General Social Survey, 2002

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WRKSLF (Are/Were) you self employed or (do/did) you work for someone else?   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	307	11.5%	11.5%	-2.11
Someone else	2362	88.3%	99.8%	.24
Don't know	3	.1%	99.9%	14.33
No answer	2	.1%	100%	16.67

Variable Comparisons

Race Marital status Age Family income Political ideology Religion Education Sex

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	TOTAL
Self-employed	12.4% 262	7.0% 27	11.6% 289
Someone else	87.3% 1839	93.0% 361	88.2% 2200
Don't know	0.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
No answer	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 2106	100.0% 388	2494

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Self-employed	13.1% 163	12.4% 28	14.1% 61	12.8% 12	6.4% 43	11.5% 307
Someone else	86.8% 1081	87.2% 197	85.7% 372	87.2% 82	93.5% 630	88.3% 2362
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 3
No answer	0.1% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 1246	100.0% 226	100.0% 434	100.0% 94	100.0% 674	2674

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Self-employed	4.7% 26	10.7% 84	15.2% 131	13.9% 66	11.5% 307
Someone else	95.3% 527	89.3% 699	84.6% 731	85.4% 405	88.3% 2362
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.2% 1	0.1% 3
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 553	100.0% 783	100.0% 864	100.0% 474	2674

Family income (I-FINCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K-19,999	$20K-24,999	$25K or over	TOTAL
Self-employed	10.0% 25	8.7% 29	8.0% 14	12.3% 201	11.2% 269
Someone else	89.2% 224	91.3% 304	92.0% 162	87.6% 1430	88.6% 2120
Don't know	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.1% 3
No answer	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 251	100.0% 333	100.0% 176	100.0% 1633	2393

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	Don't know	TOTAL
Self-employed	10.3% 35	10.8% 54	12.2% 55	15.2% 5	11.3% 149
Someone else	89.4% 304	89.0% 446	87.5% 393	84.8% 28	88.5% 1171
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 340	100.0% 501	100.0% 449	100.0% 33	1323

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Self-employed	12.6% 178	7.9% 52	15.2% 7	12.4% 45	13.2% 24	0.0% 0	11.5% 306
Someone else	87.2% 1228	92.0% 606	82.6% 38	87.6% 317	86.3% 157	100.0% 3	88.3% 2349
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
No answer	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 1408	100.0% 659	100.0% 46	100.0% 362	100.0% 182	100.0% 3	2660

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Self-employed	13.1% 49	10.1% 144	9.5% 19	13.4% 59	15.7% 36	11.5% 307
Someone else	86.6% 323	89.9% 1283	89.5% 179	86.6% 382	83.4% 191	88.3% 2358
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.1% 3
No answer	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 373	100.0% 1427	100.0% 200	100.0% 441	100.0% 229	2670

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Self-employed	13.0% 156	10.3% 151	11.5% 307
Someone else	86.9% 1046	89.5% 1316	88.3% 2362
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.1% 2	0.1% 3
No answer	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 1203	100.0% 1471	2674