General Social Survey, 2004

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EVWORK If retired, in school, keeping house, or other: Did you ever work for as long as one year?   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	734	86.7%	86.7%	-.39
No	113	13.3%	100%	2.55

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Political ideology Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	69.0% 98	85.8% 103	90.1% 210	91.7% 320	86.6% 731
No	31.0% 44	14.2% 17	9.9% 23	8.3% 29	13.4% 113
TOTAL	100.0% 142	100.0% 120	100.0% 233	100.0% 349	844

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	90.4% 263	84.7% 471	86.7% 734
No	9.6% 28	15.3% 85	13.3% 113
TOTAL	100.0% 291	100.0% 556	847

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	79.9% 143	86.2% 394	93.8% 45	94.2% 97	93.2% 55	86.8% 734
No	20.1% 36	13.8% 63	6.3% 3	5.8% 6	6.8% 4	13.2% 112
TOTAL	100.0% 179	100.0% 457	100.0% 48	100.0% 103	100.0% 59	846

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Yes	86.3% 69	85.0% 130	82.6% 128	84.3% 327
No	13.8% 11	15.0% 23	17.4% 27	15.7% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 153	100.0% 155	388

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Yes	88.9% 375	92.9% 143	93.0% 93	90.0% 27	68.1% 96	86.7% 734
No	11.1% 47	7.1% 11	7.0% 7	10.0% 3	31.9% 45	13.3% 113
TOTAL	100.0% 422	100.0% 154	100.0% 100	100.0% 30	100.0% 141	847

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	88.2% 622	85.7% 84	63.6% 28	86.7% 734
No	11.8% 83	14.3% 14	36.4% 16	13.3% 113
TOTAL	100.0% 705	100.0% 98	100.0% 44	847

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	89.9% 445	83.4% 161	87.5% 14	78.7% 74	80.4% 37	86.6% 731
No	10.1% 50	16.6% 32	12.5% 2	21.3% 20	19.6% 9	13.4% 113
TOTAL	100.0% 495	100.0% 193	100.0% 16	100.0% 94	100.0% 46	844