Research!America: Citizens Would Pay More

According to the polling organization, the 1,254 respondents' age, sex, race, education, and region were weighted "to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population." The margin of error for the survey is approximately 3 percent. Following are highlights of the survey: 91 percent of respondents said they believed the U.S. should spend more on medical research. Given a choice, 61 percent said the country shoul

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According to the polling organization, the 1,254 respondents' age, sex, race, education, and region were weighted "to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population." The margin of error for the survey is approximately 3 percent.

Following are highlights of the survey:

Source: Research!America

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