This statistic presents the results of a phone survey conducted by Gallup among American small-business owners in October 2013. Survey respondents were asked how they thought a higher minimum would affect small-business operations. Some 64 percent of respondents said it would not cause them to reduce their current workforce.
Small-business owners: If a law is passed to increase the minimum wage, please indicate if the following would apply to you as a small-business owner or not.
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Gallup, & Wells Fargo. (November 11, 2013). Small-business owners: If a law is passed to increase the minimum wage, please indicate if the following would apply to you as a small-business owner or not. [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/322699/us-small-business-owners-opinion-on-effects-of-higher-minimum-wage-on-operations/
Gallup, und Wells Fargo. "Small-business owners: If a law is passed to increase the minimum wage, please indicate if the following would apply to you as a small-business owner or not.." Chart. November 11, 2013. Statista. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/322699/us-small-business-owners-opinion-on-effects-of-higher-minimum-wage-on-operations/
Gallup, Wells Fargo. (2013). Small-business owners: If a law is passed to increase the minimum wage, please indicate if the following would apply to you as a small-business owner or not.. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/322699/us-small-business-owners-opinion-on-effects-of-higher-minimum-wage-on-operations/
Gallup, and Wells Fargo. "Small-business Owners: If a Law Is Passed to Increase The Minimum Wage, Please Indicate If The following Would Apply to You as a Small-business Owner or Not.." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Nov 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/322699/us-small-business-owners-opinion-on-effects-of-higher-minimum-wage-on-operations/
Gallup & Wells Fargo, Small-business owners: If a law is passed to increase the minimum wage, please indicate if the following would apply to you as a small-business owner or not. Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/322699/us-small-business-owners-opinion-on-effects-of-higher-minimum-wage-on-operations/ (last visited June 17, 2024)
Small-business owners: If a law is passed to increase the minimum wage, please indicate if the following would apply to you as a small-business owner or not. [Graph], Gallup, & Wells Fargo, November 11, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/322699/us-small-business-owners-opinion-on-effects-of-higher-minimum-wage-on-operations/