The Homa Files

… you’re more likely than average to have lost your job in the past year.

Last week’s CNN-Opinion Research Poll, asked folks if they lost their job in the past 12 months.

Overall,18% of the sample said they lost their job in the past 12 months.

Some interesting numbers from the ‘internals’:

• 21% of men lost their jobs, 15% of women
• 26% of non-whites lost their jobs, 14% of whites
• 21% who didn’t attend college lost their jobs, 16% who attended college
• 25% of self-identified Liberals lost their jobs, 17% of Conservatives, 14% of Moderates
• 25% of folks living in the West lost their jobs, 19% of Southerners, 14% of Northeasters, 11% of Midwesterners

Draw your own conclusions …

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