Employee vs. Independent Contractor. Employee vs. Independent Contractor. Once you make the decision to hire an assistant, your next consideration is whether the assistant will be an employee or independent contractor. This is a significant decision, as it indicates whether you will be liable for certain tax withholdings.
Anxiety Disorder Statistics. Anxiety Disorders affect 18.1 percent of adults in the United States (approximately 40 million adults between the ages of 18 to 54). - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
Five percent of the population has fairly severe anxiety, and, for some inexplicable reason, women are twice as likely to suffer from anxiety than men. Anxiety varies greatly in its intensity and the debility it causes; it can range from a mild anxiety at meeting new people.