Register.UK: The Pew 'gig economy' study is here, and it's grim. November 17, 2016 Garret Vreeland This suggests that, in fact, more people are relying on gig work such as driving for Uber/Lyft or working for delivery services as part or all of their main household income and not the "side-work" the app services have asserted they are. The findings are also noteworthy given the aversion many gig service owners have shown to providing their work forces with the rights, protections, and benefits commonly afforded to employees, arguing that the drivers are contract workers operating on their own time. On the plus side, the study found that 55 per cent of gig workers are women, making it perhaps the only part of the tech industry not dominated by men.