Working Womens Survey 2006
  Working women know the importance of a good job in a just economy.

...Where our pay keeps up with prices.
...Where lawmakers listen to working people—not just big corporations.
...Where one big medical expense doesn't wipe out a family's life savings.

This survey is our chance to be heard as working women.

Responses will be given to every U.S. representative and senator as well as state and local officials around the country on Labor Day.

The Ask a Working Woman survey is sponsored by the AFL-CIO, the largest organization of working women in America, and Working America, a community affiliate of the AFL-CIO.
 
  ALL INDIVIDUAL SURVEY RESPONSES ARE KEPT COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL
   
  1. How worried are you about the following? Choose between 0 and 10.
 
 
 
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
  
Getting or keeping a job that pays well and provides benefits  
White-collar and blue-collar jobs going overseas  
Health care costs rising/health insurance not covering expenses  
Pay not keeping up with the cost of living  
Not having retirement benefits when you?re ready to retire  
Higher education being too costly  
   
  2. Indicate your top TWO choices for laws that would most improve your life as a working woman.
 
Stronger equal pay laws
Laws to improve the quality and affordability of child care and after-school care
Laws to make quality health care more affordable
Laws to make retirement more secure
Laws to expand family and medical leave and to provide for paid leave
Stronger affirmative action laws to provide more opportunities for all women
Stronger laws to challenge discrimination and unfair treatment on the job
   
  3. Indicate your top TWO choices for laws that would create more corporate accountability and reduce corporate abuses.
 
Limiting CEO compensation, especially when workers in the company are being laid off or losing their benefits
Stronger laws to protect employees' rights to receive pay and retirement benefits they have earned should their company file for bankruptcy
Eliminate tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas
Protect employees' freedom to decide whether to have a union without interference from their employer
Require large, profitable corporations to pay a fair share for employee health coverage
Raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour
   
  4. Does your job offer you any of the following? Check all that apply.
 
Control over your hours
Child care
Pension and retirement benefits
Affordable health insurance
Equal pay for equal work
Paid vacation time
Paid sick leave for yourself
Paid leave to care for family members who are sick or for a new or adopted baby
Prescription drug coverage
   
  5. All members of Congress are up for re-election this year. What is the most important thing you think members of Congress need to understand about working women? (Limit to 600 characters.)
 
   
  6. Looking ahead, do you feel more hopeful and confident or worried and concerned about the future of young people going into the workforce?
 
More hopeful and confident
More worried and concerned
   
  Here are just a few questions about you:
  7. What is your age?
 
18–29 years
30–39 years
40–49 years
50–59 years
60 years or older
   
  8. What is the last year of schooling you have completed?
 
1st–11th grade
High school graduate
Non-college post-high school (i.e., technical school)
Some college, but not college graduate
College graduate
Post-graduate school
   
  9. How many jobs for pay do you hold?
 
One
Two
More than two
   
  10. When do you usually work? Check all that apply.
 
Daytime, Monday through Friday
Evenings or nights
Weekends
   
  11. Does your spouse or partner work during the hours or shifts you do or work a different schedule? (If applicable)
 
Same
Different
   
  12. What proportion of your family or household's income do YOU personally earn?
 
All or almost all
More than half
About half
Less than half
None or almost none
   
  13. Please check all that apply to you:
 
White/Caucasian
African American
Hispanic/Latina
Asian Pacific American/East Asian
Native American
Biracial/multiracial
LGBT
Married
Domestic partner
Student
Children younger than 18 living with me
Union member
Someone in my family or household is a union member
   
  14. Are you registered to vote?
 
Yes
No
   
  15. Are you planning to vote in the November 2006 elections?
 
Yes
No
 
If no, why not?
  (Limit to 400 characters.)
 
   
  16. What is your ZIP code?
 
   
  17. We'd like to use your comments in our materials. Can we include your first name? If yes, please enter your name here:
 
   
 
 
18. (A) If you are or a member of your family or household is a union member, which union?
 
   
  Other Union:
   
(B) Check here if you are or a member of your family or household is a Working America member.
              
   
(C) If you are a member of an AFL-CIO constituency group, please check all that apply:
              
  A. Philip Randolph Institute
  Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
  Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
  Coalition of Labor Union Women
  Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
  Pride At Work
   
  To get the final report of the survey and to receive information on issues important to working women, please enter your e-mail address below.