Saving up, covering gaps in income, flexible schedules top reasons current or recent gig platform workers cite for taking on these jobs in the past year

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November 30, 2021

2. How gig platform workers view their jobs

Saving up, covering gaps in income, flexible schedules top reasons current or recent gig platform workers cite for taking on these jobs in the past year

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2. How gig platform workers view their jobs
58% of current or recent gig workers say money earned via gig jobs has been essential or important for meeting their basic needs over past 12 months
Major reasons cited by current or recent gig platform workers for doing this work over past year vary by how financially reliant they are on these jobs
Gig platform workers more likely than those who have not done these jobs to say their financial situation has changed since the pandemic
A majority of people who have worked online gig jobs in the past year say companies have been fair with pay, assignments; but 46% say benefits are unfairPI_2021.12.08_gig-work_2-06
Non-White gig platform workers are more likely than those who are White to say they have felt unsafe, been sexually harassed while completing these jobs
Racial, ethnic differences among current or recent gig platform workers in concerns of getting COVID-19 while completing jobs over past year
Non-White gig platform workers are more likely than those who are White to say they have felt unsafe, been sexually harassed while completing these jobs
Racial, ethnic differences among current or recent gig platform workers in concerns of getting COVID-19 while completing jobs over past year

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