ABC News Beliefnet Poll, 2001

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WORK Work Status   1) Employed part time   2) Employed full time   3) Unemployed   4) Laid off   5) Retired   6) Full-time homemaker   7) Student   8) Unemployed due to disability

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Employed part time	124	12.2%	12.2%	-1.11
Employed full time	539	53.2%	65.4%	-.56
Unemployed	23	2.3%	67.7%	-.01
Laid off	3	.3%	68%	.53
Retired	249	24.6%	92.6%	1.08
Full-time homemaker	25	2.5%	95.1%	1.63
Student	14	1.4%	96.4%	2.17
Unemployed due to disability	36	3.6%	100%	2.72

Variable Comparisons

Race Education Household income Marital status Region Age Gender Political party Religious preference

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Employed part time	10.6% 84	14.3% 13	21.3% 10	27.3% 3	18.8% 9	12.0% 119
Employed full time	53.3% 424	57.1% 52	59.6% 28	63.6% 7	45.8% 22	53.7% 533
Unemployed	2.0% 16	1.1% 1	2.1% 1	9.1% 1	4.2% 2	2.1% 21
Laid off	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	0.3% 3
Retired	27.0% 215	16.5% 15	10.6% 5	0.0% 0	18.8% 9	24.6% 244
Full-time homemaker	2.8% 22	1.1% 1	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	2.5% 25
Student	1.4% 11	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 13
Unemployed due to disability	2.6% 21	7.7% 7	4.3% 2	0.0% 0	8.3% 4	3.4% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 795	100.0% 91	100.0% 47	100.0% 11	100.0% 48	992

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	Grad HS	Some coll	Grad coll	Postgrad	TOTAL
Employed part time	9.6% 8	14.4% 42	12.8% 36	11.0% 27	10.1% 11	12.3% 124
Employed full time	39.8% 33	44.5% 130	52.5% 148	64.2% 158	64.2% 70	53.3% 539
Unemployed	1.2% 1	5.1% 15	1.1% 3	1.2% 3	0.9% 1	2.3% 23
Laid off	1.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
Retired	33.7% 28	27.1% 79	24.1% 68	20.3% 50	21.1% 23	24.5% 248
Full-time homemaker	2.4% 2	3.1% 9	2.8% 8	2.0% 5	0.9% 1	2.5% 25
Student	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	3.5% 10	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	1.4% 14
Unemployed due to disability	12.0% 10	4.5% 13	2.8% 8	1.2% 3	1.8% 2	3.6% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 83	100.0% 292	100.0% 282	100.0% 246	100.0% 109	1012

Household income (I-INCOME1)

	Under $25,000	$25,000 or more	Don't know	TOTAL
Employed part time	13.5% 28	11.9% 87	20.0% 2	12.3% 117
Employed full time	30.3% 63	61.3% 450	30.0% 3	54.2% 516
Unemployed	3.4% 7	2.2% 16	0.0% 0	2.4% 23
Laid off	1.0% 2	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
Retired	38.0% 79	18.9% 139	40.0% 4	23.3% 222
Full-time homemaker	2.9% 6	2.5% 18	0.0% 0	2.5% 24
Student	1.9% 4	1.1% 8	0.0% 0	1.3% 12
Unemployed due to disability	9.1% 19	2.0% 15	10.0% 1	3.7% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 208	100.0% 734	100.0% 10	952

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Separated	Divorced	Widowed	Never married	TOTAL
Employed part time	12.6% 60	22.2% 6	6.3% 10	7.4% 9	17.3% 39	12.3% 124
Employed full time	54.6% 260	70.4% 19	58.8% 94	19.0% 23	62.4% 141	53.2% 537
Unemployed	1.9% 9	0.0% 0	3.8% 6	0.8% 1	3.1% 7	2.3% 23
Laid off	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	0.3% 3
Retired	23.7% 113	7.4% 2	20.0% 32	67.8% 82	8.4% 19	24.6% 248
Full-time homemaker	4.4% 21	0.0% 0	1.3% 2	0.8% 1	0.4% 1	2.5% 25
Student	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	4.4% 10	1.4% 14
Unemployed due to disability	2.3% 11	0.0% 0	8.1% 13	4.1% 5	3.1% 7	3.6% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 476	100.0% 27	100.0% 160	100.0% 121	100.0% 226	1010

