 percent, followed by homemakers and those in science and technology.
Only one percent picked retail professionals as partner-material, and those in
media and marketing, as well as entertainers, did little better at two and
three percent.
These professions were also among the least trusted by respondents, who, across
the seven markets, picked the media as the single least trusted group.
Entertainers, along with corporate executives and lawyers, were voted as being
the most overpaid, while homemakers and educators were among those seen as
being underpaid.