Financial strain is major threat
Percentage who also cite "divorce" as a major threat: 48
Percentage who cite a "loss of faith/spirituality" threat: 47
Source: Meredith Corp.
Percentage of employment screenings in 2007 that turned up criminal record convictions, or "hits," according to a study conducted by Kroll: 9.5
Ranks of construction, automotive and retail among the industries with the highest criminal record hit ratios in 2007: 1, 2, 3
Source: Kroll.
Percentage of Americans who say the dream to own a home is still attainable for most citizens, according to a survey conducted by Zogby International: 51
Percentage of Americans who say they spend more than 30 percent of their household budget on housing, which according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development indicates that they are "cost burdened": 43
Source: Zogby International.
Percentage of Americans who said they don't feel like they have the free time in the evenings that they had five years ago, according to a survey conducted by StrategyOne for Listerine Antiseptic: 55
Source: Edelman.
Annual cost of global piracy to the U.S. economy, according to "The True Cost of Copyright Industry Piracy to the U.S. Economy" study conducted for the Institute for Policy Innovation: $58 billion
Estimated cost in jobs lost: 375,000
Cost in lost annual earnings: $16.3 billion
Cost in lost tax revenue: $2.6 billion
Source: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
Percentage of employees who feel more relaxed than stressed when they are connected to work by a wireless device, according to Yahoo! HotJobs' annual virtual workplace survey: 37
Percentage who are altogether indifferent to their wireless device, feeling neither relaxed nor stressed by it: 42
Source: Yahoo! HotJobs.
Percentage of employees who say they left their jobs to seek new challenges or opportunities that were lacking with their previous employers, according to a study by Buchanan Public Relations: 30
Percentage of respondents who reported leaving employers because of ineffective leadership: 25
Percentage who cited poor relationships with their managers: 22
Source: Buchanan Public Relations.
Percentage of all U.S. non-farm jobs that are in the U.S. travel economy, according to Travel Industry Association of America data: 12.5
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