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Suppose you could decide on your work situation at present. Which of the following would you prefer?
Preferred work situation: full-time, part-time, or none · Asked in 3 waves, 1998–2016 · 4,218 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 | A full time job | A part-time job | A job with less than 10 hours a week | No paid job at all | 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 | 1,477 |
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 1,518 |
| General Social Survey 1998 | 1998-02-01 to 1998-06-19 | face to face | 2,832 | 1,223 |
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.
| 64% |
| 22% |
| 4% |
| 9% |
| 1477 |
| ±3 |
| Democrats | 60% | 25% | 5% | 10% | 505 | ±5 |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 69% | 21% | 3% | 7% | 598 | ±5 |
| Republicans | 61% | 22% | 4% | 13% | 312 | ±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.