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If you were thinking of buying from a company, would you be influenced by whether the company was employee-owned? PLEASE READ THE DEFINITION OF EMPLOYEE-OWNED: Employee-owned is when a company is owned by all of its employees, with each employee having a share of ownership.

Would a company being employee-owned affect whether you buy from it?

Influence of employee ownership on buying from a company · Asked in 1 wave, 2018 · 1,448 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

Party Ideology Age Sex Race & ethnicity Race (all years)Education Income Region Religion Community

I would be less likely to buy from an employee-owned companyI would be neither more nor less likely to buy from an employee-owned companyI would be more likely to buy from an employee-owned company

Group		I would be less likely to buy from an employee-owned company	I would be neither more nor less likely to buy from an employee-owned company	I would be more likely to buy from an employee-owned company	n	MoE
All respondents		9%	54%	37%	1448	±3
Less than high school

General Social Survey 2018 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). 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.

Answers as the source codes them

I would be less likely to buy from an employee-owned companyI would be neither more nor less likely to buy from an employee-owned companyI would be more likely to buy from an employee-owned companyDon't know (non-answer)No answer (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
General Social Survey 2018	2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10	face to face	2,348	1,448