General Social Survey, 2002

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SPWRKSLF Spouse's employment status   1) Self-employed   2) Someone else   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Self-employed	172	14.1%	14.1%	-1.67
Someone else	1042	85.6%	99.7%	.23
Don't know	1	.1%	99.8%	11.61
No answer	3	.2%	100%	13.51

Variable Comparisons

Race Marital status Age Family income Political ideology Religion Education Sex

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	TOTAL
Self-employed	14.7% 151	12.6% 14	14.5% 165
Someone else	85.1% 875	86.5% 96	85.3% 971
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
No answer	0.2% 2	0.9% 1	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 1028	100.0% 111	1139

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Self-employed	14.1% 172	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	14.1% 172
Someone else	85.6% 1042	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	85.6% 1042
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.2% 3	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 1218	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	1218

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Self-employed	6.3% 10	12.7% 52	17.1% 79	16.5% 31	14.1% 172
Someone else	93.7% 148	86.8% 355	82.9% 384	82.4% 155	85.6% 1042
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.1% 1
No answer	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 158	100.0% 409	100.0% 463	100.0% 188	1218

Family income (I-FINCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K-19,999	$20K-24,999	$25K or over	TOTAL
Self-employed	16.0% 4	12.5% 8	10.7% 6	13.4% 127	13.2% 145
Someone else	84.0% 21	85.9% 55	89.3% 50	86.5% 822	86.6% 948
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 25	100.0% 64	100.0% 56	100.0% 950	1095

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	Don't know	TOTAL
Self-employed	10.4% 14	14.3% 30	15.9% 35	14.3% 1	14.0% 80
Someone else	89.6% 121	85.2% 179	83.6% 184	85.7% 6	85.7% 490
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
No answer	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 135	100.0% 210	100.0% 220	100.0% 7	572

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Self-employed	16.1% 109	12.2% 39	14.3% 3	11.5% 14	9.6% 7	0.00% 0	14.2% 172
Someone else	83.4% 563	87.8% 281	81.0% 17	88.5% 108	90.4% 66	0.00% 0	85.5% 1035
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	4.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 675	100.0% 320	100.0% 21	100.0% 122	100.0% 73	100.0% 0	1211

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Self-employed	13.3% 16	13.8% 88	18.2% 20	13.9% 31	13.5% 17	14.1% 172
Someone else	86.7% 104	85.9% 549	81.8% 90	85.7% 191	85.7% 108	85.6% 1042
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.8% 1	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 639	100.0% 110	100.0% 223	100.0% 126	1218

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Self-employed	11.3% 64	16.6% 108	14.1% 172
Someone else	88.5% 501	83.0% 541	85.6% 1042
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 566	100.0% 652	1218