This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted among adult Americans in 2016 on acceptable and unacceptable behavior. During the survey, 35 percent of respondents said using cell phones in restaurants is acceptable behavior, while 50 percent deemed it unacceptable and 15 percent said it is neither.
Do you think the following behavior is generally acceptable, unacceptable or neither?
Characteristic
Acceptable
Unacceptable
Neither acceptable nor unacceptable
Using cell phones in restaurants
35%
50%
15%
Discussing sex in public
30%
57%
13%
Using swear words online, including social media
25%
62%
12%
Using the F-word in conversation
25%
63%
12%
Using swear words in public
23%
66%
10%
Making jokes or comments about race in private
22%
65%
14%
Making jokes or comments about a person's gender or sexuality in private
20%
64%
16%
Making jokes or comments about race in public
10%
83%
6%
Making jokes or comments about a person's gender or sexuality in public
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AP-NORC. (April 1, 2016). Do you think the following behavior is generally acceptable, unacceptable or neither? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/539660/acceptable-and-unacceptable-behavior/
AP-NORC. "Do you think the following behavior is generally acceptable, unacceptable or neither?." Chart. April 1, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/539660/acceptable-and-unacceptable-behavior/
AP-NORC. (2016). Do you think the following behavior is generally acceptable, unacceptable or neither?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/539660/acceptable-and-unacceptable-behavior/
AP-NORC. "Do You Think The following Behavior Is Generally Acceptable, Unacceptable or Neither?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Apr 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/539660/acceptable-and-unacceptable-behavior/
AP-NORC, Do you think the following behavior is generally acceptable, unacceptable or neither? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/539660/acceptable-and-unacceptable-behavior/ (last visited December 25, 2024)
Do you think the following behavior is generally acceptable, unacceptable or neither? [Graph], AP-NORC, April 1, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/539660/acceptable-and-unacceptable-behavior/
