General Social Survey, 2002

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EVWORK If retired, in school, keeping house, or other: Did you ever work for as long as one year?   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	757	89.3%	89.3%	-.27
No	89	10.5%	99.8%	1.94
Don't know	2	.2%	100%	15.15

Variable Comparisons

Race Marital status Age Family income Political ideology Religion Education Sex

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	TOTAL
Yes	90.0% 623	87.5% 98	89.7% 721
No	10.0% 69	12.5% 14	10.3% 83
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 692	100.0% 112	804

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Yes	93.9% 352	88.9% 168	90.0% 99	93.1% 27	76.6% 111	89.3% 757
No	6.1% 23	11.1% 21	9.1% 10	6.9% 2	22.8% 33	10.5% 89
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 375	100.0% 189	100.0% 110	100.0% 29	100.0% 145	848

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	69.8% 88	86.5% 90	94.3% 197	93.4% 382	89.3% 757
No	29.4% 37	12.5% 13	5.7% 12	6.6% 27	10.5% 89
Don't know	0.8% 1	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 126	100.0% 104	100.0% 209	100.0% 409	848

Family income (I-FINCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K-19,999	$20K-24,999	$25K or over	TOTAL
Yes	84.0% 137	88.6% 132	88.7% 55	93.9% 324	90.1% 648
No	16.0% 26	11.4% 17	11.3% 7	6.1% 21	9.9% 71
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 163	100.0% 149	100.0% 62	100.0% 345	719

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	Don't know	TOTAL
Yes	90.0% 81	86.4% 133	92.7% 140	72.7% 8	89.2% 362
No	10.0% 9	13.6% 21	7.3% 11	27.3% 3	10.8% 44
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 90	100.0% 154	100.0% 151	100.0% 11	406

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Yes	89.3% 435	93.2% 191	89.5% 17	80.7% 71	91.3% 42	0.0% 0	89.4% 756
No	10.7% 52	6.8% 14	10.5% 2	19.3% 17	8.7% 4	0.0% 0	10.5% 89
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 487	100.0% 205	100.0% 19	100.0% 88	100.0% 46	100.0% 1	846

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	86.2% 168	87.4% 401	94.6% 35	98.0% 100	98.1% 52	89.4% 756
No	13.3% 26	12.6% 58	5.4% 2	2.0% 2	1.9% 1	10.5% 89
Don't know	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 195	100.0% 459	100.0% 37	100.0% 102	100.0% 53	846

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	91.6% 273	88.0% 484	89.3% 757
No	8.1% 24	11.8% 65	10.5% 89
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 298	100.0% 550	848