Minorities less likely to trick or treat
By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press Writer Sun Oct 28, 12:29 PM ET
Two-thirds of parents say their children will trick-or-treat this Halloween, but fewer minorities will let their kids go door to door, with some citing safety worries, a poll shows.
The survey found that 73 percent of whites versus 56 percent of minorities said their children will trick-or-treat on Wednesday.
That disparity in the survey is similar to the difference in how people view the safety of their neighborhoods, according to the poll by The Associated Press and Ipsos. Lower-income people and minorities are more likely to worry that it might not be safe to send their children out on Halloween night.
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Nearly two-thirds of the people in the survey said their households will distribute Halloween treats to children who come to call; the likeliest to pass out goodies include younger and higher-earning people.
Seventy percent of people in the poll who consider themselves liberals and 67 percent of the moderates questioned said they would hand out treats, compared with 55 percent of conservatives.
Of those adults whose children will not trick-or-treat this year, one-quarter cited safety worries and about one-half said they do not celebrate Halloween.
"It's demonic," said Donna Stitt, 37, a nursing aide from Barto, Pa., with four young children. "People are celebrating the dead. I'm not into that."
Last October, a Gallup Poll found 11 percent said they do not celebrate Halloween for religious reasons.
On a night known for antics that sometimes go too far, 86 percent of the people in the AP survey said they had little or no concern that their property might be the target of Halloween vandalism or pranks. Women under age 45 were about twice as likely as men of that age to worry about it, with lower-income people, minorities and urban residents also among the most apprehensive. [...]
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