Which one of the following best describes your [spouse’s/partner’s] current employment status?
Spouse or partner's employment status · Asked in 4 waves, 2014–2017 · 18,110 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of D5 first asked in 2014: wording or answer options differ from shed:D5.
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 | Employed full-time | Employed part-time | Temporarily laid off | Not employed, but looking for a job | Not employed and not looking for a job |
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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.
| Homemaker |
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| Student |
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| Disabled and not working |
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| Retired |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 57% | 8% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 6% | 1% | 4% | 20% | 7492 | ±1 | |
| Lower income | 37% | 9% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 7% | 2% | 9% | 27% | 2179 | ±3 | |
| Middle income | 56% | 10% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 6% | 1% | 3% | 20% | 2382 | ±3 | |
| Upper income | 69% | 7% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 0% | 1% | 15% | 2931 | ±2 |
SHED 2017 · US adults 18+. 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.