Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1994

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EMPLOYED Last week were you primarily:   1) Working full time   2) Working part time   3) Going to school   4) Keeping house   5) Retired   6) Unemployed   7) Or what?

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Working full time	262	56.7%	56.7%	-.75
Working part time	48	10.4%	67.1%	-.16
Going to school	23	5%	72.1%	.42
Keeping house	35	7.6%	79.7%	1.01
Retired	83	18%	97.6%	1.59
Unemployed	7	1.5%	99.1%	2.18
Or what?	4	.9%	100%	2.76

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Political party Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Working full time	52.9% 27	73.6% 148	58.5% 79	7.1% 5	56.7% 259
Working part time	9.8% 5	10.0% 20	13.3% 18	7.1% 5	10.5% 48
Going to school	31.4% 16	3.5% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.0% 23
Keeping house	3.9% 2	9.5% 19	9.6% 13	1.4% 1	7.7% 35
Retired	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	17.0% 23	82.9% 58	17.7% 81
Unemployed	2.0% 1	2.0% 4	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	1.5% 7
Or what?	0.0% 0	1.5% 3	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.9% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 51	100.0% 201	100.0% 135	100.0% 70	457

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High school graduate	Some college	College grad or more	TOTAL
Working full time	37.5% 3	33.3% 5	52.9% 83	59.7% 80	61.5% 91	56.7% 262
Working part time	12.5% 1	13.3% 2	9.6% 15	11.9% 16	9.5% 14	10.4% 48
Going to school	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 4	6.7% 9	6.8% 10	5.0% 23
Keeping house	0.0% 0	26.7% 4	8.3% 13	7.5% 10	5.4% 8	7.6% 35
Retired	37.5% 3	26.7% 4	22.9% 36	12.7% 17	15.5% 23	18.0% 83
Unemployed	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.9% 3	0.7% 1	1.4% 2	1.5% 7
Or what?	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 3	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 15	100.0% 157	100.0% 134	100.0% 148	462

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Working full time	71.7% 142	45.5% 120	56.7% 262
Working part time	4.5% 9	14.8% 39	10.4% 48
Going to school	4.0% 8	5.7% 15	5.0% 23
Keeping house	0.0% 0	13.3% 35	7.6% 35
Retired	16.7% 33	18.9% 50	18.0% 83
Unemployed	1.5% 3	1.5% 4	1.5% 7
Or what?	1.5% 3	0.4% 1	0.9% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 264	462

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Working full time	54.1% 73	57.6% 87	57.1% 68	68.2% 15	56.9% 243
Working part time	13.3% 18	6.6% 10	8.4% 10	9.1% 2	9.4% 40
Going to school	4.4% 6	5.3% 8	4.2% 5	4.5% 1	4.7% 20
Keeping house	9.6% 13	6.0% 9	8.4% 10	4.5% 1	7.7% 33
Retired	17.0% 23	21.2% 32	18.5% 22	13.6% 3	18.7% 80
Unemployed	1.5% 2	2.0% 3	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	1.6% 7
Or what?	0.0% 0	1.3% 2	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 135	100.0% 151	100.0% 119	100.0% 22	427

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Working full time	54.5% 208	73.5% 25	50.0% 1	67.5% 27	57.0% 261
Working part time	12.0% 46	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.0% 2	10.5% 48
Going to school	5.0% 19	5.9% 2	0.0% 0	2.5% 1	4.8% 22
Keeping house	7.3% 28	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	12.5% 5	7.4% 34
Retired	19.4% 74	8.8% 3	50.0% 1	10.0% 4	17.9% 82
Unemployed	1.0% 4	5.9% 2	0.0% 0	2.5% 1	1.5% 7
Or what?	0.8% 3	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 382	100.0% 34	100.0% 2	100.0% 40	458

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Working full time	59.5% 25	50.9% 81	69.1% 85	44.4% 4	44.7% 34	66.0% 31	57.0% 260
Working part time	4.8% 2	8.8% 14	8.1% 10	33.3% 3	18.4% 14	10.6% 5	10.5% 48
Going to school	0.0% 0	5.7% 9	5.7% 7	0.0% 0	5.3% 4	6.4% 3	5.0% 23
Keeping house	11.9% 5	10.1% 16	4.9% 6	0.0% 0	5.3% 4	2.1% 1	7.0% 32
Retired	14.3% 6	23.3% 37	12.2% 15	22.2% 2	21.1% 16	12.8% 6	18.0% 82
Unemployed	7.1% 3	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 2	2.1% 1	1.5% 7
Or what?	2.4% 1	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 159	100.0% 123	100.0% 9	100.0% 76	100.0% 47	456