Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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EMPLOYED Last week were you primarily working full- time, working part-time, going to school, keeping house, retired, or unemployed?   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

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Working full-time	249	59%	59%	-.71
Working part-time	35	8.3%	67.3%	-.18
Going to school	17	4%	71.3%	.34
Keeping house	28	6.6%	78%	.87
Retired	64	15.2%	93.1%	1.4
Unemployed	15	3.6%	96.7%	1.93
Or what	13	3.1%	99.8%	2.46
No answer	1	.2%	100%	2.99

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Marital status Race Education Political party

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Working full-time	57.1% 24	74.6% 135	61.0% 83	8.5% 5	59.1% 247
Working part-time	7.1% 3	8.8% 16	8.8% 12	6.8% 4	8.4% 35
Going to school	23.8% 10	1.7% 3	2.9% 4	0.0% 0	4.1% 17
Keeping house	2.4% 1	8.8% 16	6.6% 9	1.7% 1	6.5% 27
Retired	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	11.8% 16	78.0% 46	15.1% 63
Unemployed	9.5% 4	2.2% 4	4.4% 6	1.7% 1	3.6% 15
Or what	0.0% 0	2.8% 5	4.4% 6	3.4% 2	3.1% 13
No answer	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 181	100.0% 136	100.0% 59	418

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Working full-time	73.9% 130	48.4% 119	59.0% 249
Working part-time	2.8% 5	12.2% 30	8.3% 35
Going to school	2.8% 5	4.9% 12	4.0% 17
Keeping house	0.6% 1	11.0% 27	6.6% 28
Retired	13.6% 24	16.3% 40	15.2% 64
Unemployed	4.0% 7	3.3% 8	3.6% 15
Or what	2.3% 4	3.7% 9	3.1% 13
No answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 246	422

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Working full-time	59.8% 140	63.6% 28	62.5% 5	18.4% 7	70.8% 68	59.0% 248
Working part-time	11.1% 26	2.3% 1	12.5% 1	2.6% 1	5.2% 5	8.1% 34
Going to school	1.3% 3	4.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.5% 12	4.0% 17
Keeping house	9.4% 22	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	5.3% 2	3.1% 3	6.7% 28
Retired	14.5% 34	13.6% 6	0.0% 0	57.9% 22	2.1% 2	15.2% 64
Unemployed	1.7% 4	4.5% 2	0.0% 0	7.9% 3	6.3% 6	3.6% 15
Or what	2.1% 5	9.1% 4	12.5% 1	7.9% 3	0.0% 0	3.1% 13
No answer	0.0% 0	2.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 234	100.0% 44	100.0% 8	100.0% 38	100.0% 96	420

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Working full-time	56.8% 196	74.2% 23	100.0% 1	66.7% 28	59.2% 248
Working part-time	9.3% 32	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.1% 3	8.4% 35
Going to school	3.8% 13	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	7.1% 3	4.1% 17
Keeping house	7.2% 25	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	4.8% 2	6.7% 28
Retired	16.5% 57	9.7% 3	0.0% 0	7.1% 3	15.0% 63
Unemployed	3.2% 11	6.5% 2	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	3.3% 14
Or what	2.9% 10	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	4.8% 2	3.1% 13
No answer	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 31	100.0% 1	100.0% 42	419

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Working full-time	37.0% 10	54.0% 68	60.9% 70	65.8% 100	59.0% 248
Working part-time	7.4% 2	10.3% 13	7.8% 9	6.6% 10	8.1% 34
Going to school	0.0% 0	4.0% 5	7.8% 9	2.0% 3	4.0% 17
Keeping house	14.8% 4	6.3% 8	7.8% 9	4.6% 7	6.7% 28
Retired	29.6% 8	15.9% 20	11.3% 13	15.1% 23	15.2% 64
Unemployed	3.7% 1	4.0% 5	3.5% 4	3.3% 5	3.6% 15
Or what	7.4% 2	4.8% 6	0.9% 1	2.6% 4	3.1% 13
No answer	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 126	100.0% 115	100.0% 152	420

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other	TOTAL
Working full-time	50.9% 56	60.4% 87	66.7% 74	57.9% 11	59.4% 228
Working part-time	10.9% 12	7.6% 11	7.2% 8	15.8% 3	8.9% 34
Going to school	2.7% 3	3.5% 5	5.4% 6	5.3% 1	3.9% 15
Keeping house	11.8% 13	4.9% 7	1.8% 2	10.5% 2	6.3% 24
Retired	19.1% 21	16.0% 23	9.9% 11	5.3% 1	14.6% 56
Unemployed	0.9% 1	4.2% 6	6.3% 7	5.3% 1	3.9% 15
Or what	3.6% 4	2.8% 4	2.7% 3	0.0% 0	2.9% 11
No answer	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 144	100.0% 111	100.0% 19	384