How would you classify the place where your mother worked? Was this mainly….?
Type of workplace where mother worked · Asked in 2 waves, 2022–2024 · 4,928 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 | Manufacturing | Wholesale trade | Retail trade | Other (agriculture, construction, service, government, etc.) | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2024 | 2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02 | mixed | 3,309 | 2,318 |
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 2,610 |
| 11% |
| 2% |
| 16% |
| 71% |
| 2318 |
| ±3 |
| Protestant | 11% | 2% | 14% | 72% | 1067 | ±4 |
| Catholic | 12% | 1% | 18% | 69% | 432 | ±6 |
| Jewish † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | 33 | ±25 |
| Other faith | 13% | 1% | 20% | 66% | 125 | ±11 |
| None | 12% | 2% | 16% | 71% | 634 | ±5 |
General Social Survey 2024 · 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.