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For Immediate Release April 4, 2006
Contact: Cristi Allen
callen@decisionanalyst.com
Phone: 817-640-6166
Americans Are Still Worried About Layoffs
According To Decision Analyst’s Job Anxiety Index
Arlington, Texas—The level of job-market anxiety experienced by Americans
held steady in March, according to the Job Anxiety Index compiled by Decision
Analyst. The index is based on a monthly survey that measures how worried
consumers are about their own job situation and the job market in general. The
index moved slightly from 19.2 in February to 19.0 in March.
The index reflects the percentage of unemployed and underemployed workers, plus
those who are “very worried” about losing their jobs.
“Consumers currently appear to have a wait-and-see attitude on the
economy, possibly because the economic signals are mixed. The new home market
has continued cooling, with new home sales for February falling more than 10%
from the prior month. In March the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee voted
to raise interest rates,” said Jerry W. Thomas, President and CEO of
Decision Analyst, a marketing research and marketing consulting firm. “On
the positive side, most analysts feel that economic growth has picked up in the
first quarter of 2006, after an anemic fourth quarter of 2005. So until the
economic data becomes clearer, consumers may stay in a holding pattern, viewing
the job market with caution.”
Methodology
The Decision Analyst Job Anxiety Index is based on a monthly Internet survey of
several thousand households balanced by gender, age, and geography, conducted
from the 20th to the 27th of each month. The Job Anxiety Index is immediately
calculated from unemployment, part-time employment, and job security, using a
sophisticated model. The result is a snapshot of current U.S.
employment/anxiety, as seen through the eyes of representative consumers.
Decision Analyst also conducts concurrent surveys in Argentina, Australia,
Brazil, Canada, Colombia, China, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands,
Peru, Spain, United Kingdom, and Venezuela.
About Decision Analyst
Decision Analyst (www.decisionanalyst.com) is a leading marketing research and
marketing consulting firm specializing in advertising testing, strategy
research, new product development, and advanced modeling for marketing decision
optimization. The firm delivers competitive advantage to clients throughout the
world in the consumer packaged goods, telecommunications, retail, high
technology, medical and pharmaceutical, utilities, and e-commerce industries.
Decision Analyst operates American Consumer Opinion® online, one of the
world’s largest Internet consumer opinion panels, with more than six
million participants.
For additional information contact:
Cristi Allen
Publicity
Email: callen@decisionanalyst.com
Phone: 1.800.ANALYSIS (262.5974)
Address: 604 Avenue H East
Arlington, TX 76011
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