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Employed part time	14.9% 29	8.5% 20	11.7% 42	14.8% 33	12.2% 124
Employed full time	57.7% 112	53.4% 126	52.2% 188	50.7% 113	53.2% 539
Unemployed	2.1% 4	2.1% 5	2.2% 8	2.7% 6	2.3% 23
Laid off	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.3% 3
Retired	17.5% 34	30.5% 72	25.0% 90	23.8% 53	24.6% 249
Full-time homemaker	2.1% 4	1.7% 4	2.5% 9	3.6% 8	2.5% 25
Student	1.0% 2	0.4% 1	2.2% 8	1.3% 3	1.4% 14
Unemployed due to disability	4.1% 8	3.4% 8	3.9% 14	2.7% 6	3.6% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 236	100.0% 360	100.0% 223	1013

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-45	46-64	65+	TOTAL
Employed part time	22.1% 46	10.4% 27	9.3% 31	7.8% 15	12.0% 119
Employed full time	63.9% 133	79.2% 205	56.6% 189	4.1% 8	53.8% 535
Unemployed	2.9% 6	3.1% 8	2.7% 9	0.0% 0	2.3% 23
Laid off	1.0% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
Retired	0.5% 1	0.8% 2	21.3% 71	86.5% 167	24.2% 241
Full-time homemaker	2.9% 6	3.5% 9	2.1% 7	1.0% 2	2.4% 24
Student	5.8% 12	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 14
Unemployed due to disability	1.0% 2	1.9% 5	8.1% 27	0.5% 1	3.5% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 208	100.0% 259	100.0% 334	100.0% 193	994

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Employed part time	11.6% 58	12.9% 66	12.2% 124
Employed full time	62.2% 311	44.4% 228	53.2% 539
Unemployed	1.2% 6	3.3% 17	2.3% 23
Laid off	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	0.3% 3
Retired	20.0% 100	29.0% 149	24.6% 249
Full-time homemaker	0.2% 1	4.7% 24	2.5% 25
Student	1.4% 7	1.4% 7	1.4% 14
Unemployed due to disability	3.0% 15	4.1% 21	3.6% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 500	100.0% 513	1013

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	A Democrat	A Republican	An Independent	Or what?	TOTAL
Employed part time	13.5% 48	10.2% 28	12.5% 37	11.6% 8	12.2% 121
Employed full time	51.0% 181	53.5% 147	57.4% 170	50.7% 35	53.6% 533
Unemployed	1.4% 5	1.1% 3	3.7% 11	5.8% 4	2.3% 23
Laid off	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
Retired	26.8% 95	26.9% 74	18.9% 56	26.1% 18	24.4% 243
Full-time homemaker	1.4% 5	3.3% 9	2.4% 7	4.3% 3	2.4% 24
Student	1.4% 5	2.2% 6	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 12
Unemployed due to disability	4.5% 16	2.2% 6	4.4% 13	1.4% 1	3.6% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 355	100.0% 275	100.0% 296	100.0% 69	995

Religious preference (I-RELGROUP)

	Protestant	Catholic	Other Christian	Non-Christian	None	TOTAL
Employed part time	10.1% 52	9.8% 21	25.7% 18	21.7% 10	14.6% 19	12.3% 120
Employed full time	50.9% 263	58.1% 125	48.6% 34	52.2% 24	54.6% 71	52.9% 517
Unemployed	1.7% 9	2.8% 6	2.9% 2	2.2% 1	3.8% 5	2.4% 23
Laid off	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
Retired	28.8% 149	22.3% 48	12.9% 9	15.2% 7	23.1% 30	24.8% 243
Full-time homemaker	2.5% 13	1.9% 4	2.9% 2	4.3% 2	2.3% 3	2.5% 24
Student	1.5% 8	1.4% 3	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	0.8% 1	1.3% 13
Unemployed due to disability	3.9% 20	3.7% 8	7.1% 5	2.2% 1	0.8% 1	3.6% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 517	100.0% 215	100.0% 70	100.0% 46	100.0% 130	978