Toplines - Equal Pay - February 1-2, 2009
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Daily Snapshot
National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted February 1-2, 2009
By Rasmussen Reports
1* On a different topic, how closely have you followed news
stories about a new law giving workers more time to take pay discrimination
cases to court – very closely, somewhat closely, not very closely, not at all
closely?
10% Very closely
31% Somewhat closely
28% Not very closely
28% Not at all
3% Not sure
2* In the United States, do men and women generally receive equal pay for equal
work?
24% Yes
66% No
10% Not sure
3* Are differences in pay between men and women primarily due to
discrimination, different levels of experience, different levels of ability or
something else?
35% Discrimination
25% Different levels of experience
18% Different levels of ability
15% Something else
7% Not sure
4* Do you agree or disagree – “Equal pay is by no means just a women's issue,
it's a family issue”?
66% Agree
19% Disagree
15% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence