Do you do these activities by choice or out of necessity?

Gig activities done by choice or necessity · Asked in 1 wave, 2021 · 1,818 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region Community

ChoiceNecessity

Group	Choice	Necessity	n	MoE
All respondents	71%	29%	1818	±3
18–29	68%	32%	371	±6
30–44	67%	33%	514	±5
45–64	74%	26%	596	±5
65+	80%	20%	337	±6

SHED 2021 · 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.

Answers as the source codes them

ChoiceNecessityRefused (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
SHED 2021 21 imputed values recoded to -1.	2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30	web	11,874	1,818