General Social Survey, 2004

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WRKSLF (Are/Were) you self employed or (do/did) you 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	345	12.8%	12.8%	-2.21
Someone else	2351	87.1%	99.9%	.3
Don't know	2	.1%	100%	15.38
No answer	1	0%	100%	17.89

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Political ideology Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Self-employed	6.7% 37	11.7% 93	17.3% 163	12.5% 50	12.8% 343
Someone else	92.8% 512	88.3% 700	82.7% 781	87.5% 351	87.1% 2344
Don't know	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 793	100.0% 944	100.0% 401	2690

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Self-employed	16.3% 204	9.7% 141	12.8% 345
Someone else	83.6% 1047	90.1% 1304	87.1% 2351
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.1% 2
No answer	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 1252	100.0% 1447	2699

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Self-employed	10.1% 33	12.6% 173	10.4% 23	15.6% 78	13.7% 38	12.8% 345
Someone else	89.9% 295	87.2% 1196	89.6% 198	84.4% 423	86.3% 239	87.1% 2351
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 328	100.0% 1372	100.0% 221	100.0% 501	100.0% 277	2699

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Self-employed	12.3% 38	13.7% 65	13.5% 63	13.3% 166
Someone else	87.3% 269	86.1% 408	86.5% 403	86.5% 1080
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 308	100.0% 474	100.0% 466	1248

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Self-employed	14.7% 211	11.9% 23	14.0% 57	4.3% 4	8.7% 50	12.8% 345
Someone else	85.3% 1221	88.1% 170	85.8% 350	95.7% 88	90.9% 522	87.1% 2351
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 1432	100.0% 193	100.0% 408	100.0% 92	100.0% 574	2699

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Self-employed	14.0% 302	5.0% 18	13.5% 25	12.8% 345
Someone else	85.9% 1847	94.8% 344	86.5% 160	87.1% 2351
Don't know	0.0% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 2151	100.0% 363	100.0% 185	2699

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Self-employed	12.7% 182	11.2% 70	18.9% 10	13.3% 51	16.0% 31	12.8% 344
Someone else	87.2% 1250	88.6% 553	81.1% 43	86.4% 331	84.0% 163	87.1% 2340
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 1433	100.0% 624	100.0% 53	100.0% 383	100.0% 194	2687