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)
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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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Pew Research Center. (February 9, 2012). How confident are you that if you lost or left your job, you could find another job as good or better? (by gender) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/218034/confidence-in-finding-another-job-in-the-us-by-gender/
Pew Research Center. "How confident are you that if you lost or left your job, you could find another job as good or better? (by gender)." Chart. February 9, 2012. Statista. Accessed May 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/218034/confidence-in-finding-another-job-in-the-us-by-gender/
Pew Research Center. (2012). How confident are you that if you lost or left your job, you could find another job as good or better? (by gender). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/218034/confidence-in-finding-another-job-in-the-us-by-gender/
Pew Research Center. "How Confident Are You That If You Lost or Left Your Job, You Could Find Another Job as Good or Better? (by Gender)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Feb 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/218034/confidence-in-finding-another-job-in-the-us-by-gender/
Pew Research Center, How confident are you that if you lost or left your job, you could find another job as good or better? (by gender) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/218034/confidence-in-finding-another-job-in-the-us-by-gender/ (last visited May 14, 2025)
How confident are you that if you lost or left your job, you could find another job as good or better? (by gender) [Graph], Pew Research Center, February 9, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/218034/confidence-in-finding-another-job-in-the-us-by-gender/
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