United States - confidence in finding another job, by age 2011

This statistic shows the results of a survey among employed Americans on the confidence of finding another job, sorted by age. 43 percent of respondents aged between 18 and 34 years stated they would be extremely or very confident to find another job, if they needed to.

How confident are you that if you lost or left your job, you could find another job as good or better? (by age)

Characteristic	18-34 years old	35 and older
Extremely/very confident	43%	37%
Somewhat confident	35%	31%
Not very/at all confident	21%	31%
Don't know/refused (VOL.)	1%	2%

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Release date

February 2012

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Region

United States

Survey time period

December 6-19, 2011

Number of respondents

1,231 employed adults

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Currently employed Americans

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

The source worded the original question as follows: "How confident are you that if you lost or wanted to leave your current job, you could find another job as good or better?"

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