Doctors at peak of prestigious jobs list
Quick View. Oct. 18, 2004.
|
1998 |
2004 |
Change |
| Doctor |
61% |
52% |
-15% |
| Scientist |
55% |
52% |
-5% |
| Firefighter |
NA |
48% |
NA |
| Teacher |
53% |
48% |
-9% |
| Military officer |
34% |
47% |
38% |
| Police officer |
41% |
40% |
-2% |
| Priest/clergy |
46% |
32% |
-30% |
| Nurse |
NA% |
44% |
NA |
| Member of Congress |
25% |
31% |
24% |
| Engineer |
34% |
29% |
-15% |
Most Americans rate the profession of physician as having "very great" prestige, putting it at the top of a survey of which professions are most respected.
Although medicine and science are considered the most prestigious, doctors fell in consumers' eyes by 9 points from 1998 to 2004. Participants, a nationwide sample of 1,012 adults, were asked to rate 22 different professions as having very great prestige, considerable prestige, some prestige or hardly any prestige at all.
Source: Harris Interactive
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