This statistic shows the results of a 2011 survey among American adults on whether they think that most people they know would kill their favorite pet for 1 million U.S. dollars, or not. Additionally, they were asked if they would do so themselves. 23 percent of respondents believe that most people they know would kill their favorite pet for 1 million U.S. dollars.
Do you think most people you know would kill their favorite pet for 1 million U.S. dollars? Would you? (2011, by age)
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Vanity Fair. (January 10, 2012). Do you think most people you know would kill their favorite pet for 1 million U.S. dollars? Would you? (2011, by age) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/243184/willingness-of-americans-to-kill-their-favorite-pet-for-1-million-us-dollars/
Vanity Fair. "Do you think most people you know would kill their favorite pet for 1 million U.S. dollars? Would you? (2011, by age)." Chart. January 10, 2012. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/243184/willingness-of-americans-to-kill-their-favorite-pet-for-1-million-us-dollars/
Vanity Fair. (2012). Do you think most people you know would kill their favorite pet for 1 million U.S. dollars? Would you? (2011, by age). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/243184/willingness-of-americans-to-kill-their-favorite-pet-for-1-million-us-dollars/
Vanity Fair. "Do You Think Most People You Know Would Kill Their Favorite Pet for 1 Million U.S. Dollars? Would You? (2011, by Age)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Jan 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/243184/willingness-of-americans-to-kill-their-favorite-pet-for-1-million-us-dollars/
Vanity Fair, Do you think most people you know would kill their favorite pet for 1 million U.S. dollars? Would you? (2011, by age) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/243184/willingness-of-americans-to-kill-their-favorite-pet-for-1-million-us-dollars/ (last visited March 29, 2024)
Do you think most people you know would kill their favorite pet for 1 million U.S. dollars? Would you? (2011, by age) [Graph], Vanity Fair, January 10, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/243184/willingness-of-americans-to-kill-their-favorite-pet-for-1-million-us-dollars/