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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 (revised, 2022-2023) · Asked in 6 waves, 2022–2023 · 141,997 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Periods loaded: week52, week53, week54, week55, week56, week57. Version of RSNNOWRKRV first asked in week52: 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:rsnnowrkrv.
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 57 (2023-04-26 to 2023-05-08) Source variable RSNNOWRKRV. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2023-04-26 to 2023-05-08 | web | 59,290 | 20,504 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 56 (2023-03-29 to 2023-04-10) Source variable RSNNOWRKRV. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2023-03-29 to 2023-04-10 | web | 61,927 | 21,524 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 55 (2023-03-01 to 2023-03-13) Source variable RSNNOWRKRV. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2023-03-01 to 2023-03-13 | web | 72,738 | 24,856 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 54 (2023-02-01 to 2023-02-13) Source variable RSNNOWRKRV. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2023-02-01 to 2023-02-13 | web | 75,709 | 26,559 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 53 (2023-01-04 to 2023-01-16) Source variable RSNNOWRKRV. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2023-01-04 to 2023-01-16 | web | 68,504 | 24,399 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 52 (2022-12-09 to 2022-12-19) Source variable RSNNOWRKRV. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2022-12-09 to 2022-12-19 | web | 70,685 | 24,155 |
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 or caring for someone who was sick with coronavirus symptoms (including long-term effects of coronavirus) | 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 or disabled (not coronavirus related) | I am retired | I am/was laid off or furloughed | My employer closed temporarily | My employer went out of business | I do/did not have transportation to work | Other reason, please specify | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 5% | 1% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 12% | 49% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 17% | 20504 | ±1 | |
| AK | 7% | 1% | 6% | 4% | |||||||||||
| AL | 5% | 2% | 6% | 2% | |||||||||||
| AR | 2% | 1% | 5% | 3% | |||||||||||
| AZ | 5% | 3% | 6% | 1% | |||||||||||
| CA | 6% | 2% | 8% | 1% | |||||||||||
| CO | 11% | 0% | 8% | 1% | |||||||||||
| CT | 3% | 2% | 5% | 3% | |||||||||||
| DC † | 6% | – | 7% | 2% | 0% | 9% | 41% | 3% | 1% | – | 1% | 29% | 199 | ||
| DE | 3% | 0% | 1% | 2% | |||||||||||
| FL | 7% | 0% | 2% | 4% | |||||||||||
| GA | 3% | 1% | 6% | 3% | |||||||||||
| HI | 7% | 2% | 15% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 50% | 4% | – | ||||||
| IA | 7% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 12% | 58% | 3% | – | ||||||
| ID | 5% | 1% | 6% | 1% | |||||||||||
| IL | 7% | 1% | 3% | 2% | |||||||||||
| IN | 8% | 0% | 5% | 1% | |||||||||||
| KS | 3% | 2% | 7% | 1% | |||||||||||
| KY | 1% | – | 5% | 4% | 0% | 16% | 50% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | ||||
| LA | 2% | 1% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 13% | |||||||||
| MA | 7% | 1% | 3% | 3% | |||||||||||
| MD | 2% | 3% | 6% | 3% | |||||||||||
| ME | 3% | 3% | 6% | 1% | 1% | 18% | |||||||||
| MI | 3% | 2% | 6% | 1% | |||||||||||
| MN | 5% | 1% | 3% | 0% | |||||||||||
| MO | 2% | 0% | 3% | – | 1% | 16% | |||||||||
| MS | 5% | 2% | 8% | 3% | – | 18% | 45% | ||||||||
| MT | 2% | 0% | 7% | 1% | – | 13% | 60% | ||||||||
| NC | 5% | 1% | 8% | 1% | 1% | 20% | |||||||||
| ND | 4% | 2% | 4% | – | 1% | 8% | 53% | 5% | – | – | 2% | 21% | |||
| NE | 4% | 0% | 11% | ||||||||||||
| NH | 5% | 2% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 17% | |||||||||
| NJ | 5% | 3% | 6% | 1% | |||||||||||
| NM | 5% | 0% | 10% | ||||||||||||
| NV | 3% | 0% | 7% | 3% | |||||||||||
| NY | 8% | 1% | 5% | 3% | |||||||||||
| OH | 4% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 1% | 15% | |||||||||
| OK | 7% | 3% | 5% | 3% | |||||||||||
| OR | 4% | 1% | 5% | 1% | |||||||||||
| PA | 6% | 0% | 3% | 1% | |||||||||||
| RI | 8% | 2% | 7% | 4% | – | 9% | 45% | ||||||||
| SC | 4% | 1% | 6% | 2% | |||||||||||
| SD | 3% | 1% | 1% | – | 0% | 9% | 60% | 6% | 1% | ||||||
| TN | 6% | 1% | 7% | 2% | |||||||||||
| TX | 6% | 2% | 4% | 4% | |||||||||||
| UT | 15% | 0% | 6% | 2% | |||||||||||
| VA | 5% | 0% | 5% | 1% | |||||||||||
| VT | 3% | 0% | 7% | 3% | |||||||||||
| WA | 5% | 1% | 8% | 2% | |||||||||||
| WI | 4% | 1% | 4% | 1% | |||||||||||
| WV | 4% | 0% | 9% | 3% | |||||||||||
| WY | 6% | 0% | 6% | 1% | – | 6% | 53% | 4% | 0% | – | – | 23% | 248 | ±11 |
Household Pulse Survey, Week 57 (2023-04-26 to 2023-05-08) · 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.
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