Prior to partnering with Uber, six percent of drivers were students, four percent were retired, and three percent were stay-at-home parents. Among those working prior to partnering with Uber, 81 percent reported that they had a permanent job that would be there until they left, were laid off, or were fired, and many appear to have continued in those jobs after partnering with Uber.14 Uber's driver-partners worked in a wide range of jobs prior to partnering with Uber. Nearly 20 percent of drivers had worked in Transportation Services in their previous job, and 28 percent had worked as a driver at some point in their career, but no other industry accounted for more than 10 percent of drivers in their previous job. Just over one-third (36 percent) of driver-partners in 2014 were not actively looking for a new job prior to driving on the Uber platform. Only 25 percent were actively looking for a full-time job, another 25 percent were looking for a part-time job, and 10 percent were looking for either a part- or full-time job (Q8). Of those driver-partners actively looking for a job prior to partnering with Uber, 24 percent had been doing so for less than a month, 52 percent for one to six months, and 24 percent for more than six months (Q9). The fact that over one-third of driver-partners joined the Uber platform without actively searching for a job suggests that Uber provided a new alternative that enticed many people to engage in a work activity who might not have otherwise. Driving on the Uber Platform In 2014, drivers were split almost evenly among those who reported having no other job in addition to partnering with Uber (38 percent), those who had a part-time job in addition to partnering with Uber (30 percent), and those who had a full-time job in addition to partnering with Uber (31 percent). The 2015 survey found that a much larger share of those who had a job in addition to driving with the Uber platform had a full-time job as opposed to a part-time job. In 2015, 52 percent of driver-partners worked full-time on another job, 14 percent of driver-partners had a part-time job apart from partnering with Uber, and 33 percent of driver-partners had no other job. Not surprisingly, the administrative data indicate that, on average, those who do not have another job work the most hours per week with the Uber platform, while those who have another full-time job worked the least hours per week with the Uber platform. For example, one-third of driver-partners who reported having no other job in 2014 worked more than 35 hours per week on the Uber app since starting to work with Uber, compared with 13 percent of 14 Among those who were working at a full-time job prior to partnering with Uber, 93 percent said their job was permanent. 10