The split
How the answers divide. The bracket under the bar is the 95% interval of the leading answer.
How the estimate settled
The share answering “Yes” after every ten profiles; the band narrows as more people are asked.
Who was asked
The make-up of the sample, drawn to match the population asked.
Why they answered this way
The yes answers focus on having more time, handling family responsibilities, and reducing the pressure of rigid schedules. The no and unsure answers focus on protecting pay, stability, benefits, or retirement, with flexibility only worth it if the financial tradeoff were small.
More control over my schedule would make everyday life less rushed, even if the paycheck dropped some.
Family responsibilities would be easier to handle if I wasn't tied to fixed work hours.
More time at home would be worth giving up some pay.
With my current workload, flexible hours would help me manage work without everything spilling into the evening.
More time at home.
The paycheck still matters, and I wouldn't give up stable earnings just for a looser schedule.
I wouldn't trade the stability and benefits of my current job for more flexible hours.
I'm retired, so taking another job would only make sense if the pay cut were very small.
It depends on how much less it paid and whether the hours were actually useful.
Who answered what
Share answering “Yes”, by the attributes of the people asked, against everyone (the vertical line). Groups with few profiles have wide intervals.
Biggest gaps
Where the answer differs most between groups of at least ten profiles.
- Age83 pts15-19 96% · 70-74 14%
- Employment56 ptsunemployed 76% · armed forces 20%
- Education35 ptssome high school 72% · less than 9th grade 37%
- Sex23 ptswomen 63% · men 40%
Sex
Employment
Education
Age
Every breakdown
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A 36-year-old woman living in Colorado, United States; white; highest education: a bachelor's degree; employed; personal income about $61,000 a year; never married
A 22-year-old woman living in Colorado, United States; Hispanic, white; highest education: some college, no degree; not in the labor force; no personal income; separated
A 48-year-old woman living in Colorado, United States; white; highest education: a bachelor's degree; employed; personal income about $63,000 a year; married
A 68-year-old man living in Colorado, United States; white; highest education: some college, no degree; not in the labor force; personal income about $102,000 a year; married
A 46-year-old woman living in Colorado, United States; white; highest education: a graduate or professional degree; employed; personal income about $61,000 a year; married
A 74-year-old man living in Colorado, United States; Hispanic, white; highest education: less than 9th grade; not in the labor force; personal income about $10,000 a year; married
A 21-year-old woman living in Colorado, United States; white; highest education: a high school diploma; not in the labor force; no personal income; married
A 33-year-old man living in Colorado, United States; Hispanic, white; highest education: a graduate or professional degree; employed; personal income about $61,000 a year; married
A 39-year-old man living in Colorado, United States; white; highest education: a bachelor's degree; employed; personal income about $45,000 a year; never married
A 42-year-old man living in Colorado, United States; Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska Native; highest education: some college, no degree; employed; personal income about $93,000 a year; married
A 69-year-old woman living in Colorado, United States; white; highest education: a graduate or professional degree; not in the labor force; personal income about $20,000 a year; married
A 24-year-old man living in Colorado, United States; white; highest education: a bachelor's degree; employed; personal income about $30,000 a year; never married
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Options: Yes · No · Not sureSample1,000 profiles drawn in a fixed representative order from the population; asking more extends the same sample rather than starting overMethodEach profile answers in character from its own attributes. Answers outside the format are discarded before counting.AccuracyThe interval reflects sampling variation in the simulated sample. On 11 yes-or-no questions checked against the 2024 General Social Survey, simulated answers from this population sat a median 17 points from real people's within demographic groups and 8 points nationally. Every check