Research Center

The Junior Achievement® Poll Series

Junior Achievement Polls were first conducted in late May and early June of 2004. Junior Achievement conducted the poll to help it gauge teen opinion on economic issues as the organization prepared to formally merge with JA International. The parent organization of Junior Achievement, JA Worldwide, has a combined student reach of six million in nearly 100 countries. Nine countries participated in the sample population polled.

Junior Achievement Poll on Global Business - Issued June 29, 2004, Data Report.

Junior Achievement Poll on Workforce Preparation - Issued July 8, 2004. The poll was also conducted in late May and early June 2004, and was sponsored by the GE Foundation. It features the results of worldwide teen opinion on the no. 1 career choice, desire of teens worldwide to pursue higher education, teen confidence in their nation's economy to provide the jobs they will soon need, and more.