Whether workers not employed full-time at a job say they want a full-time job; SHED wording varies slightly across years (past tense in 2017-2018, present tense in 2019).
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Latest: 30% answered “Yes” in Fed SHED: Wants a full-time job, 2019.
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Shares of everyone asked, including non-answers. Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fed SHED: Wants a full-time job | Wants a full-time job You indicated that you do not work full-time at this job. Do you want a full-time job? Caveat: Present-tense wording in 2019; same meaning and scale | equivalent | No → No; Yes → Yes |
| Fed SHED: Wanted a full-time job | Wanted a full-time job You indicated that you did not work full-time at this job. Did you want a full-time job? Caveat: Past-tense wording (2017-2018) | identical | No → No; Yes → Yes |