Sample size : 9911

Sample size: 30+ & working : 7202

date: “2024-09-11 17:58:42.354218”


Waves

Wave Freq %
1 5872 59.2
2 4039 40.8
self_detail_Employer Freq %
FALSE 2757 92.1
TRUE 238 7.9
self_detail_Gig Freq %
FALSE 2720 90.8
TRUE 275 9.2
self_detail_IndependentP Freq %
FALSE 2515 84
TRUE 480 16
Entrepreneur Freq %
FALSE 2569 85.8
TRUE 426 14.2

Contingency table: Dream job & Do Over: full pop

Entrepreneur

Do_over Freq %
No 147 34.5
Yes 279 65.5
dreamjob Freq %
No 126 29.6
Yes 300 70.4
Do Over (%)
Contingency table Yes No Total DmJ
Dream job: No 18.5 11.0 29.5
Dream job: Yes 46.9 23.5 70.4


IndependentP

Do_over Freq %
No 168 35
Yes 312 65
dreamjob Freq %
No 151 31.5
Yes 329 68.5
Do Over (%)
Contingency table Yes No Total DmJ
Dream job: No 23.3 8.1 31.4
Dream job: Yes 41.7 26.9 68.6


Gig

Do_over Freq %
No 85 30.9
Yes 190 69.1
dreamjob Freq %
No 72 26.2
Yes 203 73.8
Do Over (%)
Contingency table Yes No Total DmJ
Dream job: No 19.6 6.5 26.1
Dream job: Yes 49.5 24.4 73.9


Employer

Do_over Freq %
No 62 26.1
Yes 176 73.9
dreamjob Freq %
No 50 21
Yes 188 79
Do Over (%)
Contingency table Yes No Total DmJ
Dream job: No 15.1 5.9 21
Dream job: Yes 58.8 20.2 79


Sample Demographics & Audiance Targets (full population)

Gender:

Gender Freq % target
Woman 5557 56.1 53-54
Man 4288 43.3 46-47
Other 66 0.7 < 5

Age (3 bin targets):

Age Freq % target
21 - 34 3136 31.6 32.4
35 - 44 2451 24.7 25.6
45 - 66 4324 43.6 42.0

Race:

Race Freq % target
White 7079 71.4 72
Other 1084 10.9 11-12
Asian 965 9.7 10
Black 783 7.9 8-9

Employment:

Employment Freq % target
Working full-time 7850 79.2 80
Not in workforce 1116 11.3 10
In Workforce, not FT 945 9.5 10

Personal Income:

Income Freq % target
< $50k 2469 24.9 24
$100k - $149k 1879 19.0 21
$150k + 1063 10.7 11
$50k - $99k 4500 45.4 44


Sample Demographics & Audiance Targets: (Age 30 years+) & (working)

Gender (30+):

Gender Freq % target
Woman 3849 53.4 53-54
Man 3318 46.1 46-47
Other 35 0.5 < 5

Age (3 bin targets) (30+):

Age Freq % target
21 - 34 1664 23.1 32.4
35 - 44 2240 31.1 25.6
45 - 66 3298 45.8 42.0

Race (30+):

Race Freq % target
White 5373 74.6 72
Other 707 9.8 11-12
Asian 639 8.9 10
Black 483 6.7 8-9

Employment (30+):

Employment Freq % target
Working full-time 6665 92.5 80
In Workforce, not FT 537 7.5 10

Personal Income (30+):

Income Freq % target
< $50k 1274 17.7 24
$100k - $149k 1593 22.1 21
$150k + 889 12.3 11
$50k - $99k 3446 47.8 44


Contingency table: Dream job & Do Over: full pop

Do Over (%)
Contingency table Yes No Total DmJ
Dream job: No 26.4 13.3 39.7
Dream job: Yes 29.9 30.3 60.2

Contingency table: Dream job & Do over: Age ver 30 years

Do Over (%)
Contingency table Yes No Total DmJ
Dream job: No 27.9 14.6 42.5
Dream job: Yes 28.9 28.5 57.4


Age & Gender:

After cleaning there are still too many 35 year old males. This excess is likely bad survey farms.



