General Social Survey, 2004

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PAWRKSLF Father's employment status: While you were growing up was your father self-employed or did he 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	561	24.4%	24.4%	-.88
Someone else	1698	73.9%	98.3%	.13
Don't know	15	.7%	99%	6.21
No answer	24	1%	100%	7.23

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Political ideology Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Self-employed	22.8% 107	19.8% 129	25.3% 204	33.3% 121	24.5% 561
Someone else	75.1% 353	78.6% 512	73.1% 590	65.3% 237	73.9% 1692
Don't know	1.1% 5	0.9% 6	0.2% 2	0.6% 2	0.7% 15
No answer	1.1% 5	0.6% 4	1.4% 11	0.8% 3	1.0% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 470	100.0% 651	100.0% 807	100.0% 363	2291

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Self-employed	25.3% 268	23.7% 293	24.4% 561
Someone else	72.9% 773	74.8% 925	73.9% 1698
Don't know	0.7% 7	0.6% 8	0.7% 15
No answer	1.2% 13	0.9% 11	1.0% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 1061	100.0% 1237	2298

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Self-employed	23.3% 64	24.5% 280	24.3% 45	24.1% 107	26.0% 65	24.4% 561
Someone else	74.2% 204	73.5% 840	74.1% 137	75.5% 335	72.4% 181	73.9% 1697
Don't know	1.5% 4	0.6% 7	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.7% 15
No answer	1.1% 3	1.4% 16	0.5% 1	0.5% 2	0.8% 2	1.0% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 275	100.0% 1143	100.0% 185	100.0% 444	100.0% 250	2297

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Self-employed	21.7% 55	22.5% 89	25.9% 107	23.7% 251
Someone else	77.1% 195	75.4% 298	71.9% 297	74.5% 790
Don't know	0.8% 2	0.8% 3	1.0% 4	0.8% 9
No answer	0.4% 1	1.3% 5	1.2% 5	1.0% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 253	100.0% 395	100.0% 413	1061

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Self-employed	25.8% 325	27.8% 47	23.5% 76	19.5% 15	21.0% 98	24.4% 561
Someone else	72.5% 915	69.8% 118	75.3% 244	79.2% 61	77.3% 360	73.9% 1698
Don't know	0.8% 10	0.6% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0.7% 15
No answer	1.0% 12	1.8% 3	0.9% 3	1.3% 1	1.1% 5	1.0% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 1262	100.0% 169	100.0% 324	100.0% 77	100.0% 466	2298

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Self-employed	25.5% 478	16.5% 42	24.1% 41	24.4% 561
Someone else	72.7% 1362	81.9% 208	75.3% 128	73.9% 1698
Don't know	0.7% 14	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 15
No answer	1.1% 20	1.2% 3	0.6% 1	1.0% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 1874	100.0% 254	100.0% 170	2298

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Self-employed	23.6% 287	24.6% 139	39.1% 18	23.8% 72	26.4% 43	24.4% 559
Someone else	74.3% 902	74.5% 420	60.9% 28	74.5% 225	71.2% 116	73.9% 1691
Don't know	0.8% 10	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 15
No answer	1.2% 15	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	2.5% 4	1.0% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 1214	100.0% 564	100.0% 46	100.0% 302	100.0% 163	2289