Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1994

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HWEMPLOY What about your husband/wife—last week was he/she 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	161	62.6%	62.6%	-.69
Working part time	18	7%	69.6%	-.12
Going to school	1	.4%	70%	.44
Keeping house	28	10.9%	80.9%	1.01
Retired	40	15.6%	96.5%	1.57
Unemployed	5	1.9%	98.4%	2.14
Or what?	4	1.6%	100%	2.7

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	83.3% 5	76.2% 96	62.1% 54	11.1% 4	62.4% 159
Working part time	0.0% 0	8.7% 11	4.6% 4	8.3% 3	7.1% 18
Going to school	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1
Keeping house	16.7% 1	8.7% 11	13.8% 12	11.1% 4	11.0% 28
Retired	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	17.2% 15	69.4% 25	15.7% 40
Unemployed	0.0% 0	3.2% 4	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	2.0% 5
Or what?	0.0% 0	2.4% 3	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 6	100.0% 126	100.0% 87	100.0% 36	255

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High school graduate	Some college	College grad or more	TOTAL
Working full time	0.0% 0	33.3% 3	59.3% 54	69.6% 48	65.9% 56	62.6% 161
Working part time	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.6% 6	5.8% 4	9.4% 8	7.0% 18
Going to school	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1
Keeping house	0.0% 0	11.1% 1	11.0% 10	8.7% 6	12.9% 11	10.9% 28
Retired	100.0% 3	55.6% 5	16.5% 15	10.1% 7	11.8% 10	15.6% 40
Unemployed	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 2	4.3% 3	0.0% 0	1.9% 5
Or what?	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.3% 3	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 3	100.0% 9	100.0% 91	100.0% 69	100.0% 85	257

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Working full time	48.3% 57	74.8% 104	62.6% 161
Working part time	10.2% 12	4.3% 6	7.0% 18
Going to school	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1
Keeping house	23.7% 28	0.0% 0	10.9% 28
Retired	13.6% 16	17.3% 24	15.6% 40
Unemployed	1.7% 2	2.2% 3	1.9% 5
Or what?	1.7% 2	1.4% 2	1.6% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 118	100.0% 139	257

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Working full time	60.5% 49	69.9% 51	47.9% 34	84.6% 11	60.9% 145
Working part time	6.2% 5	6.8% 5	9.9% 7	0.0% 0	7.1% 17
Going to school	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1
Keeping house	18.5% 15	5.5% 4	9.9% 7	7.7% 1	11.3% 27
Retired	11.1% 9	16.4% 12	23.9% 17	7.7% 1	16.4% 39
Unemployed	2.5% 2	1.4% 1	2.8% 2	0.0% 0	2.1% 5
Or what?	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	4.2% 3	0.0% 0	1.7% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 73	100.0% 71	100.0% 13	238

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Working full time	61.8% 141	80.0% 8	0.00% 0	66.7% 12	62.9% 161
Working part time	6.6% 15	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	11.1% 2	6.6% 17
Going to school	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1
Keeping house	10.5% 24	20.0% 2	0.00% 0	11.1% 2	10.9% 28
Retired	16.7% 38	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	11.1% 2	15.6% 40
Unemployed	2.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 5
Or what?	1.8% 4	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 228	100.0% 10	100.0% 0	100.0% 18	256

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Working full time	61.9% 13	60.0% 54	68.9% 42	71.4% 5	57.4% 27	66.7% 18	62.8% 159
Working part time	4.8% 1	7.8% 7	4.9% 3	0.0% 0	10.6% 5	7.4% 2	7.1% 18
Going to school	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1
Keeping house	9.5% 2	11.1% 10	8.2% 5	28.6% 2	12.8% 6	11.1% 3	11.1% 28
Retired	14.3% 3	16.7% 15	16.4% 10	0.0% 0	12.8% 6	14.8% 4	15.0% 38
Unemployed	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	6.4% 3	0.0% 0	2.0% 5
Or what?	9.5% 2	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 90	100.0% 61	100.0% 7	100.0% 47	100.0% 27	253