Poll: 1 in 8 Americans has lost a job in past 3 years
Thursday, September 2, 2004 at 01:41AM
TheSpook
One in eight Americans has lost a job in
the past three years, a much broader sign of the last recession's
impact than is reflected in recent federal employment statistics. About
half of the unemployed people who found work reported that the new job
paid less than the previous one, according to a survey of 1,007 adults.
The poll, sponsored by Scripps Howard News Service, was conducted by
the Scripps Survey Research Center at Ohio University. Americans face a
complicated jobs picture this Labor Day when trying to assess their
economic well-being. The nation's job market has shrunk significantly
over the last three years - but has rapidly expanded in recent months.
The trends allow the major presidential candidates to make completely
contradictory, yet basically accurate, economic claims. [more ]
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