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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, 2023) · Asked in 3 waves, 2023 · 70,739 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Periods loaded: week58, week59, week60. Version of RSNNOWRKRV first asked in week58: 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 60 (2023-07-26 to 2023-08-07) Source variable RSNNOWRKRV. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2023-07-26 to 2023-08-07 | web | 68,830 | 24,942 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 59 (2023-06-28 to 2023-07-10) Source variable RSNNOWRKRV. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2023-06-28 to 2023-07-10 | web | 63,802 | 22,836 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 58 (2023-06-07 to 2023-06-19) Source variable RSNNOWRKRV. Universe: ANYWORK = 2. | 2023-06-07 to 2023-06-19 | web | 64,792 | 22,961 |
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 or caring for someone who is/was sick with coronavirus symptoms or concerned about getting or spreading coronavirus (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 am/was sick or disabled (not coronavirus related) | I am retired | I am/was laid off or furloughed | My employer closed temporarily or went out of business | I do/did not have transportation to work | Other reason, please specify | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 5% | 2% | 7% | 2% | 12% | 46% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 19% | 24942 | ±1 | |
| AK | 5% | 1% | 8% | 1% | 12% | 52% | 2% | 1% | |||||
| AL | 6% | 1% | 5% | 2% | 15% | 50% | 3% | 2% | |||||
| AR | 3% | 1% | 9% | 1% | 20% | 45% | 4% | 0% | |||||
| AZ | 5% | 1% | 8% | 1% | 15% | 52% | 1% | 1% | |||||
| CA | 7% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 12% | 40% | 3% | 3% | |||||
| CO | 7% | 1% | 8% | 1% | 10% | 47% | 5% | 2% | |||||
| CT | 11% | 2% | 7% | 4% | 11% | 44% | 2% | 2% | |||||
| DC | 5% | 1% | 8% | 1% | 13% | 42% | 7% | 1% | |||||
| DE | 4% | 0% | 5% | 2% | 17% | 54% | 3% | 2% | |||||
| FL | 6% | 2% | 5% | 2% | 8% | 49% | 3% | 2% | |||||
| GA | 6% | 1% | 8% | 1% | 19% | 42% | 3% | 1% | |||||
| HI | 5% | 3% | 7% | 3% | 13% | 49% | 3% | 2% | – | 15% | |||
| IA | 2% | 2% | 4% | 1% | 15% | 53% | 4% | 2% | |||||
| ID | 4% | 2% | 7% | 2% | 8% | 56% | 1% | 2% | – | 18% | |||
| IL | 7% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 11% | 45% | 5% | 3% | |||||
| IN | 3% | 1% | 6% | 3% | 13% | 49% | 3% | 2% | |||||
| KS | 5% | 1% | 6% | 1% | 5% | 58% | 5% | 0% | |||||
| KY | 5% | 1% | 8% | 4% | 21% | 43% | 2% | 1% | |||||
| LA | 2% | 4% | 5% | 1% | 16% | 44% | 5% | 1% | |||||
| MA | 3% | 2% | 7% | 1% | 15% | 45% | 7% | 2% | |||||
| MD | 3% | 1% | 4% | 4% | 16% | 45% | 3% | 2% | |||||
| ME | 3% | 0% | 4% | 1% | 13% | 63% | 1% | – | 1% | 14% | 243 | ||
| MI | 3% | 1% | 7% | 2% | 11% | 53% | 4% | 1% | |||||
| MN | 5% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 12% | 53% | 4% | 1% | |||||
| MO | 4% | 1% | 11% | 1% | 13% | 55% | 2% | 1% | – | 13% | |||
| MS | 3% | 1% | 5% | 2% | 19% | 45% | 4% | 3% | |||||
| MT | 2% | 1% | 6% | 1% | 13% | 62% | 0% | 1% | |||||
| NC | 8% | 1% | 8% | 2% | 12% | 43% | 4% | 2% | |||||
| ND | 6% | – | 8% | – | 12% | 44% | 5% | – | 6% | 18% | 204 | ±10 | |
| NE | 1% | 0% | 5% | 3% | 14% | 53% | 3% | 1% | |||||
| NH | 6% | 2% | 6% | 0% | 11% | 50% | 2% | 0% | |||||
| NJ | 6% | 3% | 8% | 1% | 9% | 45% | 4% | 2% | |||||
| NM | 4% | 7% | 3% | 1% | 14% | 47% | 2% | 2% | |||||
| NV | 6% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 10% | 51% | 3% | 2% | |||||
| NY | 8% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 12% | 42% | 4% | 1% | |||||
| OH | 1% | 2% | 6% | 1% | 15% | 50% | 2% | 2% | |||||
| OK | 4% | 1% | 6% | 2% | 20% | 41% | 1% | 1% | |||||
| OR | 5% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 12% | 49% | 3% | 1% | |||||
| PA | 3% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 10% | 55% | 3% | 2% | |||||
| RI | 4% | 2% | 5% | 0% | 17% | 35% | 2% | 3% | |||||
| SC | 2% | 2% | 5% | 2% | 20% | 49% | 4% | 1% | |||||
| SD | 2% | 0% | 4% | 1% | 13% | 56% | 1% | 0% | |||||
| TN | 6% | 2% | 7% | 2% | 13% | 47% | 3% | 1% | |||||
| TX | 6% | 2% | 13% | 3% | 9% | 38% | 4% | 2% | |||||
| UT | 9% | 1% | 15% | 2% | 9% | 42% | 3% | 2% | |||||
| VA | 5% | 3% | 7% | 3% | 8% | 53% | 3% | 2% | |||||
| VT | 4% | 0% | 4% | 2% | 13% | 56% | 4% | 1% | |||||
| WA | 9% | 1% | 9% | 3% | 9% | 44% | 4% | 1% | |||||
| WI | 4% | 3% | 6% | 0% | 10% | 58% | 2% | 0% | |||||
| WV | 2% | 1% | 7% | 1% | 13% | 52% | 2% | 1% | |||||
| WY | 3% | 1% | 10% | – | 11% | 53% | 3% | 1% | – | 19% | 342 | ±8 |
Household Pulse Survey, Week 60 (2023-07-26 to 2023-08-07) · 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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| 932 |
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| 612 |
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| 465 |
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| 495 |
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| 452 |
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| 341 |
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| 327 |
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| 522 |
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| 374 |
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| 416 |
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| 421 |
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| 474 |
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| 664 |
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| 604 |
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| 188 |
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| 429 |
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| 228 |
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| 506 |
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| 521 |
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