United States - business sector rating 2012

This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in August 2012 in the United States. The respondents were asked about their views of selected industry and business sectors. Some 53 percent of respondents said their view of the banking business was a negative one, while 25 percent had a positive opinion about it.

How is your view of the following business sectors in the United States? (United States, 2012)

Industry	Total positive	Neutral	Total negative
Computer industry	73	14	10
Restaurant industry	59	29	10
Internet industry	55	21	20
Retail industry	53	29	16
Farming and agriculture	52	25	20
Grocery industry	51	27	20
Education	45	22	32
Sports industry	43	25	30
Automobile industry	43	28	28
Publishing industry	42	33	21
Telephone industry	42	29	28
Healthcare industry	42	15	42
Travel industry	40	34	21
Accounting	39	38	19
Movie industry	38	25	35
Pharmaceutical industry	37	24	38
Television and radio industry	37	25	36
The legal field	34	25	37
Electric and gas utilities	34	26	38
Airline industry	31	32	35
Advertising ad public relations industry	31	33	35
Real estate industry	27	30	41
Banking	25	21	53
The federal government	23	14	60
Oil and gas industry	22	15	61

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Release date

August 2012

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Region

United States

Survey time period

August 9 to 12, 2012

Number of respondents

1,012 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

In the survey, the question was posed as follows: "On another subject, for each of the following business sectors in the United States, please say whether your overall view of it is very positive, somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative or very negative. How about ...?"

This statistic shows only the total positive, neutral and the total negative results.

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