Employment Satisfaction

Respondents were asked to rate their overall satisfaction with the conditions of their employment before and after they started collecting benefits. Two respondents who did not answer the question regarding their employment for more than 30 days since receiving benefits provided a response to this question making a total of 36 respondents. Comparing before and after responses found no differences in satisfaction. The vast majority (60%) of respondents indicated they were “very satisfied” or “somewhat satisfied.” Table 13 displays frequency and percentage of responses.

Table 13: How would you rate your overall satisfaction with the conditions of your employment before and after you started collecting Social Security benefits or Adult Public Assistance?

  
 
Before
n
(%)
After
n
(%)

Very satisfied

48

(34%)

14

(39%)

Somewhat satisfied

36

(26%)

8

(22%)

Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

23

(16%)

1

(3%)

Somewhat dissatisfied

15

(11%)

5

(14%)

Very dissatisfied

19

(14%)

8

(22%)

Total

141

(100%)

36

(100%)

 

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