"Wallet Test" in Illinois

[suncrafter]

A sociological experiment was conducted in Illinois called the "Wallet Test". You can read about it at"
www.wallettest.com/
Basically the researchers deliberately "lost" 100 identical wallets (containing money and ID) in public places to test people's honesty.
The test results were broken down by age, gender and race ----> www.wallettest.com/Lost_Wallet_Test/Results_Page.html



So what do you guys think? Any surprises?

[tsmooth31]

wow im actually surprised at how many people were honest

so it looks like old people are more honest then young people

and black people are more honest then white people

now those dont surprise me

[maycanady]

I'm a little surprised at the number of honest people. At least it shows that humanity isn;t doomed after all. ;D

[suncrafter]

I was not surprised - people are usually nice.

[Evil Dave]

I'd like to know what city and state they conducted this experiment in. In a small town you'd probably get quite a few people to do the right thing. In a larger metropolitan area like where I live I'm pretty sure almost everyone would have kept it. Including me. ;D