21.   The diffusion index is calculated by subtracting the percentage of survey respondents who replied conditions were good from those who replied conditions were poor.

22.   The survey respondents were expressing concern about paper medical records.

23.   Three-fourths of the survey respondents are also using perks like performance bonuses, group incentives and stock options.

24.   Twenty-five percent of the survey respondents favored strengthening cockpit doors.

25.   Within each household, one adult was designated randomly to be the survey respondent.

26.   Within each household, one adult was designated by a random procedure to be the survey respondent.

27.   Yields on government bonds should also fall in the next nine months, survey respondents predicted.

28.   But more than half the survey respondents who said they want to travel in Canada also said they likely will not in the next two years.

29.   Despite the drop in ranking, Hong Kong was named by survey respondents as the place that fared best in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis.