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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

What is your main reason for not working for pay or profit?

Main reason for not working for pay (revised, 2021-2022) · Asked in 24 waves, 2021–2022 · 607,632 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Periods loaded: week28, week29, week30, week31, week32, week33, week34, week35, week36, week37, week38, week39, week40, week41, week42, week43, week44, week45, week46, week47, week48, week49, week50, week51.

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Over time

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All other answers (6)10%

Other reason, please specify20%

I am/was laid off or furloughed due to coronavirus pandemic2%

I am retired47%

I am/was sick (not coronavirus related) or disabled11%

I am/was caring for children not in school or daycare5%

I did not want to be employed at this time7%

Shares in 2022

Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.

By group over time

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Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region

All other answers (6)

Other reason, please specify

I am/was laid off or furloughed due to coronavirus pandemic

I am retired

I am/was sick (not coronavirus related) or disabled

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Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region State

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Answers as the source codes them

I did not want to be employed at this timeI am/was sick with coronavirus symptoms or caring for someone who was sick with coronavirus symptomsI am/was caring for children not in school or daycareI am/was caring for an elderly personI was concerned about getting or spreading the coronavirusI am/was sick (not coronavirus related) or disabledI am retiredI am/was laid off or furloughed due to coronavirus pandemicMy employer closed temporarily due to the coronavirus pandemicMy employer went out of business due to the coronavirus pandemicI do/did not have transportation to workOther reason, please specifySkipped (question seen but no category selected) (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
Household Pulse Survey, Week 51 (2022-11-02 to 2022-11-14) Source variable RSNNOWRKRV. Universe: ANYWORK = 2.	2022-11-02 to 2022-11-14	web	61,453	21,615
Household Pulse Survey, Week 50 (2022-10-05 to 2022-10-17) Source variable RSNNOWRKRV. Universe: ANYWORK = 2.	2022-10-05 to 2022-10-17	web	42,040	15,955
Household Pulse Survey, Week 49 (2022-09-14 to 2022-09-26) Source variable RSNNOWRKRV. Universe: ANYWORK = 2.	2022-09-14 to 2022-09-26	web	50,937	18,517
Household Pulse Survey, Week 48 (2022-07-27 to 2022-08-08) Source variable RSNNOWRKRV. Universe: ANYWORK = 2.	2022-07-27 to 2022-08-08	web	46,801	16,958
Household Pulse Survey, Week 47 (2022-06-29 to 2022-07-11) Source variable RSNNOWRKRV. Universe: ANYWORK = 2.	2022-06-29 to 2022-07-11	web	58,304	23,906
Household Pulse Survey, Week 46 (2022-06-01 to 2022-06-13) Source variable RSNNOWRKRV. Universe: ANYWORK = 2.	2022-06-01 to 2022-06-13	web	62,826	25,516

Group	I did not want to be employed at this time	I am/was sick with coronavirus symptoms or caring for someone who was sick with coronavirus symptoms	I am/was caring for children not in school or daycare	I am/was caring for an elderly person	I was concerned about getting or spreading the coronavirus	I am/was sick (not coronavirus related) or disabled	I am retired	I am/was laid off or furloughed due to coronavirus pandemic	My employer closed temporarily due to the coronavirus pandemic	My employer went out of business due to the coronavirus pandemic	I do/did not have transportation to work	Other reason, please specify	n	MoE
All respondents	7%	2%	5%	2%	2%	11%	47%	2%	1%	1%	2%	20%	21615	±2
18–29	25%	2%
30–44	9%	5%
45–64	5%	3%
65+	2%	0%