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Now I'd like to ask you about last year. In (the previous year) how many weeks did you work either full-time or part-time not counting work around the house--include paid vacations and sick leave?

How many weeks did you work last year, full-time or part-time?

Weeks worked last year · Asked in 16 waves, 1994–2024 · 44,506 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Coded values: 0 means “none or zero”.

Average answer over time

Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).

Average by group over time

Party Ideology Age Sex Race & ethnicity Race (all years)Education Income Region Religion Community

Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).

Weighted means. Groups with fewer than 50 respondents in a wave are left out of that wave.

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
General Social Survey 2024	2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02	mixed	3,309	3,309
General Social Survey 2022	2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08	mixed	3,544	3,544
General Social Survey 2021	2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02	web	4,032	4,032
General Social Survey 2018	2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10	face to face	2,348	2,348
General Social Survey 2016	2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19	face to face	2,867	2,858
General Social Survey 2014	2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13	face to face	2,538	2,538
General Social Survey 2012	2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05	face to face	1,974	1,974
General Social Survey 2010	2010-03-15 to 2010-08-12	face to face	2,044	2,044
General Social Survey 2008	2008-04-17 to 2008-09-13	face to face	2,023	2,023
General Social Survey 2006