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Do you own any shares of stock in the company where you now work, either directly or through some type of retirement or stock plan?
Owns stock in own company · Asked in 6 waves, 2002–2022 · 5,626 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2022).
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 | Yes | No, i work for a company that does not have stock | No, my company has stock but i do not own any | No, i do not own and do not know if my company has stock | I do not know if i own stock in my company | n |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 594 |
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 971 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 519 |
| General Social Survey 2010 | 2010-03-15 to 2010-08-12 | face to face | 2,044 | 863 |
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 1,303 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 1,376 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2022).
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.
| MoE |
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| All respondents | 18% | 41% | 16% | 21% | 5% | 594 | ±6 | |
| Democrats | 21% | 37% | 17% | 24% | 1% | 146 | ±12 | |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 16% | 40% | 14% | 24% | 6% | 272 | ±10 | |
| Republicans | 23% | 41% | 14% | 16% | 6% | 152 | ±12 |
General Social Survey 2022 · 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.