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Billy Graham appears on the list of most admired men for the forty-fifth time

19%

6

45.6%

American college graduates who say they are “very likely” to read religion and theology books. Ranking of Billy Graham in Gallup’s 2002 survey of “most admired men.” U.S. high school students who said in 2001 that they have had sexual intercourse.

25 %

45

54.1%

Americans with a high school diploma or less education who say so. Times Graham has appeared on the list since it began in 1948. Students who said so in 1991.

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Articles referenced above include:

President Bush most admired, poll finds—Associated Press (Dec. 29, 2002)

Survey respondents name most-admired—CNN (Dec. 27, 2002)

Decline in sexual risk behaviors among high school students from 1991-2001—CDC (September 27, 2002)

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