Loading…
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.
| 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 |
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.
| 43% |
| 940 |
| ±4 |
| Northeast | 13% | 23% | 24% | 40% | 166 | ±9 |
| Midwest | 9% | 20% | 26% | 45% | 227 | ±8 |
| South | 11% | 23% | 24% | 43% | 351 | ±6 |
| West | 7% | 20% | 30% | 43% | 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.