How worried are you about losing or finding a job in the near future?

Worry about losing or finding a job · Asked in 10 waves, 1984–2008 · 15,889 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Dropped as not asked: 0 'R is nonworking homemaker or student; R is unemployed/disabled and has never worked for pay, or R is working and retired (1984-1986); R is unemployed/ disabled and has never worked for pay, or R is working and retired/disabled (1988-1994); R is unemployed/disabled and has never worked for pay (1996-1998)'. NA code treated as not asked where it exceeds 10% of a year's answers (an unlabeled split or filter): 9 in 1992. Kept and flagged: 8 (other_missing), 9 (no_answer). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: Note that homemakers or students without current outside employment were not asked this question. Other respondents excluded from question administration has varied slightly. 1992 NOTE: A large number of NA cases appear in the data without documentation for reason. 2000 NOTE: If Rs were unemployed, nonworking retired or nonworking disabled, they were not asked this question unless they said they were looking for work. 2000 data are not included. 2012-LATER NOTE: Code categories changed in 2012 and are not comparable.