Survey reveals statistics on Work Place Discrimination
- 15% of people employed either full-time or part-time report they have been discriminated against in their workplace in the last twelve months
- Among the 4 racial/ethnic categories of white, black, Hispanic, and Asian, whites reported the lowest incidence of discrimination at 12%
- Asians 31%
- Blacks 26%
- Hispanics 18%
- 26% of those that report discrimination say it was based on gender
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Date: 11/13/2005
Survey shows how Americans Age 50-70 feel about work
- A full 65 percent of leading-edge boomers (age 50-70) say work will continue to be a part of their life throughout what used to be the retirement years
- Fully half of all adults age 50 to 70 (and 58% of those 50 to 59) aspire to work in seven areas that combine the seriousness, income, and other benefits associated with work with the desire to contribute to the greater good.
- Among Americans who may work in retirement (53% of all adults age 50 to 70):
- 78% are interested in working to help the poor, the elderly, and other people in need.
- 56% are interested in dealing with health issues, whether working in a hospital or with an organization fighting a particular disease.
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Date: 11/13/2005
2005 Christian Research Census shows the State of the Church in England
- The Christian Resource Census showed that in the 1990s 1 million people left church in nine years but in the seven years from 1998-2005 only a half million left
- Over a third of churches, 34%, are growing (compared with 21% in 1998)
- 16% are now stable (up from 14%)
- 25%, of the churches which were declining in the 1990s have not only stemmed their losses, but have turned their church around and are now growing.
- The effect is that overall 6.3% of the population are now in church on an average Sunday (7.5% in 1998), with others attending midweek.
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Date: 11/9/2005
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