Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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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	551	61.8%	61.8%	-.69
Working part time	60	6.7%	68.5%	-.11
Going to school	52	5.8%	74.3%	.48
Keeping house	66	7.4%	81.7%	1.06
Retired	131	14.7%	96.4%	1.65
Unemployed	23	2.6%	99%	2.23
Or what?	9	1%	100%	2.82

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Education Political party Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Working full time	46.0% 52	79.2% 324	65.4% 166	5.5% 6	61.9% 548
Working part time	12.4% 14	5.4% 22	7.1% 18	4.6% 5	6.7% 59
Going to school	31.9% 36	2.7% 11	1.6% 4	0.9% 1	5.9% 52
Keeping house	6.2% 7	7.3% 30	8.3% 21	7.3% 8	7.5% 66
Retired	0.0% 0	1.0% 4	14.2% 36	80.7% 88	14.5% 128
Unemployed	3.5% 4	3.4% 14	2.0% 5	0.0% 0	2.6% 23
Or what?	0.0% 0	1.0% 4	1.6% 4	0.9% 1	1.0% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Working full time	71.6% 262	54.9% 289	61.8% 551
Working part time	3.6% 13	8.9% 47	6.7% 60
Going to school	7.1% 26	4.9% 26	5.8% 52
Keeping house	0.5% 2	12.2% 64	7.4% 66
Retired	15.0% 55	14.4% 76	14.7% 131
Unemployed	1.6% 6	3.2% 17	2.6% 23
Or what?	0.5% 2	1.3% 7	1.0% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 366	100.0% 526	892

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Working full time	30.8% 8	41.4% 29	60.9% 151	63.6% 159	68.7% 204	61.8% 551
Working part time	7.7% 2	5.7% 4	5.2% 13	9.6% 24	5.7% 17	6.7% 60
Going to school	0.0% 0	4.3% 3	6.0% 15	9.2% 23	3.7% 11	5.8% 52
Keeping house	19.2% 5	12.9% 9	8.9% 22	4.0% 10	6.7% 20	7.4% 66
Retired	34.6% 9	27.1% 19	15.3% 38	10.8% 27	12.5% 37	14.6% 130
Unemployed	0.0% 0	5.7% 4	3.2% 8	1.6% 4	2.4% 7	2.6% 23
Or what?	7.7% 2	2.9% 2	0.4% 1	1.2% 3	0.3% 1	1.0% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 70	100.0% 248	100.0% 250	100.0% 297	891

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Working full time	60.3% 191	59.2% 158	65.5% 152	69.2% 18	61.6% 519
Working part time	8.5% 27	7.5% 20	5.2% 12	0.0% 0	7.0% 59
Going to school	6.6% 21	4.9% 13	6.0% 14	7.7% 2	5.9% 50
Keeping house	10.4% 33	6.0% 16	3.9% 9	3.8% 1	7.0% 59
Retired	12.0% 38	17.2% 46	14.7% 34	19.2% 5	14.6% 123
Unemployed	1.9% 6	3.7% 10	3.0% 7	0.0% 0	2.7% 23
Or what?	0.3% 1	1.5% 4	1.7% 4	0.0% 0	1.1% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 317	100.0% 267	100.0% 232	100.0% 26	842

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Working full time	61.1% 447	68.2% 73	14.3% 1	62.2% 23	61.6% 544
Working part time	7.7% 56	1.9% 2	14.3% 1	2.7% 1	6.8% 60
Going to school	4.4% 32	11.2% 12	14.3% 1	18.9% 7	5.9% 52
Keeping house	7.7% 56	8.4% 9	14.3% 1	0.0% 0	7.5% 66
Retired	16.0% 117	7.5% 8	14.3% 1	8.1% 3	14.6% 129
Unemployed	2.2% 16	2.8% 3	14.3% 1	8.1% 3	2.6% 23
Or what?	1.1% 8	0.0% 0	14.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 732	100.0% 107	100.0% 7	100.0% 37	883

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Working full time	67.2% 225	59.3% 159	59.4% 85	46.2% 6	57.4% 35	57.9% 33	61.9% 543
Working part time	6.3% 21	6.3% 17	6.3% 9	23.1% 3	8.2% 5	7.0% 4	6.7% 59
Going to school	4.2% 14	4.5% 12	10.5% 15	0.0% 0	9.8% 6	5.3% 3	5.7% 50
Keeping house	6.9% 23	8.2% 22	6.3% 9	7.7% 1	8.2% 5	10.5% 6	7.5% 66
Retired	12.5% 42	18.3% 49	11.9% 17	23.1% 3	13.1% 8	15.8% 9	14.6% 128
Unemployed	2.1% 7	2.2% 6	4.9% 7	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	1.8% 1	2.5% 22
Or what?	0.9% 3	1.1% 3	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	1.8% 1	1.0% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 143	100.0% 13	100.0% 61	100.0% 57	877