General Social Survey, 2004

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MAWRKSLF Was respondent's mother self-employed or did she 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	203	11.7%	11.7%	-1.75
Someone else	1526	87.9%	99.6%	.18
Don't know	5	.3%	99.9%	11.76
No answer	2	.1%	100%	13.69

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Political ideology Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Self-employed	11.1% 49	10.2% 58	12.5% 67	15.8% 29	11.7% 203
Someone else	88.9% 393	89.6% 511	86.6% 464	83.6% 153	87.9% 1521
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 4	0.5% 1	0.3% 5
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 442	100.0% 570	100.0% 536	100.0% 183	1731

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Self-employed	12.2% 95	11.3% 108	11.7% 203
Someone else	87.3% 680	88.4% 846	87.9% 1526
Don't know	0.5% 4	0.1% 1	0.3% 5
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 779	100.0% 957	1736

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Self-employed	13.4% 24	10.1% 89	17.5% 28	11.2% 38	13.8% 24	11.7% 203
Someone else	86.0% 154	89.6% 791	82.5% 132	88.2% 300	85.6% 149	87.9% 1526
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.6% 1	0.3% 5
No answer	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 179	100.0% 883	100.0% 160	100.0% 340	100.0% 174	1736

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Self-employed	12.8% 29	9.1% 27	10.6% 31	10.7% 87
Someone else	86.8% 197	90.2% 267	88.7% 260	88.7% 724
Don't know	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.4% 3
No answer	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 227	100.0% 296	100.0% 293	816

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Self-employed	10.5% 92	20.9% 19	12.5% 34	15.8% 9	11.1% 49	11.7% 203
Someone else	89.2% 779	79.1% 72	87.1% 237	82.5% 47	88.3% 391	87.9% 1526
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1.8% 1	0.5% 2	0.3% 5
No answer	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 873	100.0% 91	100.0% 272	100.0% 57	100.0% 443	1736

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Self-employed	11.8% 161	11.3% 30	12.0% 12	11.7% 203
Someone else	87.9% 1204	88.0% 234	88.0% 88	87.9% 1526
Don't know	0.3% 4	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
No answer	0.1% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 1370	100.0% 266	100.0% 100	1736

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Self-employed	13.0% 122	10.0% 38	18.8% 6	9.4% 24	9.8% 12	11.7% 202
Someone else	86.5% 809	89.8% 342	81.3% 26	90.2% 231	89.4% 110	87.9% 1518
Don't know	0.2% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.8% 1	0.3% 5
No answer	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 935	100.0% 381	100.0% 32	100.0% 256	100.0% 123	1727