General Social Survey, 2002

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SPEVWORK If spouse retired, in school, keeping house, or other: Did (he/she) ever work for as long as one year?   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	307	85.3%	85.3%	-.26
No	49	13.6%	98.9%	.92
Don't know	2	.6%	99.4%	8.01
No answer	2	.6%	100%	9.19

Variable Comparisons

Race Marital status Age Family income Political ideology Religion Education Sex

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	TOTAL
Yes	86.7% 267	84.8% 28	86.5% 295
No	12.3% 38	12.1% 4	12.3% 42
Don't know	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
No answer	0.3% 1	3.0% 1	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 308	100.0% 33	341

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Yes	85.3% 307	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	85.3% 307
No	13.6% 49	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	13.6% 49
Don't know	0.6% 2	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.6% 2
No answer	0.6% 2	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 360	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	360

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	73.9% 17	82.3% 51	84.8% 95	88.3% 144	85.3% 307
No	26.1% 6	12.9% 8	14.3% 16	11.7% 19	13.6% 49
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	3.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 62	100.0% 112	100.0% 163	360

Family income (I-FINCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K-19,999	$20K-24,999	$25K or over	TOTAL
Yes	64.7% 11	78.9% 30	88.9% 24	86.9% 193	84.9% 258
No	29.4% 5	21.1% 8	7.4% 2	12.6% 28	14.1% 43
Don't know	5.9% 1	0.0% 0	3.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 17	100.0% 38	100.0% 27	100.0% 222	304

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	Don't know	TOTAL
Yes	90.2% 37	73.1% 49	86.3% 63	66.7% 2	82.1% 151
No	9.8% 4	25.4% 17	9.6% 7	33.3% 1	15.8% 29
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 2	0.0% 0	1.1% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	1.5% 1	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 41	100.0% 67	100.0% 73	100.0% 3	184

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Yes	86.4% 204	83.6% 56	100.0% 6	89.3% 25	66.7% 14	0.00% 0	85.2% 305
No	12.3% 29	16.4% 11	0.0% 0	10.7% 3	28.6% 6	0.00% 0	13.7% 49
Don't know	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.8% 1	0.00% 0	0.6% 2
No answer	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 236	100.0% 67	100.0% 6	100.0% 28	100.0% 21	100.0% 0	358

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	68.2% 45	87.5% 154	86.4% 19	91.7% 55	94.4% 34	85.3% 307
No	28.8% 19	11.9% 21	13.6% 3	6.7% 4	5.6% 2	13.6% 49
Don't know	3.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 176	100.0% 22	100.0% 60	100.0% 36	360

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	80.2% 190	95.1% 117	85.3% 307
No	19.0% 45	3.3% 4	13.6% 49
Don't know	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 123	360