Deeker's Message of the Week

Number of responses received: 25

Gender:

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Male	21	91.3%
Female	2	8.7%
Total:	23

Did you make a New Year's Resolution for 2005?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Yes	11	44.0%
No	14	56.0%
Total:	25

What were your New Year's Resolutions for 2005?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Quit smoking	0	0.0%
Quit chewing tobacco	0	0.0%
Quit drinking	1	2.5%
Quit using drugs	0	0.0%
Be nicer to people	3	7.5%
Abstain from or reduce using profanity	1	2.5%
Quit gambling or gamble less	0	0.0%
Control my temper/anger	4	10.0%
Attend church more	0	0.0%
Read the Bible daily	0	0.0%
Lose weight/exercise more	8	20.0%
Eat better	5	12.5%
Watch my health more closely	3	7.5%
Abstain from viewing porn	2	5.0%
Abstain from other sexual activity	1	2.5%
Be less selfish/more generous	1	2.5%
Do better in my work/at school	4	10.0%
Give up some other bad habit	3	7.5%
Start some other good practice	4	10.0%
Total:	40

For how long were you able to keep your resolution(s) before breaking them?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Same day	0	0.0%
Next day	1	6.7%
Less than one week	2	13.3%
1 to 2 weeks	2	13.3%
2 to 4 weeks	2	13.3%
1 to 2 months	1	6.7%
2 to 3 months	0	0.0%
3 to 4 months	1	6.7%
4 to 6 months	1	6.7%
6 to 9 months	0	0.0%
9 to 12 months	0	0.0%
Kept it/them all year	5	33.3%
Total:	15

For which reasons were you not able to keep your resolutions?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Lack of willpower	6	24.0%
No incentive to stick with it	2	8.0%
Apathy	1	4.0%
Ridicule from peers/family	1	4.0%
Too stubborn to change	3	12.0%
Temptation	4	16.0%
Insecure about changing my ways	1	4.0%
Didn't seem to matter after awhile	2	8.0%
Did not see any benefit/improvement after awhile	0	0.0%
Discouraged by previous failures	2	8.0%
Attempt to change caused me too much stress	2	8.0%
Other reasons	1	4.0%
Total:	25

Did you make any New Year's Resolutions for 2006?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Yes	15	65.2%
No	8	34.8%
Total:	23

What are your New Year's Resolutions for 2006?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Quit smoking	0	0.0%
Quit chewing tobacco	0	0.0%
Quit drinking	1	2.9%
Quit using drugs	1	2.9%
Be nicer to people	3	8.6%
Abstain from or reduce using profanity	3	8.6%
Quit gambling or gamble less	1	2.9%
Control my temper/anger	4	11.4%
Attend church more	0	0.0%
Read the Bible daily	0	0.0%
Lose weight/exercise more	5	14.3%
Eat better	4	11.4%
Watch my health more closely	1	2.9%
Abstain from viewing porn	1	2.9%
Abstain from other sexual activity	0	0.0%
Be less selfish/more generous	2	5.7%
Give up some other bad habit	4	11.4%
Start some other good practice	5	14.3%
Total:	35

Honestly, do you think you will be able to keep your resolutions this year?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Probably not	1	6.3%
Maybe, if I try	5	31.3%
I'll give it a good shot	7	43.8%
I'm determined to do it	3	18.8%
Total:	16

If you don't make New Year's Resolutions, what are your reasons?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
I've tried before and failed	2	9.5%
Lack of self-confidence to succeed	2	9.5%
Not worth the trouble	4	19.0%
Don't want to be ridiculed if I fail	1	4.8%
Resolutions are just plain stupid	2	9.5%
I'd rather watch other people make resolutions and fail	1	4.8%
If you want to change something about yourself, why not just do it right then and there, no matter what time of the year it is?	7	33.3%
Other reasons	2	9.5%
Total:	21

Age Distribution
7 or under	0
8	0
9	1
10	0
11	0
12	1
13	2
14	0
15	1
16	0
17	3
18	1
19	2
20	1
21-30	3
31-40	2
41-50	4
51-60	3
Over 60	1