Jobs

U.S. unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, is 8.0% in mid-June, unchanged from the end of May. The seasonally adjusted rate is 7.8%, down from 8.3% in May.

While women in Gulf Cooperation Council countries are less likely than men to report owning or planning to start a business, they express similar levels of entrepreneurial traits and access to money and training as men.

Americans' perceptions of whether now is a good time or bad time to find a quality job remain flat at a weak but recently improved level, with 20% calling it a good time and 78% a bad time.

Twenty percent of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S., down slightly compared with recent months. The economy and unemployment continue to rank as the most important problems facing the country.

Americans are about as likely to describe last Friday's government jobs report as "mixed" (40%) as to say it is "negative" (42%), with a small number saying it is "positive" (9%). But many did not follow the news of the report closely.

Gallup's U.S. Job Creation Index was at +19 in May, holding in the range seen in March and April, but remaining improved from prior months since the global economic collapse.

U.S. unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, dropped to 8.0% in May, a new low since Gallup began measuring employment in 2010. The seasonally adjusted rate is 8.3%, down from April, but up from a low of 7.9%.

South Asians rated their lives worse in 2011 than residents in other parts of Asia. At least one in five adults in Nepal (31%), Afghanistan (30%), India (24%), Sri Lanka (22%), and Pakistan (21%) are considered "suffering."

Stay-at-home moms in the U.S. are more likely than employed moms to report experiencing sadness and anger and having ever been diagnosed with depression. However, low-income stay-at-home moms report even more emotional issues.

U.S. unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, declined slightly to 8.2% in mid-May from 8.3% in April. Seasonal adjustments show a similar slight decrease in unemployment to 8.5% in mid-May from 8.6% last month.