Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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SPEMPLOY [ASKED ONLY OF MARRIED RESPONDENTS] What about your husband/wife, last week was he/she 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	153	65.4%	65.4%	-.64
Working part-time	17	7.3%	72.6%	-.05
Going to school	4	1.7%	74.4%	.53
Keeping house	20	8.5%	82.9%	1.12
Retired	34	14.5%	97.4%	1.71
Unemployed	3	1.3%	98.7%	2.3
Or what	2	.9%	99.6%	2.88
No answer	1	.4%	100%	3.47

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	66.7% 2	81.2% 82	65.3% 66	3.7% 1	65.1% 151
Working part-time	0.0% 0	5.9% 6	8.9% 9	7.4% 2	7.3% 17
Going to school	0.0% 0	2.0% 2	2.0% 2	0.0% 0	1.7% 4
Keeping house	33.3% 1	9.9% 10	7.9% 8	3.7% 1	8.6% 20
Retired	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	11.9% 12	81.5% 22	14.7% 34
Unemployed	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	2.0% 2	0.0% 0	1.3% 3
Or what	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.7% 1	0.4% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 3	100.0% 101	100.0% 101	100.0% 27	232

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Working full-time	54.0% 54	73.9% 99	65.4% 153
Working part-time	14.0% 14	2.2% 3	7.3% 17
Going to school	2.0% 2	1.5% 2	1.7% 4
Keeping house	18.0% 18	1.5% 2	8.5% 20
Retired	10.0% 10	17.9% 24	14.5% 34
Unemployed	1.0% 1	1.5% 2	1.3% 3
Or what	1.0% 1	0.7% 1	0.9% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.4% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 134	234

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Working full-time	65.4% 153	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	65.4% 153
Working part-time	7.3% 17	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	7.3% 17
Going to school	1.7% 4	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	1.7% 4
Keeping house	8.5% 20	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	8.5% 20
Retired	14.5% 34	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	14.5% 34
Unemployed	1.3% 3	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	1.3% 3
Or what	0.9% 2	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.9% 2
No answer	0.4% 1	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.4% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 234	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	234

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Working full-time	64.7% 134	66.7% 6	0.00% 0	70.6% 12	65.2% 152
Working part-time	7.7% 16	11.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	7.3% 17
Going to school	1.9% 4	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 4
Keeping house	9.2% 19	11.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	8.6% 20
Retired	13.5% 28	11.1% 1	0.00% 0	29.4% 5	14.6% 34
Unemployed	1.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 3
Or what	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 2
No answer	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 207	100.0% 9	100.0% 0	100.0% 17	233

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Working full-time	38.5% 5	66.7% 48	80.7% 46	58.2% 53	65.2% 152
Working part-time	7.7% 1	9.7% 7	1.8% 1	8.8% 8	7.3% 17
Going to school	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	3.3% 3	1.7% 4
Keeping house	7.7% 1	8.3% 6	1.8% 1	13.2% 12	8.6% 20
Retired	38.5% 5	9.7% 7	14.0% 8	15.4% 14	14.6% 34
Unemployed	0.0% 0	4.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 3
Or what	7.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.9% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 72	100.0% 57	100.0% 91	233

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other	TOTAL
Working full-time	69.0% 49	64.9% 48	57.1% 32	64.3% 9	64.2% 138
Working part-time	5.6% 4	4.1% 3	16.1% 9	7.1% 1	7.9% 17
Going to school	0.0% 0	2.7% 2	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	1.4% 3
Keeping house	12.7% 9	2.7% 2	8.9% 5	21.4% 3	8.8% 19
Retired	12.7% 9	21.6% 16	10.7% 6	7.1% 1	14.9% 32
Unemployed	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	3.6% 2	0.0% 0	1.4% 3
Or what	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 71	100.0% 74	100.0% 56	100.0% 14	215