(Sponsored Content) -- When Uber driver David moved his father-in-law and his wife, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, closer to home, he had to take on the responsibility of handling numerous medical appointments. 

He soon found out that the 15-20 hours a week of helping out with his in-laws was taking a toll on his performance in a sales job.

“I needed something that provided flexibility of hours and days,” David told the Florida Business Daily. “Our daughter came up with the idea of, well, you know, you drive Uber, you can do that any day of the week and the hours of the day or night that you want. So, long story short, we gave it a shot and found out that I could work around their schedules and four and a half years later, here, I am still doing it."

A recent report by The Hamilton Project states that as the post-Great Recession market continues to recover, on-demand gig work benefits workers and the economy by supporting job growth and personal income while offering flexibility and low barriers to entry.

A "Freelancing in America: 2019" survey taken of 6,000 freelance gig workers in the country found that 39% of full-time freelance workers changed to gig work following some major life event. 

As of April 2021, Gallup estimated that the number of gig workers had risen to 36% of the U.S. workforce, consisting of about 59 million Americans. The same report estimates 29% of all U.S. workers are doing gig work as their primary job.