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Table 2 Sample characteristics

From: The structure of human motivation

 

Bureau of Labor Statisticsa

March 2021

May 2022

June 2023

Sample size

60,000

932

810

986

Margin of error at 95% CI

 ±  < 1%

 ± 3%

 ± 3%

 ± 3%

Response rate

71%

35%

38%

26%

Sex

 Male

56.3%

57.0%

55.4%

56.6%

 Female

43.7%

43.0%

44.6%

43.4%

Age

 18–19

1.0%

0.4%

1.0%

0.8%

 20–24

7.2%

4.7%

7.0%

7.4%

 25–34

25.1%

23.9%

25.6%

23.9%

 35–44

24.4%

39.8%

24.9%

24.4%

 45–54

23.4%

19.0%

23.4%

23.8%

 55–64

19.0%

12.0%

18.1%

19.6%

Race

 Asian (non-Hispanic)

6.6%

6.4%

6.9%

6.9%

 Black (non-Hispanic)

11.8%

12.3%

12.9%

12.9%

 Hispanic/Latino

18.5%

13.6%

17.8%

19.5%

 White (non-Hispanic)

63.0%

70.6%

70.2%

68.5%

  1. aU. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2023). Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey. Demographic characteristics of U.S. workers, employed, usually work full-time, by age, sex, and race