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.
Workers who quit a job in 2021 say low pay (63%), no opportunities for advancement (63%) and feeling disrespected at work (57%) were reasons why.
Most self-employed workers (62%) say they are extremely or very satisfied with their job, compared with 51% of those who are not self-employed.
Roughly one-in-five workers say they are very or somewhat likely to look for a new job in the next six months, but only about a third of these workers think it would be easy to find one.
Most workers who say their jobs can mainly be done from home say they are fine with the amount of time they spend on video calls.
Young workers express general contentment with many aspects of work; personal connections like relationships with co-workers stand out.
The charts below allow for comparisons between racial or ethnic groups over time on a range of measures including educational attainment, household income, life expectancy and others. You may select any two groups at a time for comparison.
On key economic outcomes, single adults at prime working age increasingly lag behind those who are married or cohabiting
About a third of workers with jobs that can be done remotely are working from home all the time, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
Additionally, about half of lower-income parents (52%) say they have not had enough money for food or their rent or mortgage.
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