Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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LIFETASK (Weighted by WEIGHT) Have you spent most of your adult life:   1) As a homemaker   2) As a student   3) Working as a member of the labor force   4) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
As a homemaker	520	19.7%	19.7%
As a student	332	12.6%	32.3%
Working as a member of the labor force	1761	66.7%	99%
Don't know	28	1.1%	100.1%

Variable Comparisons

Education Marital status Sex Year of birth Region Race Convert? Household income

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
As a homemaker	59.6% 106	26.9% 199	20.7% 128	7.9% 34	5.9% 11	42	22.2% 478
As a student	0.0% 0	1.8% 13	2.4% 15	7.2% 31	12.4% 23	251	3.8% 82
Working as a member of the labor force	39.3% 70	71.4% 529	75.9% 468	84.7% 364	81.1% 150	180	73.5% 1581
Don't know	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 6	0.2% 1	0.5% 1	17	0.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 741	100.0% 617	100.0% 430	100.0% 185	490	2151

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
As a homemaker	21.9% 323	53.8% 100	18.5% 61	5.6% 36	0	19.8% 520
As a student	4.6% 68	1.1% 2	3.0% 10	39.3% 252	0	12.6% 332
Working as a member of the labor force	73.2% 1079	45.2% 84	76.4% 252	54.0% 346	0	66.9% 1761
Don't know	0.3% 4	0.0% 0	2.1% 7	1.1% 7	9	0.7% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 1474	100.0% 186	100.0% 330	100.0% 641	9	2631

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
As a homemaker	1.9% 20	31.3% 500	19.7% 520
As a student	17.3% 180	9.5% 152	12.6% 332
Working as a member of the labor force	79.3% 826	58.4% 935	66.7% 1761
Don't know	1.4% 15	0.8% 13	1.1% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 1041	100.0% 1600	2641

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
As a homemaker	38.3% 256	16.5% 168	10.1% 96	19.7% 520
As a student	0.0% 0	2.2% 22	32.5% 310	12.6% 332
Working as a member of the labor force	60.3% 403	80.4% 819	56.6% 539	66.7% 1761
Don't know	1.3% 9	1.0% 10	0.8% 8	1.0% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 668	100.0% 1019	100.0% 953	2640

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
As a homemaker	19.0% 208	15.2% 96	20.9% 83	19.0% 43	89	18.3% 430
As a student	9.9% 108	14.1% 89	14.9% 59	15.5% 35	41	12.4% 291
Working as a member of the labor force	70.7% 773	69.7% 441	62.7% 249	65.5% 148	150	68.6% 1611
Don't know	0.4% 4	1.1% 7	1.5% 6	0.0% 0	10	0.7% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 1093	100.0% 633	100.0% 397	100.0% 226	290	2349

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
As a homemaker	19.1% 393	24.5% 90	18.8% 13	6.5% 7	18	19.4% 503
As a student	9.9% 204	20.1% 74	26.1% 18	31.8% 34	2	12.7% 330
Working as a member of the labor force	70.4% 1445	53.3% 196	55.1% 38	61.7% 66	16	67.2% 1745
Don't know	0.6% 12	2.2% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8	0.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 2054	100.0% 368	100.0% 69	100.0% 107	44	2598

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
As a homemaker	19.7% 474	19.9% 45	0	19.7% 519
As a student	13.2% 319	5.8% 13	0	12.6% 332
Working as a member of the labor force	66.0% 1589	73.9% 167	6	66.6% 1756
Don't know	1.1% 27	0.4% 1	0	1.1% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 2409	100.0% 226	6	2635

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
As a homemaker	39.9% 89	19.6% 99	16.6% 117	10.4% 55	10.7% 40	120	17.1% 400
As a student	10.8% 24	9.9% 50	12.9% 91	9.6% 51	16.8% 63	52	11.9% 279
Working as a member of the labor force	46.2% 103	69.1% 349	70.5% 497	79.8% 422	70.6% 264	125	70.0% 1635
Don't know	3.1% 7	1.4% 7	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	1.9% 7	5	0.9% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 223	100.0% 505	100.0% 705	100.0% 529	100.0% 374	302	2336