American Public Media’s Marketplace® has partnered with Edison Research to conduct an ongoing research series around Americans’ economic anxiety. The principal focus of this study is to develop the Economic Anxiety Index and track it over time.
The Marketplace-Edison Research Survey is particularly focused on Americans’ personal economy – how they feel about their own personal financial situation and their opinions about economic issues. This survey measures how the economy is functioning in the eyes of average Americans in a way that unemployment statistics and stock market indicators cannot capture.
Since it began in 2015, the Marketplace-Edison Research Survey has also covered topics such as whether Americans think the economy is rigged, Americans’ fear of recession, the gig economy, and sexual harassment in the workplace. This survey has also tracked Americans’ economic anxiety levels before and after the 2016 presidential election.
See below for more data from the Marketplace-Edison Research Survey. Contact us for more information or press inquiries.
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace 2018
To view and download complete study: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: #metoo, Women, Men, and the Gig Economy Twenty-one percent of Americans say they have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace: 27% of women and 14% of men say they have experienced sexual harassment at work. Among the 24% of Americans working in the gig […]
New Marketplace-Edison Research Poll Finds Americans Still Fear Recession Decade after Financial Crash
SOMERVILLE, March 7, 2018— While a majority of Americans (59 percent) think it is likely there will be a recession in the next year, 54 percent of Americans age 25 and older say that their personal financial situation is better today than it was ten years ago, according to the latest Marketplace-Edison Research Poll. “The […]
Americans’ Economic Anxiety Has Declined In The First Post-Election Marketplace-Edison Research Poll
American Public Media’s Marketplace and Edison Research track the Economic Anxiety Index and release the first post-election measures. Read more about the survey and the latest wave of results here.
Americans Agree That the Economy is Rigged, But For Whom?
In this divisive election year, Democrats, Republicans and Independents actually agree on one idea – that the economy is rigged in favor of certain groups. But who is it rigged to benefit? We dug into this in our most recent Marketplace-Edison Research poll. Among those who think that the economy is rigged, the vast majority […]