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Survey says
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published January 14, 2007
Older girls like social networks best Older girls, in particular, are the most likely to have used social networking sites, such as MySpace or Facebook, says a Pew Internet & American Life Project survey of 935 American youth ages 12 to 17: - 55 percent of teens said they used social networking sites, but 70 percent of teen girls ages 15 to 17 had profiles on social networking sites, compared with 57 percent of boys in that age bracket. - Of the youths who'd used social networking, 85 percent said they used MySpace, while 7 percent had done the same on Facebook and 1 percent on Xanga. - Older boys who use social networking were more than twice as likely as older girls to say they use the sites to flirt: 29 percent of older boys, compared with 13 percent of older girls. - About half said they used social networking to make friends. - 84 percent of young social networkers also regularly post messages on friends' pages - or on their "walls," as they're commonly known. We all want our own business More than eight out of 10 Americans consider themselves "entrepreneurial" and one quarter dream of owning a business, a poll of 1,059 adults by Ace Hardware shows: - But to get their business off the ground, 71 percent said they need financial support. - 42 percent would like mentoring from successful entrepreneurs. "Entrepreneurship is what made this country great, but so many people are afraid to fail and don't even try to start their own business even if they want to," said Bill Rancic, the first winner of the television show The Apprentice and spokesman for Ace's "Dream Ace" contest. We like to do the finances together Last year saw more men and women tackling household finances together than in 2005, says a survey of 1,000 investors by OppenheimerFunds: - Forty percent of male and female respondents reported they manage the household budget, update their wills and teach their children about money with their spouse, up from 30 percent the year before. - Half said they share retirement saving and investing responsibilities, while eight in 10 think it's important to discuss investment decisions with their spouse. - 37 percent of women maintain a separate checking or brokerage account from their spouse.
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