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Since your first full-time job, has there ever been a time when you've been without a job and not looking for a job?

Since your first full-time job, have you ever been without a job and not looking for one?

Ever without a job and not looking since first job · Asked in 1 wave, 1998 · 1,377 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

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

YesNo

Group	Yes	No	n	MoE
All respondents	36%	64%	1377	±3
18–29	30%	70%	286	±7
30–44	38%	62%	608	±4
45–64	38%	62%	434	±5
65+ †	41%	59%	48	±15

General Social Survey 1998 · 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.

Answers as the source codes them

YesNoNo answer (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
General Social Survey 1998	1998-02-01 to 1998-06-19	face to face	2,832	1,377