General Social Survey, 2006

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PAWRKSLF While you were growing up was your father self-employed or did he 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	641	26%	26%	-.93
Someone else	1789	72.7%	98.7%	.2
Don't know	11	.4%	99.2%	6.96
No answer	20	.8%	100%	8.08

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	21.8% 89	22.9% 164	24.6% 174	29.6% 124	43.8% 89	26.1% 640
Someone else	75.3% 308	75.5% 540	74.9% 530	70.2% 294	54.7% 111	72.7% 1783
Don't know	1.0% 4	0.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.5% 1	0.4% 11
No answer	2.0% 8	0.8% 6	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	0.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 409	100.0% 715	100.0% 708	100.0% 419	100.0% 203	2454

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	24.6% 176	23.7% 74	32.2% 89	24.7% 91	28.0% 37	26.6% 173	26.1% 640
Someone else	73.4% 524	75.3% 235	67.0% 185	74.2% 273	71.2% 94	72.3% 470	72.6% 1781
Don't know	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 5	0.4% 11
No answer	1.4% 10	1.0% 3	0.7% 2	0.5% 2	0.8% 1	0.3% 2	0.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 714	100.0% 312	100.0% 276	100.0% 368	100.0% 132	100.0% 650	2452

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Self-employed	29.9% 96	25.8% 313	22.9% 51	24.3% 112	28.2% 69	26.0% 641
Someone else	67.9% 218	73.0% 884	74.9% 167	74.6% 344	71.8% 176	72.7% 1789
Don't know	0.6% 2	0.5% 6	0.9% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 11
No answer	1.6% 5	0.7% 8	1.3% 3	0.9% 4	0.0% 0	0.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 321	100.0% 1211	100.0% 223	100.0% 461	100.0% 245	2461

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Self-employed	26.2% 287	25.9% 354	26.0% 641
Someone else	72.3% 792	73.0% 997	72.7% 1789
Don't know	0.4% 4	0.5% 7	0.4% 11
No answer	1.1% 12	0.6% 8	0.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 1095	100.0% 1366	2461

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Self-employed	24.8% 310	27.3% 176	54.3% 25	26.0% 101	19.7% 24	26.0% 636
Someone else	74.0% 923	71.9% 464	45.7% 21	71.7% 279	78.7% 96	72.8% 1783
Don't know	0.4% 5	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 4	0.8% 1	0.4% 11
No answer	0.8% 10	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	1.3% 5	0.8% 1	0.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 1248	100.0% 645	100.0% 46	100.0% 389	100.0% 122	2450

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Self-employed	26.1% 102	22.6% 130	26.8% 247	28.3% 162	26.0% 641
Someone else	73.9% 289	76.8% 441	71.5% 660	69.6% 399	72.7% 1789
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.7% 6	0.7% 4	0.4% 11
No answer	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	1.1% 10	1.4% 8	0.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 391	100.0% 574	100.0% 923	100.0% 573	2461

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Self-employed	26.8% 500	14.9% 39	30.9% 102	26.0% 641
Someone else	72.2% 1349	84.0% 220	66.7% 220	72.7% 1789
Don't know	0.5% 9	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.4% 11
No answer	0.6% 11	1.1% 3	1.8% 6	0.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 1869	100.0% 262	100.0% 330	2461