As they have for years, Americans still generally believe that those employed by the government don’t work as hard as those in the private sector but get more in return. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 67% of American Adults believe that private sector workers generally work harder than government employees. Only five percent (5%) believe public sector employees are the harder workers, but 28% are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on December 1-2, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
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The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on December 1-2, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.