General Social Survey, 2006

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MAWRKSLF While you were growing up was your mother 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	206	11%	11%	-1.04
Someone else	1635	87.3%	98.3%	-.01
Don't know	2	.1%	98.4%	6.2
No answer	30	1.6%	100%	7.24

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	6.5% 26	11.9% 75	8.7% 44	14.1% 35	30.6% 26	11.0% 206
Someone else	91.5% 365	87.0% 549	89.1% 449	84.3% 210	67.1% 57	87.3% 1630
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	1.8% 7	1.0% 6	2.2% 11	1.6% 4	2.4% 2	1.6% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 631	100.0% 504	100.0% 249	100.0% 85	1868

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	11.0% 62	8.4% 20	10.7% 21	10.8% 31	17.3% 17	11.3% 55	11.0% 206
Someone else	87.4% 493	89.5% 214	87.8% 172	87.8% 252	80.6% 79	86.9% 423	87.3% 1633
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 2
No answer	1.4% 8	2.1% 5	1.5% 3	1.4% 4	2.0% 2	1.6% 8	1.6% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 564	100.0% 239	100.0% 196	100.0% 287	100.0% 98	100.0% 487	1871

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Self-employed	13.7% 26	11.5% 109	7.5% 15	11.7% 42	7.8% 14	11.0% 206
Someone else	80.5% 153	87.6% 827	89.4% 178	86.9% 313	91.1% 164	87.3% 1635
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	5.8% 11	0.7% 7	3.0% 6	1.1% 4	1.1% 2	1.6% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 944	100.0% 199	100.0% 360	100.0% 180	1873

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Self-employed	9.2% 73	12.3% 133	11.0% 206
Someone else	88.9% 705	86.1% 930	87.3% 1635
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 2
No answer	1.9% 15	1.4% 15	1.6% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 793	100.0% 1080	1873

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Self-employed	10.7% 109	13.6% 56	10.7% 3	8.6% 28	12.0% 10	11.0% 206
Someone else	87.7% 895	85.2% 352	89.3% 25	88.9% 289	84.3% 70	87.3% 1631
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	1.5% 15	1.2% 5	0.0% 0	2.2% 7	3.6% 3	1.6% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 1020	100.0% 413	100.0% 28	100.0% 325	100.0% 83	1869

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Self-employed	11.9% 37	8.4% 35	11.3% 80	12.4% 54	11.0% 206
Someone else	87.8% 274	90.8% 377	86.7% 615	84.4% 369	87.3% 1635
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.1% 2
No answer	0.3% 1	0.7% 3	2.0% 14	2.7% 12	1.6% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 312	100.0% 415	100.0% 709	100.0% 437	1873

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Self-employed	10.1% 137	12.4% 38	14.8% 31	11.0% 206
Someone else	88.4% 1199	85.0% 261	83.3% 175	87.3% 1635
Don't know	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	1.3% 18	2.6% 8	1.9% 4	1.6% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 1356	100.0% 307	100.0% 210	1873