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What is your main reason for not working for pay or profit? Select only one answer. - Selected Choice
Asked of: ANYWORK = 2
Main reason for not working for pay (2020-2021) · Asked in 22 waves, 2020–2021 · 759,232 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Periods loaded: week06, week07, week08, week09, week10, week11, week12, week13, week14, week15, week16, week17, week18, week19, week20, week21, week22, week23, week24, week25, week26, week27. Version of RSNNOWRK first asked in week06: wording, reference period, answer options, or (for a checkbox) the option it names or whether the question offers a 'none of these' box differ from census_pulse:rsnnowrk.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 27 (2021-03-17 to 2021-03-29) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2021-03-17 to 2021-03-29 | web | 77,104 | 32,099 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 26 (2021-03-03 to 2021-03-15) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2021-03-03 to 2021-03-15 | web | 78,306 | 33,419 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 25 (2021-02-17 to 2021-03-01) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2021-02-17 to 2021-03-01 | web | 77,788 | 33,294 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 24 (2021-02-03 to 2021-02-15) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2021-02-03 to 2021-02-15 | web | 77,122 | 33,000 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 23 (2021-01-20 to 2021-02-01) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2021-01-20 to 2021-02-01 | web | 80,567 | 34,120 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 22 (2021-01-06 to 2021-01-18) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2021-01-06 to 2021-01-18 | web | 68,348 | 28,038 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | I did not want to be employed at this time | I am/was sick with coronavirus symptoms | I am/was caring for someone with coronavirus symptoms | I am/was caring for children not in school or daycare | I am/was caring for an elderly person | I am/was sick (not coronavirus related) or disabled | I am retired | My employer experienced a reduction in business (including furlough) due to coronavirus pandemic | I am/was laid off due to coronavirus pandemic | My employer closed temporarily due to the coronavirus pandemic | My employer went out of business due to the coronavirus pandemic | Other reason, please specify | I was concerned about getting or spreading the coronavirus | n | MoE | |
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| All respondents | 5% | 2% | 1% | 6% | 2% | 7% | 41% | 5% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 17% | 4% | 32099 | ±1 | |
| AK | 7% | |||||||||||||||
| AL | 10% | |||||||||||||||
| AR | 4% | |||||||||||||||
| AZ | 7% | |||||||||||||||
| CA | 5% | |||||||||||||||
| CO | 7% | |||||||||||||||
| CT | 5% | 1% | – | 5% | ||||||||||||
| DC | 3% | – | – | 9% | 2% | 2% | ||||||||||
| DE | 9% | |||||||||||||||
| FL | 2% | |||||||||||||||
| GA | 6% | 2% | – | 8% | ||||||||||||
| HI | 4% | 0% | – | 6% | ||||||||||||
| IA | 8% | |||||||||||||||
| ID | 3% | |||||||||||||||
| IL | 6% | |||||||||||||||
| IN | 10% | |||||||||||||||
| KS | 5% | |||||||||||||||
| KY | 7% | 3% | – | 6% | ||||||||||||
| LA | 5% | |||||||||||||||
| MA | 4% | |||||||||||||||
| MD | 4% | |||||||||||||||
| ME | 3% | – | 2% | |||||||||||||
| MI | 6% | |||||||||||||||
| MN | 7% | |||||||||||||||
| MO | 5% | |||||||||||||||
| MS | 3% | |||||||||||||||
| MT | 6% | |||||||||||||||
| NC | 5% | |||||||||||||||
| ND | 5% | |||||||||||||||
| NE | 8% | |||||||||||||||
| NH | 4% | 2% | – | 2% | ||||||||||||
| NJ | 4% | |||||||||||||||
| NM | 5% | |||||||||||||||
| NV | 6% | 3% | – | 6% | ||||||||||||
| NY | 4% | |||||||||||||||
| OH | 3% | 3% | – | 7% | ||||||||||||
| OK | 2% | |||||||||||||||
| OR | 11% | 1% | – | 7% | ||||||||||||
| PA | 3% | |||||||||||||||
| RI | 3% | 2% | 0% | 2% | ||||||||||||
| SC | 5% | 3% | – | 5% | ||||||||||||
| SD | 2% | |||||||||||||||
| TN | 4% | |||||||||||||||
| TX | 6% | |||||||||||||||
| UT | 9% | 2% | – | 7% | ||||||||||||
| VA | 4% | |||||||||||||||
| VT | 5% | |||||||||||||||
| WA | 4% | 1% | – | 7% | ||||||||||||
| WI | 6% | |||||||||||||||
| WV | 2% | |||||||||||||||
| WY | 5% |
Household Pulse Survey, Week 27 (2021-03-17 to 2021-03-29) · US adults 18+ living in housing units (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.
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 21 (2020-12-09 to 2020-12-21) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. |
| 2020-12-09 to 2020-12-21 |
| web |
| 69,944 |
| 28,427 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 20 (2020-11-25 to 2020-12-07) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2020-11-25 to 2020-12-07 | web | 72,484 | 28,849 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 19 (2020-11-11 to 2020-11-23) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2020-11-11 to 2020-11-23 | web | 71,939 | 28,129 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 18 (2020-10-28 to 2020-11-09) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2020-10-28 to 2020-11-09 | web | 58,729 | 22,856 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 17 (2020-10-14 to 2020-10-26) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2020-10-14 to 2020-10-26 | web | 88,716 | 33,067 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 16 (2020-09-30 to 2020-10-12) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2020-09-30 to 2020-10-12 | web | 95,604 | 35,771 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 15 (2020-09-16 to 2020-09-28) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2020-09-16 to 2020-09-28 | web | 99,302 | 37,248 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 14 (2020-09-02 to 2020-09-14) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2020-09-02 to 2020-09-14 | web | 110,019 | 41,352 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 13 (2020-08-19 to 2020-08-31) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2020-08-19 to 2020-08-31 | web | 109,051 | 41,539 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 12 (2020-07-16 to 2020-07-21) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2020-07-16 to 2020-07-21 | web | 86,792 | 36,407 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 11 (2020-07-09 to 2020-07-14) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2020-07-09 to 2020-07-14 | web | 91,605 | 39,268 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 10 (2020-07-02 to 2020-07-07) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2020-07-02 to 2020-07-07 | web | 90,767 | 38,725 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 9 (2020-06-25 to 2020-06-30) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2020-06-25 to 2020-06-30 | web | 98,663 | 41,936 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 8 (2020-06-18 to 2020-06-23) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2020-06-18 to 2020-06-23 | web | 108,062 | 44,854 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 7 (2020-06-11 to 2020-06-16) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2020-06-11 to 2020-06-16 | web | 73,472 | 31,423 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 6 (2020-06-04 to 2020-06-09) Source variable RSNNOWRK. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2020-06-04 to 2020-06-09 | web | 83,302 | 35,411 |
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