United States - confidence in finding another job by gender 2011

This statistic shows the results of a survey in 2011 among employed Americans on the confidence of finding another job (by gender). 45 percent of male respondents stated they are extremely or very confident to find another job that was just as good or better, 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 gender)

Characteristic	Men	Women
Extremely/very confident	45%	40%
Somewhat confident	35%	35%
Not very/at all confident	20%	24%

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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 respondents

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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