General Social Survey, 2006

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WRKGOVT (Are/Were) you employed by the federal, state or local government or by a private employer (including non-profit organizations)?   1) Government   2) Private   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Government	810	18.7%	18.7%	-1.01
Private	3447	79.7%	98.5%	.1
Don't know	40	.9%	99.4%	6.77
No answer	26	.6%	100%	7.89

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
Government	12.9% 89	16.7% 223	20.9% 264	22.0% 153	24.2% 78	18.7% 807
Private	86.0% 594	82.3% 1100	77.2% 974	76.1% 528	74.5% 240	79.8% 3436
Don't know	0.4% 3	0.7% 10	1.3% 16	1.4% 10	0.3% 1	0.9% 40
No answer	0.7% 5	0.2% 3	0.6% 8	0.4% 3	0.9% 3	0.5% 22
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
Government	16.1% 201	16.5% 92	17.8% 85	18.2% 121	18.7% 42	23.6% 266	18.8% 807
Private	81.9% 1025	82.4% 458	81.2% 388	80.6% 537	80.9% 182	75.0% 846	79.8% 3436
Don't know	1.1% 14	0.7% 4	0.8% 4	0.8% 5	0.4% 1	1.1% 12	0.9% 40
No answer	0.9% 11	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 4	0.5% 21
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
Government	6.6% 40	14.9% 326	20.7% 76	26.7% 202	41.3% 166	18.8% 810
Private	91.6% 558	83.8% 1830	78.8% 290	70.9% 537	57.5% 231	79.8% 3446
Don't know	0.8% 5	0.8% 17	0.3% 1	1.6% 12	1.2% 5	0.9% 40
No answer	1.0% 6	0.5% 11	0.3% 1	0.8% 6	0.0% 0	0.6% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 609	100.0% 2184	100.0% 368	100.0% 757	100.0% 402	4320

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Government	15.6% 305	21.4% 505	18.7% 810
Private	82.4% 1615	77.6% 1832	79.7% 3447
Don't know	1.1% 21	0.8% 19	0.9% 40
No answer	1.0% 20	0.3% 6	0.6% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 1961	100.0% 2362	4323

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Government	20.0% 450	18.7% 199	17.8% 13	14.8% 103	18.3% 39	18.7% 804
Private	78.8% 1771	79.9% 851	80.8% 59	83.5% 583	79.3% 169	79.9% 3433
Don't know	0.9% 20	0.9% 10	1.4% 1	1.1% 8	0.5% 1	0.9% 40
No answer	0.3% 7	0.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	1.9% 4	0.5% 20
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
Government	21.8% 149	17.0% 169	19.3% 321	17.5% 171	18.7% 810
Private	77.2% 529	81.3% 810	79.6% 1326	80.1% 782	79.7% 3447
Don't know	0.7% 5	1.1% 11	0.7% 12	1.2% 12	0.9% 40
No answer	0.3% 2	0.6% 6	0.4% 7	1.1% 11	0.6% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 685	100.0% 996	100.0% 1666	100.0% 976	4323

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Government	19.0% 605	22.7% 135	12.9% 70	18.7% 810
Private	79.5% 2533	75.6% 450	85.6% 464	79.7% 3447
Don't know	0.9% 29	1.0% 6	0.9% 5	0.9% 40
No answer	0.6% 19	0.7% 4	0.6% 3	0.6% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 3186	100.0% 595	100.0% 542	4323