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Thinking about your current education and work experience, how confident are you that you have the skills necessary to get the kind(s) of job(s) you want now?
Confidence in having skills for the jobs you want now · Asked in 2 waves, 2013–2015 · 6,990 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 | Very confident | Somewhat confident | Not confident | I am not currently in the workforce and I am not looking for a job | 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.
| 37% |
| 39% |
| 15% |
| 10% |
| 4126 |
| ±2 |
| Less than high school | 17% | 31% | 22% | 30% | 239 | ±8 |
| High school | 31% | 39% | 18% | 12% | 1119 | ±4 |
| Some college | 32% | 41% | 16% | 10% | 1428 | ±3 |
| Bachelor's | 45% | 40% | 11% | 4% | 836 | ±4 |
| Postgraduate | 60% | 34% | 4% | 2% | 504 | ±5 |
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.