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American workers are more worried about losing their jobs than at any other time in the last dozen years, according to a Gallup poll conducted Aug. 6-9.

Thirty-one percent of the workers interviewed for the poll say they are worried about being laid off in the near future, doubling the 15 percent who said they were worried a year ago, Gallup said.

The worry factor is higher among workers who did not graduate from college (36 percent) than for college graduates (22 percent), Gallup said. Forty-six percent of workers are worried their benefits may be cut, and 32 percent are worried about pay cuts.

For most of the last decade, concern about being laid off has remained steady around 20 percent but took a sharp rise in the last year.

The poll was based on telephone interviews with 528 people nationwide who are employed full or part time. It carries a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.