General Social Survey, 2006

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SPEVWORK IF SPOUSE RETIRED, IN SCHOOL, KEEPING HOUSE, OR OTHER: Did (he/she ever work for as long as one year?   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	556	79.5%	79.5%	-.3
No	130	18.6%	98.1%	.6
Don't know	1	.1%	98.3%	5.97
No answer	12	1.7%	100%	6.87

Variable Comparisons

Age Church attendance Education Gender Religion Region Race

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Yes	48.9% 22	68.5% 98	76.9% 123	91.2% 206	88.3% 106	80.0% 555
No	51.1% 23	29.4% 42	20.6% 33	8.0% 18	11.7% 14	18.7% 130
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.0% 0	2.1% 3	1.9% 3	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	1.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 45	100.0% 143	100.0% 160	100.0% 226	100.0% 120	694

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Less than once a year	About once or twice a year	Several times a year	1-3 times a month	Nearly every week	Weekly or more	TOTAL
Yes	78.2% 140	76.8% 53	76.3% 45	67.0% 63	84.8% 39	86.2% 213	79.7% 553
No	19.0% 34	21.7% 15	22.0% 13	30.9% 29	15.2% 7	13.0% 32	18.7% 130
Don't know	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	2.2% 4	1.4% 1	1.7% 1	2.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	1.4% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 179	100.0% 69	100.0% 59	100.0% 94	100.0% 46	100.0% 247	694

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	64.1% 84	80.7% 272	85.4% 35	84.6% 99	91.7% 66	79.7% 556
No	33.6% 44	17.2% 58	14.6% 6	13.7% 16	8.3% 6	18.6% 130
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	2.3% 3	1.8% 6	0.0% 0	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	1.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 131	100.0% 337	100.0% 41	100.0% 117	100.0% 72	698

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	72.1% 316	92.0% 240	79.5% 556
No	26.0% 114	6.1% 16	18.6% 130
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	1.6% 7	1.9% 5	1.7% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 438	100.0% 261	699

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	86.3% 333	70.6% 120	83.3% 10	79.5% 70	50.0% 18	79.6% 551
No	12.4% 48	28.2% 48	16.7% 2	18.2% 16	44.4% 16	18.8% 130
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.8% 1	0.1% 1
No answer	1.3% 5	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	2.3% 2	2.8% 1	1.4% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 386	100.0% 170	100.0% 12	100.0% 88	100.0% 36	692

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes	79.2% 80	80.5% 132	81.2% 212	76.3% 132	79.5% 556
No	17.8% 18	18.3% 30	18.4% 48	19.7% 34	18.6% 130
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.1% 1
No answer	3.0% 3	1.2% 2	0.4% 1	3.5% 6	1.7% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 101	100.0% 164	100.0% 261	100.0% 173	699

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	85.8% 483	82.2% 37	39.6% 36	79.5% 556
No	12.6% 71	13.3% 6	58.2% 53	18.6% 130
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	1.4% 8	4.4% 2	2.2% 2	1.7% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 563	100.0% 45	100.0% 91	699