General Social Survey, 2006

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WRKSLF (Are/Were) you self employed or (do/did) you 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	508	11.8%	11.8%	-1.71
Someone else	3799	87.9%	99.6%	.17
Don't know	3	.1%	99.7%	11.49
No answer	13	.3%	100%	13.38

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	4.9% 34	11.4% 152	15.1% 190	13.5% 94	11.5% 37	11.8% 507
Someone else	94.5% 653	88.5% 1183	84.6% 1068	86.0% 597	88.5% 285	87.9% 3786
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
No answer	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.2% 3	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 691	100.0% 1336	100.0% 1262	100.0% 694	100.0% 322	4305

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	11.8% 148	12.2% 68	12.1% 58	12.8% 85	11.6% 26	10.8% 122	11.8% 507
Someone else	87.5% 1095	87.8% 488	87.7% 419	87.2% 581	88.4% 199	89.0% 1004	88.0% 3786
Don't know	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 3
No answer	0.5% 6	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 1251	100.0% 556	100.0% 478	100.0% 666	100.0% 225	100.0% 1128	4304

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Self-employed	12.2% 74	10.6% 231	12.0% 44	13.9% 105	13.4% 54	11.8% 508
Someone else	87.2% 531	89.1% 1946	88.0% 324	85.7% 649	86.6% 348	87.9% 3798
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
No answer	0.5% 3	0.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.3% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 609	100.0% 2184	100.0% 368	100.0% 757	100.0% 402	4320

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Self-employed	15.5% 303	8.7% 205	11.8% 508
Someone else	84.0% 1648	91.1% 2151	87.9% 3799
Don't know	0.1% 2	0.0% 1	0.1% 3
No answer	0.4% 8	0.2% 5	0.3% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 1961	100.0% 2362	4323

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Self-employed	11.7% 263	10.8% 115	15.1% 11	13.6% 95	10.3% 22	11.8% 506
Someone else	88.2% 1982	89.0% 948	84.9% 62	86.1% 601	88.3% 188	88.0% 3781
Don't know	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
No answer	0.0% 1	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	1.4% 3	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 2248	100.0% 1065	100.0% 73	100.0% 698	100.0% 213	4297

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Self-employed	9.9% 68	11.2% 112	11.8% 196	13.5% 132	11.8% 508
Someone else	89.9% 616	88.3% 879	87.9% 1465	86.0% 839	87.9% 3799
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
No answer	0.1% 1	0.3% 3	0.2% 4	0.5% 5	0.3% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 685	100.0% 996	100.0% 1666	100.0% 976	4323

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Self-employed	12.8% 407	7.7% 46	10.1% 55	11.8% 508
Someone else	86.9% 2770	91.8% 546	89.1% 483	87.9% 3799
Don't know	0.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
No answer	0.2% 6	0.5% 3	0.7% 4	0.3% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 3186	100.0% 595	100.0% 542	4323