To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? A. I am willing to work harder than I have to in order to help the firm or organization I work for succeed.
Willing to work harder for own employer · Asked in 3 waves, 1998–2016 · 2,823 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 | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 940 |
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 1,018 |
| General Social Survey 1998 | 1998-02-01 to 1998-06-19 | face to face | 2,832 | 865 |
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.
| 36% |
| 45% |
| 15% |
| 3% |
| 1% |
| 940 |
| ±4 |
| White | 34% | 47% | 14% | 4% | 1% | 611 | ±5 |
| Black | 35% | 40% | 19% | 5% | 1% | 160 | ±9 |
| Hispanic | 41% | 46% | 11% | 1% | 1% | 129 | ±11 |
| Asian † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | ±23 |
| Other † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | ±29 |
General Social Survey 2016 · 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.