Southern Focus Poll, 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

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Working full time	474	58%	58%	-.75
Working part time	49	6%	64%	-.21
Going to school	37	4.5%	68.5%	.32
Keeping house	85	10.4%	78.9%	.86
Retired	121	14.8%	93.8%	1.39
Unemployed	29	3.5%	97.3%	1.93
Or what?	20	2.4%	99.8%	2.46
No answer	2	.2%	100%	3

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Education Political party Religion Race

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Working full time	40.5% 32	77.6% 284	61.2% 145	9.8% 12	58.8% 473
Working part time	12.7% 10	4.6% 17	8.0% 19	1.6% 2	6.0% 48
Going to school	34.2% 27	2.5% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.5% 36
Keeping house	5.1% 4	8.2% 30	13.5% 32	14.6% 18	10.4% 84
Retired	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	9.7% 23	73.2% 90	14.3% 115
Unemployed	6.3% 5	3.8% 14	3.8% 9	0.0% 0	3.5% 28
Or what?	1.3% 1	2.5% 9	3.8% 9	0.8% 1	2.5% 20
No answer	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 366	100.0% 237	100.0% 123	805

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Working full time	73.0% 249	47.3% 225	58.0% 474
Working part time	5.0% 17	6.7% 32	6.0% 49
Going to school	3.5% 12	5.3% 25	4.5% 37
Keeping house	1.2% 4	17.0% 81	10.4% 85
Retired	12.0% 41	16.8% 80	14.8% 121
Unemployed	2.6% 9	4.2% 20	3.5% 29
Or what?	2.3% 8	2.5% 12	2.4% 20
No answer	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 476	817

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Working full time	25.0% 8	35.7% 25	56.3% 135	62.6% 127	65.9% 174	58.0% 469
Working part time	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	7.1% 17	7.4% 15	6.1% 16	6.1% 49
Going to school	0.0% 0	7.1% 5	3.8% 9	6.4% 13	3.8% 10	4.6% 37
Keeping house	21.9% 7	15.7% 11	15.4% 37	6.9% 14	6.1% 16	10.5% 85
Retired	40.6% 13	28.6% 20	11.3% 27	12.3% 25	12.9% 34	14.7% 119
Unemployed	6.3% 2	5.7% 4	5.4% 13	2.0% 4	2.3% 6	3.6% 29
Or what?	6.3% 2	5.7% 4	0.8% 2	2.0% 4	3.0% 8	2.5% 20
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 32	100.0% 70	100.0% 240	100.0% 203	100.0% 264	809

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Working full time	63.2% 180	54.0% 134	57.2% 111	65.4% 17	58.7% 442
Working part time	5.6% 16	4.0% 10	8.8% 17	3.8% 1	5.8% 44
Going to school	3.2% 9	6.0% 15	4.1% 8	3.8% 1	4.4% 33
Keeping house	13.3% 38	8.9% 22	8.8% 17	7.7% 2	10.5% 79
Retired	11.2% 32	19.0% 47	14.9% 29	7.7% 2	14.6% 110
Unemployed	0.7% 2	5.6% 14	4.1% 8	7.7% 2	3.5% 26
Or what?	2.8% 8	2.0% 5	2.1% 4	3.8% 1	2.4% 18
No answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 285	100.0% 248	100.0% 194	100.0% 26	753

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Working full time	56.8% 184	53.8% 128	67.7% 65	28.6% 2	64.0% 57	64.8% 35	58.3% 471
Working part time	5.6% 18	7.6% 18	5.2% 5	14.3% 1	5.6% 5	1.9% 1	5.9% 48
Going to school	3.7% 12	3.8% 9	4.2% 4	0.0% 0	4.5% 4	13.0% 7	4.5% 36
Keeping house	11.7% 38	10.5% 25	8.3% 8	14.3% 1	11.2% 10	1.9% 1	10.3% 83
Retired	14.2% 46	21.0% 50	8.3% 8	42.9% 3	9.0% 8	9.3% 5	14.9% 120
Unemployed	4.3% 14	2.1% 5	3.1% 3	0.0% 0	5.6% 5	1.9% 1	3.5% 28
Or what?	3.4% 11	1.3% 3	3.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.6% 3	2.5% 20
No answer	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 238	100.0% 96	100.0% 7	100.0% 89	100.0% 54	808

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Working full time	59.1% 393	59.2% 61	50.0% 3	39.4% 13	58.2% 470
Working part time	5.9% 39	5.8% 6	0.0% 0	9.1% 3	5.9% 48
Going to school	3.9% 26	7.8% 8	16.7% 1	6.1% 2	4.6% 37
Keeping house	10.4% 69	6.8% 7	33.3% 2	18.2% 6	10.4% 84
Retired	15.2% 101	10.7% 11	0.0% 0	18.2% 6	14.6% 118
Unemployed	3.0% 20	5.8% 6	0.0% 0	9.1% 3	3.6% 29
Or what?	2.6% 17	2.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 20
No answer	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 665	100.0% 103	100.0% 6	100.0% 33	807