survey on Age Discrimination

I came across this survey while researching for my blog. It reports that 47% percent of workforce have reported experincing discrimination at workforce. 52% cite age as their top reason.

Other are:

gender (43%)

race (32%)

religion (9%)

disability (7%)

http://www.agingworkforcenews.com/2008/07/survey-age-dicrimination-leading-form.html

Another article points out how it is a rare feat being employed at an IT firm after turing 50 (it cites Bill Gates as an example.) In a survey done involving 500 IT workers, 71% believed that employee at these firm treat people less favorably based on their age. People in higher position are even more discriminatory. 79% of these respondants reported that senior management are to be blamed. "Recruitment, redundancy, pay, promotion, and training are the most important areas where discrimination exists" identified as some of the important areas.

http://www.infoworld.com/t/data-management/survey-highlights-age-discrimination-in-it-856