| Do you believe in ghosts? | | | | they believed in superstition, and single men are |
| | | | even more superstitious than single women, the |
| The Associated Press and Ipsos Survey carried | | | | ratio of which was 31% and 17% respectively. |
| out a poll before Halloween, and the public opinion | | | | The survey revealed that the number of people |
| showed that 34% of the respondents said their | | | | who believed that "the Four Leaf Clover could |
| believed in ghosts. | | | | help you meet luck" is biggest, which accounting |
| On the other hand, there are peoples in a same | | | | for 17% of the respondents. 13% of people |
| proportion as the above who believe that | | | | thought walking under the ladder will be down on |
| unidentified flying objects are existed. In addition, | | | | one’s luck, or if the bride and groom had |
| the survey shows that 19% of the respondents | | | | meet before the wedding was inauspicious. And |
| believed that the "magic power" was existed in | | | | there are a small portion of the respondents |
| the world. | | | | considered that the black cats, broken mirrors, to |
| | | | open an umbrella in the room, "Black Friday", the |
| 48% of target people believe that the | | | | number 13 are all symbols unlucky. |
| "super-aware" (referring to the perception of | | | | |
| ultra-sensory) exists. | | | | In a word, women are more superstitious than |
| 23% of the respondents said they had seen | | | | men with four leaf clover, broken mirror and the |
| ghosts, in which the number of bachelors, | | | | saying of the bride and groom’s meeting |
| Catholics and those persons who have never | | | | before the wedding is hapless and so on; more |
| attended liturgy said “had seen ghosts” is | | | | Democrats are more superstitious with "it’s |
| biggest. | | | | inauspicious open a umbrella in the room" than |
| 30% of the respondents said they believed there | | | | Republicans; Liberalisms are more superstitious |
| are something strange in the room when they | | | | than conservative persons who believed that four |
| waked up. | | | | leaf clover could bring you good luck, the bride |
| 14% of the respondents (most of them are men | | | | and groom meet before the wedding is |
| and low-income peoples) said they had seen | | | | inauspicious and it’s unlucky to open an |
| unidentified flying objects. | | | | umbrella in the room. |
| One-fifth of the respondents said themselves | | | | The telephone survey was carried out during in |
| were somewhat superstitious, in which young | | | | Oct. 16-18, 2008, and a total of 1013 adults had |
| men, minorities and especially less educated | | | | participated in. |
| people inclined more. 26% of urban residents said | | | | |