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Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 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?
  8) No answer

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Working full time 228 54.4% 54.4% -.78
Working part time 35 8.4% 62.8% -.23
Going to school 31 7.4% 70.2% .32
Keeping house 44 10.5% 80.7% .87
Retired 51 12.2% 92.8% 1.42
Unemployed 23 5.5% 98.3% 1.97
Or what? 5 1.2% 99.5% 2.52
No answer 2 .5% 100% 3.07

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

18 to 24 25 to 44 45 to 64 65 or older TOTAL
Working full time 20.5%
8		 68.9%
135		 59.2%
77		 8.3%
4		 54.2%
224
Working part time 15.4%
6		 6.6%
13		 8.5%
11		 8.3%
4		 8.2%
34
Going to school 53.8%
21		 4.1%
8		 1.5%
2		 0.0%
0		 7.5%
31
Keeping house 0.0%
0		 14.8%
29		 8.5%
11		 8.3%
4		 10.7%
44
Retired 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 13.1%
17		 68.8%
33		 12.1%
50
Unemployed 10.3%
4		 4.1%
8		 7.7%
10		 2.1%
1		 5.6%
23
Or what? 0.0%
0		 0.5%
1		 1.5%
2		 4.2%
2		 1.2%
5
No answer 0.0%
0		 1.0%
2		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.5%
2
TOTAL 100.0%
39		 100.0%
196		 100.0%
130		 100.0%
48
413


Education (I-EDUC)

Less than grade 9 9th to 11th grade High school graduate Some college College graduate or more TOTAL
Working full time 60.0%
6		 8.7%
2		 53.5%
69		 47.9%
46		 64.7%
101		 54.1%
224
Working part time 0.0%
0		 4.3%
1		 3.9%
5		 15.6%
15		 9.0%
14		 8.5%
35
Going to school 0.0%
0		 17.4%
4		 3.9%
5		 10.4%
10		 7.7%
12		 7.5%
31
Keeping house 10.0%
1		 4.3%
1		 12.4%
16		 12.5%
12		 9.0%
14		 10.6%
44
Retired 30.0%
3		 43.5%
10		 18.6%
24		 3.1%
3		 7.1%
11		 12.3%
51
Unemployed 0.0%
0		 17.4%
4		 7.0%
9		 6.3%
6		 1.9%
3		 5.3%
22
Or what? 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.8%
1		 3.1%
3		 0.6%
1		 1.2%
5
No answer 0.0%
0		 4.3%
1		 0.0%
0		 1.0%
1		 0.0%
0		 0.5%
2
TOTAL 100.0%
10		 100.0%
23		 100.0%
129		 100.0%
96		 100.0%
156
414


Gender (I-GENDER)

Male Female TOTAL
Working full time 69.5%
141		 40.3%
87		 54.4%
228
Working part time 4.9%
10		 11.6%
25		 8.4%
35
Going to school 9.9%
20		 5.1%
11		 7.4%
31
Keeping house 0.5%
1		 19.9%
43		 10.5%
44
Retired 9.4%
19		 14.8%
32		 12.2%
51
Unemployed 4.4%
9		 6.5%
14		 5.5%
23
Or what? 1.0%
2		 1.4%
3		 1.2%
5
No answer 0.5%
1		 0.5%
1		 0.5%
2
TOTAL 100.0%
203		 100.0%
216
419


Political party (I-PARTYID)

Republican Democrat Independent Other party Don't know/No answer TOTAL
Working full time 61.6%
69		 55.6%
69		 49.2%
65		 54.5%
12		 0.00%
0		 55.1%
215
Working part time 10.7%
12		 6.5%
8		 9.1%
12		 9.1%
2		 0.00%
0		 8.7%
34
Going to school 6.3%
7		 6.5%
8		 7.6%
10		 18.2%
4		 0.00%
0		 7.4%
29
Keeping house 6.3%
7		 12.1%
15		 12.1%
16		 9.1%
2		 0.00%
0		 10.3%
40
Retired 8.9%
10		 11.3%
14		 15.2%
20		 4.5%
1		 0.00%
0		 11.5%
45
Unemployed 6.3%
7		 4.8%
6		 5.3%
7		 4.5%
1		 0.00%
0		 5.4%
21
Or what? 0.0%
0		 2.4%
3		 1.5%
2		 0.0%
0		 0.00%
0		 1.3%
5
No answer 0.0%
0		 0.8%
1		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.00%
0		 0.3%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
112		 100.0%
124		 100.0%
132		 100.0%
22		 100.0%
0
390


Race (I-RACE)

White Black/African-American Native American/Indian Other No answer TOTAL
Working full time 56.5%
203		 40.0%
10		 50.0%
2		 46.2%
12		 0.00%
0		 54.8%
227
Working part time 8.6%
31		 12.0%
3		 0.0%
0		 3.8%
1		 0.00%
0		 8.5%
35
Going to school 6.1%
22		 12.0%
3		 25.0%
1		 15.4%
4		 0.00%
0		 7.2%
30
Keeping house 10.6%
38		 8.0%
2		 25.0%
1		 7.7%
2		 0.00%
0		 10.4%
43
Retired 13.1%
47		 4.0%
1		 0.0%
0		 11.5%
3		 0.00%
0		 12.3%
51
Unemployed 4.2%
15		 20.0%
5		 0.0%
0		 7.7%
2		 0.00%
0		 5.3%
22
Or what? 0.8%
3		 4.0%
1		 0.0%
0		 3.8%
1		 0.00%
0		 1.2%
5
No answer 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 3.8%
1		 0.00%
0		 0.2%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
359		 100.0%
25		 100.0%
4		 100.0%
26		 100.0%
0
414


Religion (I-RELIGION)

Baptist Other Protestant Catholic Jewish Other None TOTAL
Working full time 54.1%
20		 47.5%
56		 57.5%
77		 38.9%
7		 61.4%
35		 66.7%
32		 55.1%
227
Working part time 2.7%
1		 8.5%
10		 9.7%
13		 22.2%
4		 7.0%
4		 4.2%
2		 8.3%
34
Going to school 8.1%
3		 7.6%
9		 5.2%
7		 11.1%
2		 7.0%
4		 10.4%
5		 7.3%
30
Keeping house 10.8%
4		 14.4%
17		 9.7%
13		 11.1%
2		 8.8%
5		 4.2%
2		 10.4%
43
Retired 13.5%
5		 16.1%
19		 13.4%
18		 11.1%
2		 3.5%
2		 8.3%
4		 12.1%
50
Unemployed 10.8%
4		 5.9%
7		 3.0%
4		 5.6%
1		 7.0%
4		 4.2%
2		 5.3%
22
Or what? 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.7%
1		 0.0%
0		 5.3%
3		 2.1%
1		 1.2%
5
No answer 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.7%
1		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.2%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
37		 100.0%
118		 100.0%
134		 100.0%
18		 100.0%
57		 100.0%
48
412

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