Survey Shows Staggering Amount of Children Are Victims of Violence
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A new survey found that a startling number of children and teenagers under the age of 18 have been the victims of physical violence in the last year.According to a survey published in the journal Pediatrics, over 40 …
Survey: Good Looks Don’t Last
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Gather ye rosebuds quickly, ladies and gents, because your good looks are fleeting.According to a survey by Allure magazine of 2,000 Americans, the consensus is that men look their best at age 34 while women hit thei…
Nearly Half of Americans Have More Credit Card Debt Than Savings
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Only 55 percent of Americans have more in emergency savings than they have in credit card debt, according to a survey by Bankrate.com.This is the third time Bankrate.com has asked survey participants which they hold …
Gen Z Imagines An Inheritance It Will Not Get
Fuse/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Thirty-nine percent of Generation Z (kids aged 13 to 22) think that they will be getting an inheritance — thus, that they won’t need to worry as much about saving for retirement. Only 16 percent of their parents, however, …
International Kissing Day: ‘French Kiss’ More Popular in the US than in France
Michael Blann/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — In celebration of International Kissing Day, recognized around the world on July 6, Zoosk.com, the romantic social network, recently surveyed more than 13,000 of its members from around the globe to gather their th…
‘Are We There Yet?’ Survey Reveals How Often Kids Ask
Noel Hendrickson/Digital Vision(NEW YORK) – “Are we there yet?” It’s the age-old question asked by kids on family vacations everywhere. And while it can seem like children ask it hundreds of times during the course of a family …
Mom and Dad Are Sexting: 18 Percent of Adults Send Lewd Messages
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — And you thought it was just the younger generation and Anthony Weiner sending explicit text messages — or sexts. According to a survey conducted by Lookout, a mobile safety company, 18 percent of American smartpho…
Workers Can’t Seem to Get It Done at Work
Christopher Robbins/Photodisc(NEW YORK) — Much to supervisors’ dismay the workplace isn’t all too conducive to getting things done, a survey by the professional social networking site LinkedIn reveals.In fact, nearly nine of ten professionals in…
Which States Hate, Love Small Businesses?
Ryan McVay/Photodisc/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — What are the friendliest places to launch a small business? According to 6,022 small entrepreneurs and job creators, Idaho and Texas will roll out the welcome wagon for you. But if you happen to call Califor…
Prom Spending Jumps 33 Percent Nationwide
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Many segments of the U.S. economy continue to struggle in the wake of the recent recession, but the prom industry is booming, according to a new national survey by Visa Inc.The survey finds American families with …
Prom Season: How Much Are You Spending?
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A new survey by Visa finds that high school students and their parents are spending more on the prom this year.The average family will shell out $1,078 for their kids’ red carpet event this year, up from last year…
Pew Survey: Majority of Mormons Lean Republican
Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — With Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith often under the microscope, a new survey to be released Thursday finds that most Mormons feel they are misunderstood, discriminated against and not accepted by …
Who Does Your Boss Remind You Of?
Hulton Archive/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — While there undoubtedly are workers out there who wish their boss had never been born, a new survey found that one in five employees say their boss is so nice, he or she reminds them of George Bailey from the…