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Last week was your partner working full time, part time, going to school, keeping house, or what?
Partner's labor force status · Asked in 7 waves, 2012–2024 · 1,820 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2024 | 2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02 | mixed | 3,309 | 261 |
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 310 |
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 373 |
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 231 |
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 264 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 213 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 168 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
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.
| Working full time |
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| Working part time |
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| With a job, but not at work because of temporary illness, vacation, strike |
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| Unemployed, laid off, looking for work |
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| Retired |
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| In school |
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| Keeping house |
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| Other |
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| n |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 59% | 14% | 2% | 6% | 8% | 2% | 7% | 1% | 261 | ±8 | |
| Less than high school † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | ±23 |
| High school † | 45% | 20% | 2% | 6% | 13% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 90 | ±14 | |
| Some college † | 67% | 15% | 0% | 1% | 7% | – | 10% | 0% | 84 | ±14 | |
| Bachelor's † | 79% | 2% | 7% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 43 | ±19 | |
| Postgraduate † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | ±34 |
General Social Survey 2024 · 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.