General Social Survey, 2002

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WAYPAID In your main job, are you salaried, paid by the hour, or what?   1) Salaried   2) Paid by the hour   3) Other (Specify)   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Salaried	606	33.7%	33.7%	-.9
Paid by the hour	957	53.3%	87%	.16
Other (Specify)	214	11.9%	98.9%	1.21
Don't know	7	.4%	99.3%	6.47
No answer	12	.7%	100%	7.52

Variable Comparisons

Race Marital status Age Family income Political ideology Religion Education Sex

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	TOTAL
Salaried	36.2% 509	24.0% 63	34.3% 572
Paid by the hour	49.6% 698	69.2% 182	52.7% 880
Other (Specify)	13.3% 187	5.7% 15	12.1% 202
Don't know	0.4% 5	0.4% 1	0.4% 6
No answer	0.6% 8	0.8% 2	0.6% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 1407	100.0% 263	1670

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Salaried	37.0% 317	30.4% 17	33.4% 103	22.7% 15	30.2% 154	33.7% 606
Paid by the hour	48.7% 417	53.6% 30	52.9% 163	69.7% 46	59.0% 301	53.3% 957
Other (Specify)	13.1% 112	14.3% 8	13.0% 40	6.1% 4	9.8% 50	11.9% 214
Don't know	0.6% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 1	0.2% 1	0.4% 7
No answer	0.6% 5	1.8% 1	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 4	0.7% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 856	100.0% 56	100.0% 308	100.0% 66	100.0% 510	1796

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Salaried	26.0% 111	34.3% 222	40.3% 255	20.5% 18	33.7% 606
Paid by the hour	64.9% 277	53.9% 349	44.5% 282	55.7% 49	53.3% 957
Other (Specify)	8.2% 35	10.8% 70	14.5% 92	19.3% 17	11.9% 214
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	0.3% 2	2.3% 2	0.4% 7
No answer	0.7% 3	0.8% 5	0.3% 2	2.3% 2	0.7% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 427	100.0% 648	100.0% 633	100.0% 88	1796

Family income (I-FINCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K-19,999	$20K-24,999	$25K or over	TOTAL
Salaried	13.7% 13	10.8% 18	18.0% 20	39.9% 505	34.0% 556
Paid by the hour	73.7% 70	75.9% 126	70.3% 78	48.0% 607	53.8% 881
Other (Specify)	12.6% 12	12.0% 20	10.8% 12	11.5% 145	11.5% 189
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0.9% 1	0.5% 6	0.5% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 95	100.0% 166	100.0% 111	100.0% 1265	1637

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	Don't know	TOTAL
Salaried	36.3% 87	30.9% 108	35.3% 102	14.3% 3	33.3% 300
Paid by the hour	50.8% 122	59.1% 207	48.4% 140	57.1% 12	53.4% 481
Other (Specify)	12.1% 29	9.1% 32	15.2% 44	23.8% 5	12.2% 110
Don't know	0.4% 1	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	4.8% 1	0.6% 5
No answer	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 240	100.0% 350	100.0% 289	100.0% 21	900

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Salaried	33.2% 303	37.1% 164	53.6% 15	33.1% 89	24.8% 32	0.0% 0	33.8% 603
Paid by the hour	53.7% 491	53.4% 236	25.0% 7	52.4% 141	58.9% 76	50.0% 1	53.4% 952
Other (Specify)	12.5% 114	8.4% 37	21.4% 6	13.4% 36	14.7% 19	0.0% 0	11.9% 212
Don't know	0.2% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.8% 1	50.0% 1	0.4% 7
No answer	0.4% 4	0.9% 4	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 914	100.0% 442	100.0% 28	100.0% 269	100.0% 129	100.0% 2	1784

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Salaried	13.6% 24	23.2% 223	34.0% 54	57.0% 188	70.5% 117	33.8% 606
Paid by the hour	74.4% 131	65.2% 628	56.6% 90	26.1% 86	13.3% 22	53.3% 957
Other (Specify)	11.4% 20	10.6% 102	7.5% 12	16.1% 53	16.3% 27	11.9% 214
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 4	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
No answer	0.6% 1	0.6% 6	1.3% 2	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.7% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 963	100.0% 159	100.0% 330	100.0% 166	1794

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Salaried	33.3% 290	34.2% 316	33.7% 606
Paid by the hour	51.6% 450	54.9% 507	53.3% 957
Other (Specify)	14.6% 127	9.4% 87	11.9% 214
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.8% 7	0.4% 7
No answer	0.6% 5	0.8% 7	0.7% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 872	100.0% 924	1796