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Now which job would you take? FIRST JOB: This job would guarantee your current total family income for life. SECOND JOB: This job is better paying, but the income is also less certain. Suppose the chances were 50-50 that this job would double your lifetime income and 50-50 that it would cut it by seventy-five percent.

Would you take the guaranteed job or the risky one with a 50-50 chance of doubling or a 75% cut?

Choice between guaranteed income and risky job, 75% loss · Asked in 1 wave, 2013 · 356 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region Community

This job would guarantee your current total family income for life.This job is better paying, but the income is also less certain. Suppose the chan

Group	This job would guarantee your current total family income for life.	This job is better paying, but the income is also less certain. Suppose the chan	n	MoE
All respondents	54%	46%	356	±6
Less than high school †	24%	76%	29	±21
High school

SHED 2013 · 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

This job would guarantee your current total family income for life.This job is better paying, but the income is also less certain. Suppose the chanRefused (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
SHED 2013	2013-09-01 to 2013-09-30	web	4,134	356