Table 1:

Univariate and Bivariate Statistics for Demographics and Employment Measures, among All Respondents, and Separately by Job-Stable and Job-Unstable Respondents

	ALL N=1,628	Job-Stable N=1,203	Job-Unstable N=425	P
Experienced job loss or furlough during pandemic	26.1%	---	---
Women	51.6%	46.1%	53.5%	**
Married/Partnered	67.4%	66.3%	70.8%
Kids under 18	44.6%	41.8%	52.3%	**
Age	44.99	45.31	44.09
Class background	3.76	3.87	3.72	*
Black	8.4%	7.3%	11.8%	**
Hispanic	7.8%	7.9%	7.5%
Asian	9.8%	11.4%	5.4%	**
NAAPI	2.7%	2.4%	3.5%
White	75.6%	74.5%	77.2%
BS Highest Degree	57.4%	57.5%	56.9%
MS Highest Degree	34.8%	33.9%	37.4%
Advanced degree	7.8%	8.6%	5.6%	*
Good Career Decisions: Job Security	4.329	4.390	4.301
Good Career Decisions: Salary	3.805	3.809	3.773
Good Career Decisions: Passion	4.455	4.433	4.515	*
Top Priority in New Job: Job Security	13.1%	13.1%	13.4%
Top Priority in New Job: Salary	20.3%	21.1%	18.2%
Top Priority in New Job: Passion	46.3%	44.9%	50.4%	*
Change in Importance over the Pandemic: Job Security	2.935	2.903	3.029
Change in Importance over the Pandemic: Salary	1.798	1.715	2.014
Change in Importance over the Pandemic: Passion	2.180	2.063	2.513	***

Notes:

^*p<.05;

^**p<.01;

^***p<.001; two-tailed test, comparing job-stable and job-unstable respondents via t-tests.

Respondents could indicate more than one racial/ethnic category. NAAPI=Native American and Asian Pacific Islander. Gender categories for women and men include both cisgender and transgender persons who identify as women and men, respectively. Men and gender non-binary individuals are not presented as separate categories in the table to protect confidentiality.