General Social Survey, 2006

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SPWRKSLF (Is/Was) (he/she) self-employed or (does/did) (he/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	236	11.5%	11.5%	-1.25
Someone else	1788	87.4%	99%	.06
Don't know	5	.2%	99.2%	7.9
No answer	16	.8%	100%	9.21

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
Self-employed	6.8% 13	10.8% 76	13.5% 92	13.3% 46	7.7% 9	11.6% 236
Someone else	92.1% 176	88.6% 622	85.3% 581	85.9% 298	92.3% 108	87.6% 1785
Don't know	0.5% 1	0.1% 1	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
No answer	0.5% 1	0.4% 3	0.7% 5	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.6% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 191	100.0% 702	100.0% 681	100.0% 347	100.0% 117	2038

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
Self-employed	10.9% 52	14.5% 37	11.5% 27	12.2% 37	12.0% 14	10.6% 69	11.6% 236
Someone else	87.8% 419	84.7% 216	87.2% 205	86.8% 263	88.0% 103	88.8% 577	87.5% 1783
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.2% 5
No answer	1.3% 6	0.4% 1	0.4% 1	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.6% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 477	100.0% 255	100.0% 235	100.0% 303	100.0% 117	100.0% 650	2037

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Self-employed	11.9% 30	11.8% 116	9.7% 17	11.7% 49	11.0% 24	11.5% 236
Someone else	86.6% 219	87.3% 855	88.6% 155	87.6% 366	88.1% 193	87.5% 1788
Don't know	0.4% 1	0.2% 2	0.6% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
No answer	1.2% 3	0.6% 6	1.1% 2	0.5% 2	0.9% 2	0.7% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 253	100.0% 979	100.0% 175	100.0% 418	100.0% 219	2044

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Self-employed	8.4% 76	14.1% 160	11.5% 236
Someone else	90.5% 822	85.0% 966	87.4% 1788
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.4% 4	0.2% 5
No answer	1.0% 9	0.6% 7	0.8% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 908	100.0% 1137	2045

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Self-employed	11.3% 126	11.9% 64	13.2% 5	12.2% 32	12.0% 9	11.6% 236
Someone else	87.9% 983	87.2% 470	84.2% 32	87.1% 229	86.7% 65	87.5% 1779
Don't know	0.3% 3	0.2% 1	2.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
No answer	0.5% 6	0.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	1.3% 1	0.6% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 1118	100.0% 539	100.0% 38	100.0% 263	100.0% 75	2033

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Self-employed	12.1% 37	9.9% 49	12.2% 97	11.7% 53	11.5% 236
Someone else	86.6% 265	89.2% 440	87.1% 691	86.5% 392	87.4% 1788
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.2% 1	0.2% 5
No answer	1.0% 3	0.8% 4	0.3% 2	1.5% 7	0.8% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 493	100.0% 793	100.0% 453	2045

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Self-employed	12.3% 200	5.4% 9	10.8% 27	11.5% 236
Someone else	86.9% 1415	91.6% 153	88.0% 220	87.4% 1788
Don't know	0.1% 2	1.2% 2	0.4% 1	0.2% 5
No answer	0.7% 11	1.8% 3	0.8% 2	0.8% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 1628	100.0% 167	100.0% 250	2045