Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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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?   8) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Working full time	345	66.9%	66.9%	-.63
Working part time	29	5.6%	72.5%	-.04
Going to school	6	1.2%	73.6%	.54
Keeping house	56	10.9%	84.5%	1.13
Retired	64	12.4%	96.9%	1.71
Unemployed	8	1.6%	98.4%	2.3
Or what?	6	1.2%	99.6%	2.89
No answer	2	.4%	100%	3.47

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	89.5% 17	78.0% 202	65.6% 120	7.7% 4	66.9% 343
Working part time	0.0% 0	6.6% 17	4.4% 8	7.7% 4	5.7% 29
Going to school	5.3% 1	1.9% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 6
Keeping house	0.0% 0	10.4% 27	13.1% 24	9.6% 5	10.9% 56
Retired	0.0% 0	1.2% 3	11.5% 21	75.0% 39	12.3% 63
Unemployed	0.0% 0	1.2% 3	2.7% 5	0.0% 0	1.6% 8
Or what?	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	2.7% 5	0.0% 0	1.2% 6
No answer	5.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 19	100.0% 259	100.0% 183	100.0% 52	513

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Working full time	51.4% 109	77.6% 236	66.9% 345
Working part time	9.4% 20	3.0% 9	5.6% 29
Going to school	2.4% 5	0.3% 1	1.2% 6
Keeping house	26.4% 56	0.0% 0	10.9% 56
Retired	8.5% 18	15.1% 46	12.4% 64
Unemployed	1.9% 4	1.3% 4	1.6% 8
Or what?	0.0% 0	2.0% 6	1.2% 6
No answer	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 212	100.0% 304	516

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Working full time	44.4% 4	57.5% 23	66.9% 99	67.7% 90	69.7% 129	67.0% 345
Working part time	22.2% 2	5.0% 2	6.1% 9	3.0% 4	6.5% 12	5.6% 29
Going to school	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 3	1.5% 2	0.5% 1	1.2% 6
Keeping house	0.0% 0	10.0% 4	12.2% 18	11.3% 15	10.3% 19	10.9% 56
Retired	33.3% 3	22.5% 9	10.8% 16	11.3% 15	10.8% 20	12.2% 63
Unemployed	0.0% 0	2.5% 1	0.7% 1	2.3% 3	1.6% 3	1.6% 8
Or what?	0.0% 0	2.5% 1	1.4% 2	2.3% 3	0.0% 0	1.2% 6
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.5% 1	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 40	100.0% 148	100.0% 133	100.0% 185	515

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Working full time	68.7% 145	66.2% 90	66.1% 82	53.3% 8	66.9% 325
Working part time	6.6% 14	6.6% 9	3.2% 4	6.7% 1	5.8% 28
Going to school	1.4% 3	0.0% 0	2.4% 3	0.0% 0	1.2% 6
Keeping house	11.8% 25	8.1% 11	11.3% 14	20.0% 3	10.9% 53
Retired	10.0% 21	14.7% 20	12.9% 16	13.3% 2	12.1% 59
Unemployed	0.9% 2	1.5% 2	2.4% 3	6.7% 1	1.6% 8
Or what?	0.5% 1	2.9% 4	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 6
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 211	100.0% 136	100.0% 124	100.0% 15	486

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Working full time	67.3% 300	67.4% 29	50.0% 2	61.1% 11	66.9% 342
Working part time	5.8% 26	4.7% 2	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	5.7% 29
Going to school	1.1% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.6% 1	1.2% 6
Keeping house	10.1% 45	9.3% 4	0.0% 0	27.8% 5	10.6% 54
Retired	13.2% 59	9.3% 4	0.0% 0	5.6% 1	12.5% 64
Unemployed	1.6% 7	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 8
Or what?	0.7% 3	7.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 6
No answer	0.2% 1	2.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 446	100.0% 43	100.0% 4	100.0% 18	511

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Working full time	70.0% 145	65.8% 102	59.3% 48	54.5% 6	61.5% 24	88.9% 16	66.7% 341
Working part time	6.8% 14	5.8% 9	3.7% 3	0.0% 0	5.1% 2	0.0% 0	5.5% 28
Going to school	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	3.7% 3	0.0% 0	5.1% 2	0.0% 0	1.2% 6
Keeping house	7.7% 16	11.0% 17	18.5% 15	27.3% 3	12.8% 5	0.0% 0	11.0% 56
Retired	11.6% 24	13.5% 21	13.6% 11	18.2% 2	10.3% 4	11.1% 2	12.5% 64
Unemployed	1.4% 3	1.3% 2	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	5.1% 2	0.0% 0	1.6% 8
Or what?	1.9% 4	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 6
No answer	0.5% 1	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 207	100.0% 155	100.0% 81	100.0% 11	100.0% 39	100.0% 18	511