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On the following list there are various aspects of jobs. Please circle one number to show how important you personally consider it is in a job: I. A job with flexible working hours?
Importance of flexible hours in a job · Asked in 3 waves, 1989–2006 · 4,194 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
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 | Very impt | Impt | Neither | Not impt | Not impt at all | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 17% | 35% | 26% | 18% | 4% | 1518 | ±3 | |
| White | 14% | 35% | 26% |
General Social Survey 2006 · 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.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 1,518 |
| General Social Survey 1998 | 1998-02-01 to 1998-06-19 | face to face | 2,832 | 1,223 |
| General Social Survey 1989 | 1989-02-04 to 1989-05-01 | face to face | 1,537 | 1,453 |
| 21% |
| 3% |
| 1057 |
| ±4 |
| Black | 17% | 40% | 23% | 13% | 7% | 209 | ±8 |
| Hispanic | 29% | 31% | 26% | 11% | 2% | 207 | ±8 |
| Asian † | 30% | 23% | 35% | 9% | 2% | 31 | ±20 |
| Other † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | ±29 |