European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The most satisfying thing about work it s not the Money by Lawrence Kilman associated pressm Ost americans like choir jobs and think they re paid fair wages bul the paycheck is not the most satisfying thing about work according of a Media general associated press poll. Whisk asked what they liked Best about their jobs More people said the work Itsell or the people i work with than said they liked the Money Best. About seven info of the 1,464 adults in the nationwide Telephone poll said they worked outside the Home and nine in 10 said they liked their jobs. Sixty three percent of the workers said they were paid fairly while 29 percent said they were paid less than they deserved seven percent thought they were paid More than a Lair amount and f percent did t answer among Black workers Only 44 percent said they were paid a fair wage while 51 percent said they were paid less than they deserved. Nearly three quarters of while workers said they wore paid a fair wage among those who liked their jobs one third said it was the work its if they liked Best. About one Quarter said a Weir  workers were the most pleasant thing about their jobs and 12 percent said it was the Money. The rest cited other reasons among those who disliked their work 42 percent were Missah Skjod with the Money 21 percent wanted a Realor Chance Lor advancement and 15 percent disliked hair Boss. While Collar workers were More Likely than Blue Collar workers to like their jobs although vast majorities of both groups said they were Happy. Those who made More Money were More Likely to say they Tirad heir jobs than Hose who made less Money. Bul again majorities of All income groups said they liked their jobs White Collar workers however were less Likely than Blue Collar workers to say they were paid a fair wage. And Young workers were less Likely to be Happy with their pay than older workers. Among those who were paid less than $20,000 a year about half said they were paid a fair wage while slightly less than half said they were not paid enough. Three quarters of those who made More than $20,000 a year said they were paid a Lair wage. Ret Pondelli to the poll included a random scientific sampling of 1164 adults across the country sept. 8-17. As with All Sample surveys the results of Media general a Telephone polls can vary from the opinions of All americans because of Chance variation in the Sample. For a poll based on about 1.400 interviews the results Are subject to an error margin of 3 percentage Points either Way. That is if one could have questioned All americans with telephones there is Only one Chance Erma Bombeck in 20 that the findings would vary from the results of polls such As this one by More than 3 percentage Points of course the results could differ from Olhorn polls for several reasons differences in exact wording of questions in the Liming of interviews and in the interview methods could also cause variations. Media general inca communications company based in Richmond publishes the Richmond times dispatch and the Richmond news Leader Iho Tampa Fla Tribune and the Winslon Salom  journal. The company s television stations Are Weflin Tampa a  in Charleston s c., and woks in Jacksonville Fla App Fulo Whan a Frod what they Lukea Host about their jobs Many people in a recent pot mid it my it in str itself. Polling people about their jobs associated press Here Are the questions used in the Media general associated press poll on Job satisfaction 1. Do you work outside the Home either Lull Lime or part Lime or not yes 71 percent. No 29 percent. 2. Following questions asked Only of those who work All things considered do you like your Job or not like Job 91 percent. Don t like 8 percent. Don t know no answer 1 percent. 3. For those who Don t like which of the following would be most Likely to make you like your Job More Money 42 percent. More responsibility 3 percent. Belter Boss 15 percent. Greater Chance of advancement 21 percent. Fewer hours 5 percent. Other 10 percent. Nothing 4 percent. 4, for those who like what is the one thing you like most about your Job the Money 12 percent. The Boss 3 percent. Thu people t work with 23 percent. The hours 7 percent. The work itself 32 percent. The company benefits 6 percent. Other 16 percent. Don t know no answer 1 percent 5. Thinking about the work you do would you say you Are paid a fair amount less than a fair amount or More than a fair amount fair amount 63 percent. Less than fair 29 percent. More than fair 7 percent. Don t know no answer 1 percent. There is a time to laugh. A time to cry and a time to act. This column has done a Little of each Over the past 21 years. There is probably not a family in this country today who has not been touched by the drug culture. We be heard the viewpoints of the users the dealers the social workers the Law enforcement Community the government the growers and the medical profession. We be talked to death the causes the Ell Els the catalyst and the prognosis. We rarely hear from i Host who must watch. Since nothing has penetrated the arrogance of users who vow they arc different maybe it s time to bring out the hard Lulf that is painful to read. This is not the first letter 1 have received from parents who lost children to an overdose of drugs. But it represents the Universal pain thai is in All of them. Our son is Deal i know that everyone who has Ever lost a child feels the sadness and the waste. It is a feeling you know will never leave you bul those of us who have lost a child 1o drugs have another feeling. Was it our fault did we know he was into drugs yes and no. All the kids do social drugs. A Little smoke Here and there drinking and maybe a snort or two now and then. Hey. Everyone does it. Just go to any party look in any Magazine watch any to go to any movie. Ii s Cool we can handle it. No not everyone can handle it. Some when they Mart cannot Stop. Instead of a son to hold i now have a Box of ashes i Don t know what to do with. He could have been anything in the world he wanted to. A was always so full of life he loved to read listen to music be with people. He was tar from an Angel bul at 21, who in f i have a favorite picture of him bul when i look at in the physical Shock that always goes through my body is indescribable. The More time that passes it seems the worse it gels. You begin to know he with never come Home again. Never hug you never say mom i love you or what s for dinner society accepts the loss of a child to an Accident disease anything but to drugs. We nol Only have to live with our son s death bul the looks you receive from people who learn your child has died from an overdose. Kind of unclean. Our son is dead All he wanted was to be like the others. Sometime. Somewhere.,. Someone will need to finally Lake a stand and say no this is nol rights " name withheld he was a boy who tried in. Just l