Amway’s 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Report reveals that while interest and support for entrepreneurship is growing, gender and education gaps exist regarding who is most likely to take the leap to become a business owner.
This is the seventh-annual Global Entrepreneurship Report from Ada-based Amway, and it measures the “public pulse of self-employment around the world.”
This year’s report spans 45 countries, with in person and telephone interviews conducted with more than 50,000 men and women ages 14-99.
Amway said today the 2016 study found that 77 percent of respondents have a positive attitude toward entrepreneurship.
Amway said the results reflect a trend of individuals “seeking to work independently from an employer,” as a “desire for greater flexibility is on the rise.” It also said the interest in self-employment found in the study may explain the increasing importance