How Americans see the state of gender and leadership in business
55% of Americans say there are too few women in top executive business positions. This is down somewhat from 59% who said this in 2018.
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55% of Americans say there are too few women in top executive business positions. This is down somewhat from 59% who said this in 2018.
68% of Black adults in the U.S. say they do not have enough income to lead the kind of life they want, but a majority are optimistic that they will one day.
Additionally, about half of lower-income parents (52%) say they have not had enough money for food or their rent or mortgage.
Majorities of adults in 18 of 24 countries surveyed this spring rate their nation’s economic situation poorly.
Last summer, businesses trying to come back from the COVID-19 pandemic hired nearly a million more teens than in the summer of 2020.
Among the roughly 6 million small business firms with employees, 49% have just one to four workers.
Nearly two-thirds of White families (66%) owned stocks directly or indirectly, compared with 39% of Black families and 28% of Hispanic families.
Americans are acutely sensitive to gasoline prices, especially when they’re on the rise. But looking just at the recent rise can be misleading.
Hiring by the self-employed has fallen since 2019, with the cutbacks emanating mainly from businesses run by men.
In less than a decade, the share of Americans who go “cashless” in a typical week has increased by double digits.
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