Worker Perceptions of Job Security and Satisfaction: Share Giving an Affirmative Response
Current Job Tenure | Agree Own Job Security Is Good. | How Easy to Find Equivalent New Job? | How Satisfied with Own Job? | How Likely to Search for New Job in Next Year? | ||||
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Survey | QEMP (1970s) | GSS (2000s, 2010s) | QEMP (1970s) | GSS (2000s, 2010s) | QEMP (1970s) | GSS (2000s, 2010s) | QEMP (1970s) | GSS (2000s, 2010s) |
All workers | 79 | 88 | 62 | 61 | 88 | 90 | 28 | 40 |
By tenure category: | ||||||||
< = 1 year | 70 | 82 | 74 | 68 | 83 | 85 | 44 | 56 |
1 to < = 3 | 77 | 87 | 71 | 71 | 84 | 89 | 39 | 49 |
3 to < = 5 | 78 | 86 | 66 | 62 | 87 | 89 | 33 | 44 |
5 to < = 10 | 84 | 88 | 58 | 58 | 89 | 92 | 23 | 34 |
10 to < = 20 | 84 | 90 | 49 | 53 | 93 | 94 | 13 | 25 |
Over 20 | 89 | 90 | 43 | 45 | 94 | 94 | 7 | 15 |
Men age 50–64 | 82 | 88 | 46 | 55 | 92 | 92 | 13 | 29 |
Sources: The Quality of Work Life (QEMP) survey was administered by the U.S. Department of Labor in 1969–1970 1972–1973 and 1977, with about 1,300 responses in each wave. The General Social Survey (GSS) is administered by the National Opinion Research Center. Responses are from the Quality of Work Life module, administered in the GSS in 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018.
Notes: All cells report share respondents age 22–64 answering affirmatively or positively at the very or somewhat levels.