Security.(Opinion Pulse)

What worries Americans? Thirty-five percent cite rising health care costs. About 15 percent say they are worried about their own job security, although many more are worried about the job market in the nation. Thirty-six percent say they are worried about walking in their neighborhood after dark. About a quarter worry that they or someone in their family could become a victim of a terrorist attack. Most people are confident about their retirement security, although only a quarter expect to get what they think is owed to them from Social Security. More people today expect private savings to be a major source of their retirement income than expect Social Security to be.

 
Question: Thinking specifically about the economy, what are you ...? 
 
                           Personally worried 
                           most about ... 
 
Rising health care costs      35% 
Higher taxes                  18 
A secure retirement           15 
Losing your job               13 
Expenses like child 
care or college tuition       11 
 
Source: The Tarrance 
Group and Lake, Snell, 
Perry & Associates, 
September 2003. 
Note: Table made from bar graph. 
 
Question: Now I'll read a list of job characteristics. For each one, 
please tell me how satisfied or dissatisfied you are with 
your current job in this regard. First, are you ...? 
 
Complete satisfied 
with my job security   48% 
Somewhat 
satisfied              35 
Somewhat 
dissatisfied            7 
Completely 
dissatisfied            8 
 
Source: The Gallup 
Organization, 
August 2003. 
Note: Table made from bar graph. 
 
Question: Is there any area where 
you live ...? 
 
There is an area within a mile of 
where I live where I would be 
afraid to walk alone at night       36% 
Is not                              64% 
 
Source: ...