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| | Doctors, Scientists, Firemen, Teachers and Military Officers Top List as 'Most Prestigious Occupations' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | At the other end of the spectrum, the occupations which are seen as having the least prestige are real estate agents, stockbrokers, accountants, bankers and journalists. |
 | | Only two occupations are perceived to have "very great" prestige by more than half of all adults, scientists (52%) and doctors (52%). |
 | | These are some of the results of the annual Harris Poll measuring public perceptions of 22 professions and occupations, conducted by telephone between August 10 and 15, 2004, by Harris Interactive(R) with a sample of 1,012 U.S. adults. |
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