NU Online News Service, Oct. 7, 2003, 4:12 p.m. EST – Thirty-one percent of U.S. consumers feel insecure about their jobs, and 33% have decreased use of credit and debt because of worries about job security, according to Cambridge Consumer Credit Index Inc., Islandia, N.Y.
When researchers interviewed 1,000 adults for Cambridge Consumer over the telephone, they found that 46% of the participants still feel secure about their jobs, 16% are retired and 8% are unemployed.