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Thinking of your main job, do you:
Type of main job arrangement · Asked in 3 waves, 2013–2015 · 7,795 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.
| Group | Work full-time for someone else | Work part-time for someone else | Work for yourself (self-employed) | Work as a partner in a partnership (e.g. partner in law firm, medical practice) | Work as a consultant/contractor | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
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.
| 77% |
| 15% |
| 6% |
| 1% |
| 1% |
| 2775 |
| ±2 |
| 18–29 | 69% | 26% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 461 | ±6 |
| 30–44 | 84% | 8% | 7% | 0% | 1% | 840 | ±4 |
| 45–64 | 79% | 12% | 7% | 1% | 1% | 1301 | ±3 |
| 65+ | 41% | 41% | 14% | 3% | 1% | 173 | ±10 |
SHED 2015 · 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.