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Job security

28 Jun 2010

Q. How concerned are you that you or some member of your immediate family will lose their job in the next year or so: very concerned, somewhat concerned, or not at all concerned?

16 Feb 09 27 Apr 09 8 Jun 09 5 Oct 09 18 Jan 10 29 Mar 10 28 Jun 10
Total concerned 62% 67% 52% 49% 45% 39% 43%
Very concerned 22% 24% 13% 14% 12% 10% 9%
Somewhat concerned 40% 43% 39% 35% 33% 29% 34%
Not at all concerned 29% 23% 35% 40% 40% 45% 38%
Don’t know 4% 5% 6% 6% 8% 7% 12%
No employees in the immediate family 5% 5% 8% 5% 8% 9% 7%

43% were very or somewhat concerned that someone in their family might lose their job in the next year. This was 4% higher than the March result but lower than previous results over the last 12 months. There were no substantial differences by income.

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