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<h1><b><font size=4 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Polls: Americans Remain Worried About Job Loss<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<h1><b><font size=2 color=gray face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:gray'>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-6269927-503544.html<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
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face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>(CBS)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>According to many economists,
the country is officially out of the recession - but that has yet to allay many
Americans' anxiety about unemployment. <br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/05/business/main6269705.shtml">Unemployment
Rate Holds at 9.7%</a><br>
<br>
In a CBS News/New York Times Poll conducted in February, more than half of
Americans said they were concerned that someone in their household might lose a
job in the next year, including 31 percent who were "very" concerned
about this prospect.<br>
<br>
<!--pagebreak-->The impact of the current economic problems is reflected in the
polling data. Since the fall of 2008, the percentage that has been very
concerned about a job loss in their household has hovered between about three
and four in 10 Americans. Prior to that, it was closer to two in ten. The CBS
News Poll has been asking this question since 1996; the highest measure of
concern occurred in February and April of 2009, when 44 percent said they were
very concerned.<br>
<br>
Even when official unemployment figures are comparatively low, as in 2005 and
2006, some Americans remain concerned about a job loss. But in those years the
percentage that was "not worried at all" about unemployment was much
higher - more than half were not concerned. Now, just four in 10 aren't
concerned - and a few months ago that figure was as low as a third.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>(CBS)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<br>
While anxiety about a job loss affects Americans of all ages, incomes and
education levels, some groups have been hit especially hard. Those with lower
incomes are most likely to be worried - 43 percent of them are very concerned
someone in their household will lose a job. <br>
<br>
Younger people - 40 percent of those under age 30 -- have also been more widely
affected by job insecurity. Those with less education and residents of the
Northeast and the West express relatively higher levels of concern as well.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>?VERY CONCERNED ABOUT JOB
LOSS IN HOUSEHOLD</span></font></b></strong><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<td width="50%" style='width:50.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Men<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td width="50%" style='width:50.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>29%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
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<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Women<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>33%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Age 18-29<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>40%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
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<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>30-44<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>29%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
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<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>45-64<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>34%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
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<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>65+<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>17%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
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<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Less than college grad <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>33%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>College grad or higher <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>24%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
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<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Under $50k income<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>43%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>$50k or more<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>21%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
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<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Northeast<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>35%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Midwest</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>28%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
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<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>South<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>27%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
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<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>West<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>36%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-style:italic'>(CBS News/New York Times
Poll, February 2010)</span></font></i><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><br>
<br>
Jobs and the economy have been cited as the top problem - by a large margin --
facing the country since January 2008, when it surpassed the war in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
In the most recent CBS News/New York Times Poll, 52 percent of Americans named
it as the most important problem. The next highest was health care at only 13
percent.<br>
<br>
And only 17 percent of Americans think the country's economy is in good shape
now, while 83 percent think it's bad.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/opinion/polls/main500160.shtml">More
Recent CBS News Polls and Analysis</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/12/politics/main3362530.shtml">CBS
News Poll Database</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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