Share of workers who would work more for more pay, by demographic characteristics and employment status
| Gender | Age | Party ID | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ | Democrat | Independent | Republican | |||
| Yes | 52% | 53% | 52% | 59% | 54% | 48% | 50% | 52% | 50% | 58% | ||
| No | 27% | 28% | 27% | 23% | 27% | 30% | 27% | 33% | 26% | 24% | ||
| Not sure | 20% | 19% | 22% | 18% | 19% | 22% | 22% | 15% | 24% | 18% | ||
| Totals | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||
| (Unweighted n) | (992) | (475) | (517) | (159) | (259) | (398) | (176) | (329) | (453) | (210) | ||
| Race | Family Income | Region | ||||||||||
| Total | White | Black | Hispanic | Under 40K | 40-80K | 80-100K | 100K+ | Northeast | Midwest | South | West | |
| Yes | 52% | 47% | 60% | 74% | 57% | 52% | 51% | 43% | 53% | 42% | 53% | 59% |
| No | 27% | 30% | 20% | 18% | 23% | 31% | 29% | 40% | 30% | 34% | 25% | 24% |
| Not sure | 20% | 23% | 20% | 8% | 20% | 17% | 19% | 17% | 16% | 25% | 22% | 18% |
| Totals | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| (Unweighted n) | (992) | (760) | (120) | (112) | (347) | (287) | (61) | (131) | (202) | (215) | (367) | (208) |
| Employment Status | ||||||||||||
| Total | Full-time | Part-time | Temporarily laid off | Unemployed | Retired | Permanently disabled | Homemaker | Student | Other | |||
| Yes | 52% | 50% | 60% | 35% | 52% | 50% | 46% | 49% | 65% | 59% | ||
| No | 27% | 34% | 22% | 59% | 21% | 25% | 35% | 23% | 17% | 24% | ||
| Not sure | 20% | 16% | 18% | 6% | 27% | 24% | 19% | 28% | 18% | 17% | ||
| Totals | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||
| (Unweighted n) | (992) | (374) | (102) | (7) | (83) | (190) | (71) | (91) | (51) | (23) | ||
Note: The table shows responses to the question, "If you had the opportunity to work one more day each week and receive 20 percent more pay, would you take that opportunity?"
Source: YouGov/Huffington Post survey (Delaney and Swanson 2014)