General Social Survey, 2004

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SATJOB On the whole, how satisfied are you with the work you do -- would you say you are very satisfied, moderately satisfied, a little dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied?   1) Very satisfied   2) Moderately satisfied   3) A little satisfied   4) Very dissatisfied   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very satisfied	702	48.9%	48.9%	-.62
Moderately satisfied	507	35.3%	84.1%	.09
A little satisfied	125	8.7%	92.8%	.81
Very dissatisfied	63	4.4%	97.2%	1.52
Don't know	16	1.1%	98.3%	4.38
No answer	24	1.7%	100%	5.1

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Political ideology Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very satisfied	41.9% 134	47.9% 245	52.1% 268	62.8% 54	49.0% 701
Moderately satisfied	38.4% 123	37.7% 193	32.7% 168	25.6% 22	35.3% 506
A little satisfied	9.7% 31	8.8% 45	8.6% 44	3.5% 3	8.6% 123
Very dissatisfied	6.9% 22	3.9% 20	3.7% 19	2.3% 2	4.4% 63
Don't know	0.9% 3	0.8% 4	0.8% 4	4.7% 4	1.0% 15
No answer	2.2% 7	1.0% 5	2.1% 11	1.2% 1	1.7% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 320	100.0% 512	100.0% 514	100.0% 86	1432

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very satisfied	46.9% 309	50.5% 393	48.9% 702
Moderately satisfied	38.5% 254	32.5% 253	35.3% 507
A little satisfied	8.8% 58	8.6% 67	8.7% 125
Very dissatisfied	4.1% 27	4.6% 36	4.4% 63
Don't know	0.3% 2	1.8% 14	1.1% 16
No answer	1.4% 9	1.9% 15	1.7% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 778	1437

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Very satisfied	39.4% 63	47.0% 342	47.2% 60	53.6% 140	60.2% 97	48.9% 702
Moderately satisfied	36.9% 59	35.6% 259	37.0% 47	34.5% 90	31.7% 51	35.2% 506
A little satisfied	12.5% 20	9.5% 69	7.9% 10	6.1% 16	6.2% 10	8.7% 125
Very dissatisfied	6.3% 10	4.8% 35	5.5% 7	3.4% 9	1.2% 2	4.4% 63
Don't know	2.5% 4	1.1% 8	1.6% 2	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	1.1% 16
No answer	2.5% 4	1.9% 14	0.8% 1	1.5% 4	0.6% 1	1.7% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 727	100.0% 127	100.0% 261	100.0% 161	1436

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Very satisfied	46.4% 122	42.9% 165	53.5% 204	47.7% 491
Moderately satisfied	33.5% 88	39.7% 153	33.3% 127	35.8% 368
A little satisfied	10.3% 27	9.6% 37	6.3% 24	8.6% 88
Very dissatisfied	7.2% 19	4.9% 19	3.1% 12	4.9% 50
Don't know	0.8% 2	1.0% 4	1.8% 7	1.3% 13
No answer	1.9% 5	1.8% 7	1.8% 7	1.8% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 263	100.0% 385	100.0% 381	1029

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Very satisfied	52.9% 413	60.4% 32	47.5% 104	37.5% 18	40.2% 135	48.9% 702
Moderately satisfied	34.3% 268	24.5% 13	32.4% 71	39.6% 19	40.5% 136	35.3% 507
A little satisfied	7.3% 57	3.8% 2	12.3% 27	12.5% 6	9.8% 33	8.7% 125
Very dissatisfied	3.2% 25	3.8% 2	5.0% 11	4.2% 2	6.8% 23	4.4% 63
Don't know	1.0% 8	5.7% 3	1.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	1.1% 16
No answer	1.3% 10	1.9% 1	1.4% 3	6.3% 3	2.1% 7	1.7% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 781	100.0% 53	100.0% 219	100.0% 48	100.0% 336	1437

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very satisfied	51.6% 581	38.2% 73	40.3% 48	48.9% 702
Moderately satisfied	34.1% 384	40.3% 77	38.7% 46	35.3% 507
A little satisfied	8.1% 91	11.0% 21	10.9% 13	8.7% 125
Very dissatisfied	3.7% 42	7.3% 14	5.9% 7	4.4% 63
Don't know	1.2% 13	0.5% 1	1.7% 2	1.1% 16
No answer	1.4% 16	2.6% 5	2.5% 3	1.7% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 1127	100.0% 191	100.0% 119	1437

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Very satisfied	51.9% 385	48.5% 161	40.0% 8	45.2% 100	40.0% 46	49.0% 700
Moderately satisfied	33.7% 250	38.9% 129	50.0% 10	29.9% 66	42.6% 49	35.2% 504
A little satisfied	8.8% 65	6.3% 21	5.0% 1	13.1% 29	7.0% 8	8.7% 124
Very dissatisfied	3.6% 27	3.9% 13	0.0% 0	6.8% 15	7.0% 8	4.4% 63
Don't know	0.5% 4	1.8% 6	0.0% 0	1.8% 4	0.9% 1	1.0% 15
No answer	1.5% 11	0.6% 2	5.0% 1	3.2% 7	2.6% 3	1.7% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 742	100.0% 332	100.0% 20	100.0% 221	100.0% 115	1430