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Economy
What is your current employment status? Are you…
Employed full-time
42.7%
Employed part time
11.2%
Self-employed
6.9%
Full-time student
4.3%
Unemployed and seeking
4.7%
employment
Unemployed and not currently
3.8%
seeking employment
Disabled, unable to work
4.6%
Retired
20.8%
DON’T KNOW
0.3%
REFUSED
0.9%
(FILTER, asked of employed respondents only) What is
your current employment status? Are you…
Do you consider yourself underemployed?
Yes
16.8%
No
82.4%
DON’T KNOW
0.8%
REFUSED
0%
(FILTER, asked of unemployed respondents only) What
is your current employment status? Are you…
Thinking about twelve months ago, would you say you
are better off financially, worse off, or about the same?
Better off
24.9%
Worse off
12.8%
About the same
62.2%
DON’T KNOW
0%
REFUSED
0.1%
What about current local business conditions in
Sangamon County. Do you think these are better off,
worse off, or about the same as they were 12 months
ago?
Better off
12.3%
Worse off
19.1%
About the same
61.8%
DON’T KNOW
6.4%
REFUSED
0.4%