General Social Survey, 2004

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WRKGOVT Respondent's employer   1) Government   2) Private   8) Don't know   9) No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Government	507	18.8%	18.8%	-1.18
Private	2167	80.3%	99.1%	.17
Don't know	16	.6%	99.7%	8.28
No answer	9	.3%	100%	9.63

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Political ideology Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Government	13.8% 76	17.8% 141	20.0% 189	25.2% 101	18.8% 507
Private	85.1% 470	81.2% 644	79.1% 747	74.3% 298	80.3% 2159
Don't know	0.9% 5	0.8% 6	0.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.6% 16
No answer	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	0.3% 3	0.5% 2	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 793	100.0% 944	100.0% 401	2690

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Government	18.3% 229	19.2% 278	18.8% 507
Private	80.6% 1009	80.0% 1158	80.3% 2167
Don't know	0.5% 6	0.7% 10	0.6% 16
No answer	0.6% 8	0.1% 1	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 1252	100.0% 1447	2699

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Government	10.4% 34	14.4% 197	21.3% 47	24.8% 124	37.9% 105	18.8% 507
Private	88.4% 290	84.4% 1158	78.3% 173	74.9% 375	61.7% 171	80.3% 2167
Don't know	1.2% 4	0.8% 11	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 16
No answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 6	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.3% 9
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
Government	18.8% 58	20.3% 96	18.7% 87	19.3% 241
Private	79.9% 246	78.5% 372	80.7% 376	79.6% 994
Don't know	1.3% 4	1.1% 5	0.2% 1	0.8% 10
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 308	100.0% 474	100.0% 466	1248

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Government	19.6% 280	21.8% 42	16.7% 68	15.2% 14	17.9% 103	18.8% 507
Private	79.7% 1142	77.7% 150	82.4% 336	82.6% 76	80.7% 463	80.3% 2167
Don't know	0.4% 6	0.5% 1	0.5% 2	1.1% 1	1.0% 6	0.6% 16
No answer	0.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	1.1% 1	0.3% 2	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 1432	100.0% 193	100.0% 408	100.0% 92	100.0% 574	2699

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Government	18.7% 403	22.3% 81	12.4% 23	18.8% 507
Private	80.3% 1727	77.4% 281	85.9% 159	80.3% 2167
Don't know	0.6% 13	0.3% 1	1.1% 2	0.6% 16
No answer	0.4% 8	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 2151	100.0% 363	100.0% 185	2699

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Government	18.8% 270	18.3% 114	22.6% 12	21.4% 82	14.9% 29	18.9% 507
Private	80.3% 1151	80.4% 502	77.4% 41	77.8% 298	84.0% 163	80.2% 2155
Don't know	0.6% 9	0.8% 5	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.5% 1	0.6% 16
No answer	0.2% 3	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.5% 1	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 1433	100.0% 624	100.0% 53	100.0% 383	100.0% 194	2687