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Current Employment Status
Current work status · Asked in 10 waves, 2013–2020 · 74,810 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 | Working as a paid employee | Working self-employed | Not working on temporary layoff from a job | Not working looking for work |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2020 | 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 | web | 11,648 | 11,648 |
| SHED supplemental survey, July 2020 | 2020-07-01 to 2020-07-31 | web | 4,174 | 4,174 |
| SHED supplemental survey, April 2020 | 2020-04-01 to 2020-04-30 | web | 1,030 | 1,030 |
| SHED 2019 | 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | web | 12,173 | 12,173 |
| SHED 2018 | 2018-10-01 to 2018-11-30 | web | 11,316 | 11,316 |
| SHED 2017 | 2017-11-01 to 2017-12-31 | web | 12,187 | 12,187 |
| SHED 2016 | 2016-10-01 to 2016-10-31 | web | 6,610 | 6,610 |
| SHED 2015 | 2015-10-01 to 2015-11-30 | web | 5,642 | 5,642 |
| SHED 2014 | 2014-10-01 to 2014-10-31 | web | 5,896 | 5,896 |
| SHED 2013 | 2013-09-01 to 2013-09-30 | web |
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.
| Not working retired |
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| Not working disabled |
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| Not working other |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 58% | 8% | 1% | 4% | 19% | 4% | 6% | 11648 | ±1.0 | |
| Lower income | 42% | 8% | 1% | 8% | 22% | 11% | 7% | 3379 | ±2 | |
| Middle income | 61% | 7% | 1% | 3% | 20% | 2% | 6% | 3649 | ±2 | |
| Upper income | 68% | 8% | 1% | 2% | 16% | 1% | 5% | 4620 | ±2 |
SHED 2020 · 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.
| 4,134 |
| 4,134 |