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How much of your past work experience and/or job skills can you make use of in your present job?
Use of past skills in present job · 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.
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.
| Group | Almost none | A little | A lot | Almost all | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 10% | 21% | 26% |
| 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 |
| 43% |
| 940 |
| ±4 |
| Lower income | 13% | 30% | 17% | 40% | 243 | ±8 |
| Middle income | 9% | 21% | 27% | 43% | 291 | ±7 |
| Upper income | 6% | 17% | 30% | 46% | 340 | ±6 |
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.