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Last month, did your spouse or partner do any work for either pay or profit?
Spouse or partner worked for pay last month · Asked in 5 waves, 2021–2025 · 39,749 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of D5 first asked in 2021: 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.
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 | No | Yes | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 35% | 65% | 8332 | ±1 | |
| Northeast | 35% | 65% | 1396 | ±3 | |
| Midwest | 33% | 67% |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2025 37 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2025-10-17 to 2025-10-28 | web | 12,934 | 8,332 |
| SHED 2024 24 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2024-10-18 to 2024-10-31 | web | 12,295 | 8,029 |
| SHED 2023 35 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2023-10-20 to 2023-11-05 | web | 11,400 | 7,531 |
| SHED 2022 15 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 7,758 |
| SHED 2021 31 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 8,099 |
| 1962 |
| ±2 |
| South | 36% | 64% | 3087 | ±2 |
| West | 36% | 64% | 1887 | ±2 |
SHED 2025 · 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.