Other demographics: (Age 30 years+) & (working)

Education:

Education Freq
Bachelor’s degree (e.g., BA, BS) 4217
Master’s degree (e.g., MA, MS, MEd) 1934
Professional degree (e.g., MD, DDS, DVM, JD) 554
Doctorate degree (e.g., PhD, EdD) 497

Income:

Income_num Freq
< $29k 483
$30 - 49K 791
$50 - $59k 832
$60 - $7k 1091
$75 - $99k 1523
$100 - $149k 1593
$150 - $199k 553
> $200k 336

Marital Status:

Marital Status Freq
Married or domestic partnership 4746
Single 1562
Separated or Divorced 717
Widowed 155

Children:

Children Freq
0 2349
1 1602
2 2160
3 plus 1065


Do Over:

If you could start your professional career over at the very beginning, would you target a different career?

Do over:

No Yes Yes %
4315 5573 56.4
No Yes Yes %
3674 4845 56.9

Gender:

Gender No Yes Yes %
Man 1864 2416 56.4
Woman 2425 3117 56.2

Age (by decade):

Age No Yes Yes %
20’s 641 728 53.2
30’s 1295 1709 56.9
40’s 871 1312 60.1
50’s 826 1145 58.1
60’s 682 679 49.9

Education:

Education No Yes Yes %
BachelorS 2528 3507 58.1
Masters 1143 1328 53.7
PhD & Prof 644 738 53.4

Income:

Income No Yes Yes %
< $29k 484 781 61.7
$30 - 49K 442 757 63.1
$50 - $59k 494 696 58.5
$60 - $7k 609 783 56.2
$75 - $99k 882 1027 53.8
$100 - $149k 879 995 53.1
$150 - $199k 316 336 51.5
> $200k 209 198 48.6


Marital Status:

Marital Status No Yes Yes %
Married or domestic partnership 2648 3338 55.8
Separated or Divorced 363 570 61.1
Single 1187 1518 56.1
Widowed 99 131 57.0

Children:

Children No Yes Yes %
0 1691 2138 55.8
1 882 1223 58.1
2 1128 1448 56.2
3 plus 603 739 55.1

Children & Gender:

Children gender_3 No Yes Yes %
0 Man 703 903 56.2
0 Woman 969 1206 55.4
1 Man 379 574 60.2
1 Woman 499 643 56.3
2 Man 523 649 55.4
2 Woman 604 797 56.9
3 plus Man 255 283 52.6
3 plus Woman 346 453 56.7


Dream Job:

Are you currently working in or towards your “dream job”?

Do over:

No Yes Yes %
3940 5968 60.2
No Yes Yes %
3632 4907 57.5

Gender:

Gender No Yes Yes %
Man 1490 2796 65.2
Other 33 33 50.0
Woman 2417 3139 56.5

Age (by decade):

Age No Yes Yes %
20’s 308 1061 77.5
30’s 809 2200 73.1
40’s 859 1327 60.7
50’s 1031 948 47.9
60’s 933 432 31.6

Education:

Education No Yes Yes %
Bachelor’s degree (e.g., BA, BS) 2565 3479 57.6
Doctorate degree (e.g., PhD, EdD) 229 437 65.6
Master’s degree (e.g., MA, MS, MEd) 867 1607 65.0
Professional degree (e.g., MD, DDS, DVM, JD) 279 445 61.5

Dream job and income

Income No Yes Yes %
< $29k 768 496 39.2
$30 - 49K 582 621 51.6
$50 - $59k 479 713 59.8
$60 - $7k 541 854 61.2
$75 - $99k 653 1260 65.9
$100 - $149k 616 1263 67.2
$150 - $199k 193 462 70.5
> $200k 108 299 73.5

Dream job and income


Marital Status:

Marital Status No Yes Yes %
Married or domestic partnership 2245 3755 62.6
Separated or Divorced 516 419 44.8
Single 1039 1670 61.6
Widowed 125 105 45.7

Children:

Children No Yes Yes %
0 1659 2176 56.7
1 746 1365 64.7
2 969 1612 62.5
3 plus 544 801 59.6

Children & Gender:

Children gender_3 No Yes Yes %
0 Man 669 938 58.4
0 Woman 970 1210 55.5
1 Man 259 696 72.9
1 Woman 481 665 58.0
2 Man 358 817 69.5
2 Woman 608 795 56.7
3 plus Man 200 338 62.8
3 plus Woman 340 462 57.6