The NEW YORK TIMES National Surveys, 1983 - Department of ...

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r5 30.
lQ 31.
310.
If you had enough money to support yourself and your family for the rest of your life, would you
stop working or would you continue to work crt your present job, or would you try to find more
satidj-ing work?
.I- WOMEN MEN TOTAL
1 Stop working
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17 10 13
2 Continue crt present job 47 4s 46
3 Find more satisfying work 33 41 37
4 Other 2 3 3
0 DK/‘NA 1 2 1
If you lost your present job tomorrow, what would be the financial impact on you and your
family? Would it have a major financial effect, would it have some effect but you would still be
able to pay important bills, or would you be able to live pretty much the same way you do now?
WOMEH MEN TOTAL
1 Major financial effect 3s 45 41
2 Someeffect 36 3s 3s
3 Not much effect 28 16 22
S DK/NA 1 2 1
Was there ever a time in your adult life when you chose to stop working for six months or more?
WOMEN MEN TOTAL
1 Yes (Ask Q.31a and b) 48 II 30
2 No (Skip toQ.32) Sl 64 69
Q DK/NA (SkiptoQ.32) 1 1 1
Western Europe Working Women (conducted for the Ad Hoc Commission of the Europec
Parliament for Women’s Rights in nme cuuntnes of Europe, coordinated by Falls et Option. a
market research firm in Park)
1980
Yes 21
No 79
IF YES IN Q. 31,.ASKz For how long did you stop working?
WOMEN MEN
Less than one year 12 8
1 to6years 22 8
7tolSyears 9 0
15 or more years 3 0
DK/NA 1 0
Western Europe Working Women-l 980
Less than 3months 7
3-6 months 6
7.12months 3
1-2 years 3
Over 2 years 3
TOTAL
-/g 31b. IF YES IN Q. 31, ASK; Do you think the fact that you stopped workmg for that long hurt
your position at work, or d:dn’t it make much difference?
10
14
4
2
0
WOMEN MEN TOTAL
I Hurt poation (Slup to 0.33) s 4 0
2 Didn’t make difference (Slap to Q. 33) 36 12 23
9 DK/NA (Slup to Q.33) 3 0 1