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A. How difficult or easy do you think it would be for you to find a job at least as good as your current one?
Ease of finding an equally good job · Asked in 2 waves, 2006–2016 · 1,958 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 easy | Fairly easy | Neither easy nor difficult | Fairly difficult | Very difficult | 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 |
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.
| 13% |
| 31% |
| 16% |
| 28% |
| 11% |
| 940 |
| ±4 |
| Northeast | 13% | 30% | 16% | 30% | 11% | 166 | ±9 |
| Midwest | 16% | 39% | 16% | 22% | 7% | 227 | ±8 |
| South | 13% | 30% | 15% | 29% | 14% | 351 | ±6 |
| West | 10% | 28% | 19% | 33% | 11% | 196 | ±9 |
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.