General Social Survey, 2006

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EVWORK IF RETIRED, IN SCHOOL, KEEPING HOUSE, OR OTHER: Did you ever work for as long as one year?   1) Yes   2) No   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	1330	87.4%	87.4%	-.27
No	187	12.3%	99.7%	1.53
No answer	5	.3%	100%	14.07

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	62.0% 124	84.8% 206	90.3% 250	94.1% 448	93.2% 301	87.5% 1329
No	37.5% 75	15.2% 37	9.4% 26	5.7% 27	6.8% 22	12.3% 187
No answer	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 200	100.0% 243	100.0% 277	100.0% 476	100.0% 323	1519

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	83.7% 381	88.8% 119	86.1% 149	88.2% 165	83.5% 76	91.6% 438	87.5% 1328
No	15.6% 71	11.2% 15	13.9% 24	11.8% 22	16.5% 15	8.4% 40	12.3% 187
No answer	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 455	100.0% 134	100.0% 173	100.0% 187	100.0% 91	100.0% 478	1518

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	77.1% 279	88.2% 680	90.4% 85	95.9% 189	99.0% 96	87.4% 1329
No	22.7% 82	11.5% 89	9.6% 9	3.0% 6	1.0% 1	12.3% 187
No answer	0.3% 1	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 362	100.0% 771	100.0% 94	100.0% 197	100.0% 97	1521

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	91.4% 465	85.4% 865	87.4% 1330
No	8.3% 42	14.3% 145	12.3% 187
No answer	0.4% 2	0.3% 3	0.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 509	100.0% 1013	1522

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	90.8% 789	85.9% 298	85.7% 30	78.8% 156	78.8% 52	87.5% 1325
No	9.2% 80	14.1% 49	14.3% 5	20.7% 41	18.2% 12	12.3% 187
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	3.0% 2	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 869	100.0% 347	100.0% 35	100.0% 198	100.0% 66	1515

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes	89.9% 231	87.6% 297	85.9% 499	87.8% 303	87.4% 1330
No	10.1% 26	12.4% 42	13.6% 79	11.6% 40	12.3% 187
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.6% 2	0.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 257	100.0% 339	100.0% 581	100.0% 345	1522

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	91.2% 1041	81.7% 178	68.5% 111	87.4% 1330
No	8.6% 98	17.9% 39	30.9% 50	12.3% 187
No answer	0.3% 3	0.5% 1	0.6% 1	0.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 1142	100.0% 218	100.0% 162	1522