General Social Survey, 2004

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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	211	15%	15%	-1.19
Someone else	1182	84.1%	99.1%	.11
Don't know	1	.1%	99.1%	7.95
No answer	12	.9%	100%	9.25

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Political ideology Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Self-employed	9.9% 18	13.6% 63	17.4% 97	16.6% 33	15.0% 211
Someone else	87.9% 160	84.7% 392	82.6% 461	82.9% 165	84.0% 1178
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	2.2% 4	1.5% 7	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.9% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 463	100.0% 558	100.0% 199	1402

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Self-employed	11.7% 74	17.7% 137	15.0% 211
Someone else	87.5% 553	81.3% 629	84.1% 1182
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
No answer	0.8% 5	0.9% 7	0.9% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 632	100.0% 774	1406

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Self-employed	15.4% 20	16.3% 112	11.1% 12	13.9% 42	14.1% 25	15.0% 211
Someone else	83.1% 108	82.7% 568	87.0% 94	85.5% 259	85.9% 152	84.1% 1181
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	1.5% 2	1.0% 7	0.9% 1	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 130	100.0% 687	100.0% 108	100.0% 303	100.0% 177	1405

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Self-employed	16.5% 21	13.5% 31	14.3% 40	14.5% 92
Someone else	81.1% 103	86.5% 198	84.9% 237	84.7% 538
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
No answer	2.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.8% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 127	100.0% 229	100.0% 279	635

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Self-employed	15.0% 211	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	15.0% 211
Someone else	84.1% 1182	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	84.1% 1182
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.9% 12	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.9% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 1406	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	1406

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Self-employed	15.6% 184	6.6% 8	18.8% 19	15.0% 211
Someone else	83.7% 990	91.0% 111	80.2% 81	84.1% 1182
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.7% 8	2.5% 3	1.0% 1	0.9% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 1183	100.0% 122	100.0% 101	1406

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Self-employed	15.5% 119	13.0% 46	18.5% 5	13.9% 22	19.4% 18	15.0% 210
Someone else	83.8% 642	85.9% 304	81.5% 22	84.2% 133	79.6% 74	84.0% 1175
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.7% 5	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	1.9% 3	1.1% 1	0.9% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 766	100.0% 354	100.0% 27	100.0% 158	100.0% 93	1398