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
Less than high school †	48%	52%	59	±14
High school	60%	40%	283	±7
Some college	68%	32%	598	±5
Bachelor's	81%	19%	504	±5
Postgraduate	82%	18%	374	±5

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