Women are more likely than men to feel 'car shame'

Published: Sunday, Sept. 3 2006 12:00 a.m. MDT

On average, percentage of Americans who use valet parking, according to a survey on parking habits and concerns conducted exclusively for the Lexus guide: 61

Number of times more likely a woman is to feel car shame than a man: 2

Source: Kelton Research

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Percentage of people having investable assets of at least $25 million who have had their assets for five years or less, according to Wachovia's Calibre Survey offering insights into new money in the new millennium: 67

Rank of "achieving financial security" as the top concern of younger and more recently wealthy individuals: 1

Percentage of survey participants who attributed their wealth to "smart risk-taking": 48

Percentage who attributed their wealth to "hard work": 78

Source: Wachovia Corp.

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Percentage of adults who, if they could have a single superpower, say they would most like to be able to read minds, according to a survey: 28

Percentage who say they would like to be able to fly: 15

Percentage who say they would like to be able to become invisible: 11

Percentage who say they would like to be able to have super strength: 9

Source: Activision Inc.

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Percentage of the Stressettes (young women in a constant identity struggle to be viewed as both the "hot," desired girl as well as the successful, independent woman) who say they are not happy with their body, according to a study conducted in the United States and Canada by a global market research firm: 70

Percentage who say that they would get plastic surgery if they had the money: 38

Percentage who feel it is important that they make a lot of money when they are older: 69

Source: Synovate

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