General Social Survey, 2004

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UNEMP At any time during the last ten years, have you been unemployed and looking for work for as long as a month?   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	284	32.4%	32.4%	-1.24
No	590	67.4%	99.8%	.56
Don't know	2	.2%	100%	11.33

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Political ideology Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	46.5% 87	41.3% 105	27.1% 80	8.7% 12	32.5% 284
No	53.5% 100	58.7% 149	72.5% 214	90.6% 125	67.3% 588
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.7% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 187	100.0% 254	100.0% 295	100.0% 138	874

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	33.4% 139	31.5% 145	32.4% 284
No	66.3% 276	68.3% 314	67.4% 590
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 416	100.0% 460	876

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	30.5% 36	33.7% 152	37.7% 29	30.8% 45	26.5% 22	32.5% 284
No	69.5% 82	66.1% 298	62.3% 48	68.5% 100	73.5% 61	67.3% 589
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 118	100.0% 451	100.0% 77	100.0% 146	100.0% 83	875

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Yes	48.2% 95	29.1% 95	26.1% 86	32.4% 276
No	51.8% 102	70.9% 231	73.3% 241	67.4% 574
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 197	100.0% 326	100.0% 329	852

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Yes	25.6% 116	11.1% 7	35.3% 48	51.7% 15	50.5% 98	32.4% 284
No	74.2% 337	88.9% 56	64.0% 87	48.3% 14	49.5% 96	67.4% 590
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 454	100.0% 63	100.0% 136	100.0% 29	100.0% 194	876

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	31.8% 225	39.2% 38	29.6% 21	32.4% 284
No	67.9% 481	60.8% 59	70.4% 50	67.4% 590
Don't know	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 708	100.0% 97	100.0% 71	876

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	28.3% 133	30.5% 65	20.0% 2	46.6% 61	44.0% 22	32.4% 283
No	71.5% 336	69.0% 147	80.0% 8	53.4% 70	56.0% 28	67.4% 589
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 470	100.0% 213	100.0% 10	100.0% 131	100.0% 50	874