37. What is your employment status? Are you: (General Public)
| Employed full-time | 53 |
| Employed part-time | 10 |
| Home-maker | 8 |
| Retired | 18 |
| Student | 4 |
| Unemployed: Looking for work | 5 |
| Unemployed: Not looking for work | 2 |
| No opinion | * |
38. (If employed) Do you work for someone else or are you self-employed?
| | Work for someone else | Self-employed | No
opinion |
| General Public | 84 | 15 | * |
| Economists | 92 | 7 | 1 |
39. (If employed) Do you work for a company or institution that has fewer than 25 employees, or do you work for a larger company or institution?
| | Small Company | Larger Company | No
opinion |
| General Public | 20 | 80 | * |
40. (If employed) Do you think you will still be working at the same company or institution five years from now, or not?
| | Yes | No | No
opinion |
| General Public | 54 | 43 | 3 |
| Economists | 69 | 24 | 7 |
41. (If employed) How many years have you worked at your current job? (General Public)
| Less than one year | 13 |
| 1-2 years | 18 |
| 3-4 years | 17 |
| 5-6 years | 10 |
| 7-9 years | 10 |
| 10-19 years | 19 |
| 20-29 years | 9 |
| 30+ years | 5 |
| No opinion | * |
|
| Mean | 8.5 |
42. (If employed) Thinking about your current job, do you think your educational background is about right, too little, or more than is needed for the job?
| | About right | Too little | More than is needed | No
opinion |
| General Public | 62 | 13 | 25 | * |
43. (If employed) What is your occupation?
| Man/Prof (Net) | 37 |
| | Professional/Technical | 23 |
| | Manager/Administrator | 14 |
| Clerical/Sales (Net) | 24 |
| | Sales worker | 7 |
| | Clerical | 17 |
| Skilled (Net) | 21 |
| | Craft | 15 |
| | Operatives (Except Transport) | 6 |
| Unskilled (Net) | 16 |
| | Transport Operatives | 4 |
| | Laborers | 1 |
| | Service Workers | 10 |
| | Farm Laborers | * |
| Farmers and Farm Managers | 1 |
| Military | 1 |
| Housewife | * |
| Student | * |
| Other | * |
44. Are you currently married, living as married, widowed, divorced, separated, or have you never been married? (General Public)
| Currently married | 53 |
| Living as married | 4 |
| Widowed | 8 |
| Divorced | 12 |
| Separated | 3 |
| Never been married | 21 |
| No opinion | 0 |
45. (If ever been married) Have you gotten separated or divorced during the past five years?
| | Yes | No | No
opinion |
| General Public | 14 | 86 | * |
46. (If married or living as married) What is your spouse's or partner's employment status? Is he/she: (General Public)
| Employed full-time | 61 |
| Employed part-time | 8 |
| Home-maker | 10 |
| Retired | 16 |
| Student | 1 |
| Unemployed: Looking for work | 3 |
| Unemployed: Not looking for work | 1 |
| No opinion | * |
47. (If married or living as married) What is your spouse's or partner's occupation?
| Man/Prof (Net) | 40 |
| | Professional/Technical | 24 |
| | Manager/Administrator | 15 |
| Clerical/Sales (Net) | 22 |
| | Sales worker | 5 |
| | Clerical | 17 |
| Skilled (Net) | 19 |
| | Craft | 13 |
| | Operatives (Except Transport) | 6 |
| Unskilled (Net) | 17 |
| | Transport Operatives | 3 |
| | Laborers | 2 |
| | Service Workers | 12 |
| | Farm Laborers | 0 |
| Farmers and Farm Managers | 1 |
| Military | 1 |
| Housewife | * |
| Other | * |
48. Do you have any children under the age of 30?
| | Yes | No | No
opinion |
| General Public | 51 | 49 | 0 |
| Economists | 73 | 27 | 0 |
49. (Of those with children under age 30) When they reach your age, do you expect them to enjoy a higher or lower standard of living than you do now, or do you expect it to be about the same?
| | Higher | Lower | About the same | No
opinion |
| General Public | 49 | 15 | 36 | * |
| Economists | 46 | 16 | 36 | 1 |
50. Do you have any children under age 18 living in your household?
| | Yes | No | No
opinion |
| General Public | 66 | 34 | 0 |
51. Do you have any children older than age 18 living in your household?
| | Yes | No | No
opinion |
| General Public | 14 | 86 | 0 |
Methodology
The two surveys reported on in this report are the third installment of a series from a joint project by
The Washington Post, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University. The survey was designed and analyzed by all three partners and conducted by Chilton Research Services. Telephone interviews of 1,511 random-sample adults were conducted nationwide from July 22 through August 2, 1996. The margin error in the nationwide sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points. A companion survey of 250 economists was also conducted. Telephone interviews based on a random sample of economists belonging to the American Economic Association was conducted between July 17 and July 31, 1996. Randomly selected economists who said they were a member of the American Economic Association, employed full time as an economist, have a Ph.D. in economics and consider one of their professional specialties to be domestic economic policy, were interviewed and included in the survey. The margin of error on the economist sample is plus or minus 7 percentage points.
* indicates less than 0.5%
Note: Some question totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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