Last week, a closely-watched survey suggested confidence among German businesses was running at a seven-month high.
The survey suggested 54% of consumers expected their Christmas budgets to be even tighter next year.
The survey suggested that just one in four American women are "significantly distressed" about their sex lives.
Another survey suggested confidence among UK manufacturing firms had fallen to its lowest level in two years.
In 81% of these cases, the proposed spending cuts were the reason for the job losses, the survey suggested.
Last week, figures from the British Crime Survey suggested about 810, 000 Britons had taken cocaine in the past year.
However, last month a larger survey suggested the number of satisfied rail passengers was at a record high of 85%.
Its latest survey suggested the housing market in some parts of the country may now be "over the very worst".
As the Pew survey suggested, our presidential campaigns, as currently constituted, are already endurance contests for candidates and voters alike.
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The survey suggested that 67% of people relied on spell-checkers - with this rising to 75% among 16 to 30-year-olds.
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The survey suggested that the economy performed better in March than some government data on hiring and consumer spending had indicated.
On Thursday, a closely-watched survey suggested the downturn in the 17 economies that share the euro had eased slightly in December.
The survey suggested that 2.5 million workers will spend about three hours each watching games online during the tournaments first two days alone.
However, a recent survey suggested that as many as 250, 000 households in the Republic are now travelling to Northern Ireland to do their shopping.
The survey suggested 39% of people would cut back on motoring costs, while one in 10 said they had used savings to cover motoring costs.
The survey suggested that many utilities lack sufficient architectural and implementation guidance to ensure that future smart-grid advances will integrate existing grid systems and processes.
The survey suggested that serious worries remain over the banking, insurance and car industries, but that expectations were not as bleak as a month earlier.
Hawker centres are immensely popular - a 2010 government survey suggested that nearly half of Singaporeans eat at hawker centres six times a week or more.
The survey suggested 39% of businesses in the sector had reviewed, or intended to review, their crisis response plans while 35% would re-evaluate their holiday policies.
After a long period lagging behind the rest of the UK, the outlook in Scotland has jumped to levels last seen in 2007, the survey suggested.
The survey suggested that health authorities (HAs) in England and Wales receive an average of about 20, 000 phone calls each month about problems finding a dentist.
It said figures from an annual 'Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use Among Young People in England' survey suggested 570 children smoked for the first time every day.
The survey suggested there was public support for other organisations, including private businesses, taking on some of the police's administrative responsibilities to free up the time of officers.
But the Casen survey suggested only about 420, 000 new jobs.
The survey suggested that Lloyds TSB, with 30%, had the highest proportion of customers who had experienced a problem in the previous 12 months while First Direct had fewest, with 9%.
However, the Crime Survey suggested that there were 9.1 million offences committed against households and resident adults in England and Wales and 0.9 million against children aged 10-15 living in such households.
The survey suggested that one in five pet owners regularly uses social networking sites Facebook or Twitter to share pet images, and 10% of people have taken their pet to occasions such as christenings or weddings.
The WRVS survey suggested 20% of older people in Scotland had been hit by a reduction in public transport services, while 3% said they now got out and about less because they had no way of getting to destinations by themselves.
An ASCL survey suggested that more than 80% of heads of further education colleges, sixth form colleges and schools with sixth forms believed they would have to reduce the choice of courses they offered while 83% said they believed this age group should attract more rather than less funding than younger pupils.
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The UK's ongoing financial problems are putting an increasing strain on family relationships, a survey has suggested.
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