The current economic recession officially began late in 2007. While there are signs that this bad cycle may have bottomed out, we have been in recession now for more than 20 consecutive months.

Zogby International recently conducted an interactive survey with one of the biggest samples of U.S. adults we’ve ever done. Much of the survey measured how the recession has impacted the lives of people, and their outlook on the future. The quick takeaway is that large numbers of people report a significant impact and most people are not optimistic that they will ever fully recover. But as is always the case, when you look deeper into sub-group responses, generalizations become less clear.

Read all of John Zogby’s column on the impact of the recession at Forbes. com.

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