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We’d like to know if you are working now, temporarily laid off, or are you unemployed, retired, permanently disabled, (a homemaker), (a student), or what? (STUDENT OR HOMEMAKER: ) Are you doing any work for pay at the present time? (RETIRED 1980,1982, 1988 AND LATER:) Are you doing any work for pay at the present time? (DISABLED 1982,1988 AND LATER:) Are you doing any work for pay at the present time? (STUDENT OR HOMEMAKER:) About how many hours do you work on your job in the average week? (RETIRED AND ANSWERED WORKING FOR PAY 1980:) In an average week do you work 20 or more hours on that job? (RETIRED OR DISABLED, AND R ANSWERED WORKING FOR PAY 1982,1988 AND LATER:) About how many hours do you work on your job in the average week? (RETIRED OR DISABLED AND R VOLUNTEERED WORKING FOR PAY 1984,1986:) About how many hours do you work on your job in the average week?
Current work status, 16 categories · Asked in 15 waves, 1980–2016 · 34,285 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Kept and flagged: 99 (no_answer). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: See VCF0116,VCF0118. In 1980, those who were ‘permanently disabled’ when the occupation questions began but who subsequently replied that they were also currently working were not administered the ‘permanently disabled’ series (past employment, if any) but instead were administered the ‘working now’ set of questions (present employment), regardless of number of hours working [code 10]. Code 60 only represents nonworking disabled (during all years since 1980). 2002 NOTE: Number of hours working was not determined; no 2002 data.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2012).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Showing the first 8 of 16 answers.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2012).
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANES 2016 Time Series Study Source variable: V161275x. | 2016-09-07 to 2017-01-09 | mixed | 4,270 | 4,270 |
| ANES 2012 Time Series Study Source variable: dem_empstatus_2digitfin_x. | 2012-09-09 to 2013-01-13 | mixed | 5,914 | 5,914 |
| ANES 2008 Time Series Study Source variable: V083222x. | 2008-09-02 to 2008-12-30 | face to face | 2,322 | 2,322 |
| ANES 2004 Time Series Study Source variable: V043260a. | 2004-09-07 to 2004-12-19 | face to face | 1,212 | 1,212 |
| ANES 2000 Time Series Study Source variable: V000919. | 2000-09-05 to 2000-12-22 | mixed | 1,807 | 1,807 |
| ANES 1998 Time Series Study Source variable: V980579. | 1998-11-04 to 1998-12-23 | mixed | 1,281 | 1,281 |
| ANES 1996 Time Series Study Source variable: V960615. | 1996-09-03 to 1997-01-02 | mixed | 1,714 | 1,714 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. Groups with an effective sample under 50 in a wave are left out of that wave.
| Group | Working now | Working now and retired–20 or more hrs/wk | Working now and permanently disabled–20 or more hrs/wk | Working now and homemaker–20 or more hrs/wk | Working now and student–20 or more hrs/wk | Temporarily laid off | Unemployed | Retired, no current occupation | Retired and working now–less than 20 hrs/wk | Permanently disabled, no current occupation | Permanently disabled and working–less than 20 hrs/wk | Homemaker, no other occupation | Homemaker and working now–less than 20 hrs/wk | Homemaker and student, no other occupation | Student, no current occupation | Student and working now–less than 20 hrs/wk | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 60% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 6% | 16% | 1% | 5% | 0% | 5% | 0% | – | 3% | 1% | 4270 | ±2 | |
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| Independents (incl. leaners) | 60% | 1% | 0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Republicans |
ANES 2016 Time Series Study · US citizens 18+ (face-to-face samples: contiguous 48 states and DC; web samples: 50 states and DC). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| 1994-11-09 to 1995-01-08 |
| mixed |
| 1,795 |
| 1,795 |
| ANES 1992 Time Series Study Source variable: V923915. | 1992-09-02 to 1993-01-16 | mixed | 2,485 | 2,485 |
| ANES 1990 Time Series Study Source variable: V900565. | 1990-11-06 to 1991-01-21 | face to face | 1,980 | 1,980 |
| ANES 1988 Time Series Study Source variable: V880429. | 1988-09-06 to 1989-01-23 | face to face | 2,040 | 2,040 |
| ANES 1986 Time Series Study Source variable: V860615. | 1986-11-05 to 1987-02-07 | face to face | 2,176 | 2,176 |
| ANES 1984 Time Series Study Source variable: V840457. | 1984-09-04 to 1985-01-24 | mixed | 2,257 | 2,257 |
| ANES 1982 Time Series Study Source variable: V820610. | 1982-11-02 to 1983-01-31 | face to face | 1,418 | 1,418 |
| ANES 1980 Time Series Study Source variable: V800515. | 1980-09-02 to 1981-02-07 | face to face | 1,614 | 1,614 |
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