Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1994

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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	300	63.6%	63.6%	-.67
Working part time	30	6.4%	69.9%	-.12
Going to school	6	1.3%	71.2%	.43
Keeping house	44	9.3%	80.5%	.98
Retired	74	15.7%	96.2%	1.53
Unemployed	6	1.3%	97.5%	2.08
Or what?	9	1.9%	99.4%	2.63
No answer	3	.6%	100%	3.18

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	62.5% 10	79.0% 177	60.6% 103	15.8% 9	64.0% 299
Working part time	0.0% 0	6.7% 15	4.7% 8	10.5% 6	6.2% 29
Going to school	18.8% 3	1.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 6
Keeping house	6.3% 1	8.9% 20	10.0% 17	8.8% 5	9.2% 43
Retired	0.0% 0	1.3% 3	20.0% 34	61.4% 35	15.4% 72
Unemployed	0.0% 0	1.3% 3	1.8% 3	0.0% 0	1.3% 6
Or what?	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	2.9% 5	3.5% 2	1.9% 9
No answer	12.5% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 16	100.0% 224	100.0% 170	100.0% 57	467

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Working full time	52.8% 102	71.0% 198	63.6% 300
Working part time	10.4% 20	3.6% 10	6.4% 30
Going to school	2.6% 5	0.4% 1	1.3% 6
Keeping house	22.3% 43	0.4% 1	9.3% 44
Retired	8.3% 16	20.8% 58	15.7% 74
Unemployed	1.0% 2	1.4% 4	1.3% 6
Or what?	2.1% 4	1.8% 5	1.9% 9
No answer	0.5% 1	0.7% 2	0.6% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 193	100.0% 279	472

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Working full time	38.1% 8	53.3% 16	67.4% 97	71.0% 76	61.8% 102	64.0% 299
Working part time	14.3% 3	6.7% 2	6.9% 10	3.7% 4	6.1% 10	6.2% 29
Going to school	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	0.9% 1	1.8% 3	1.3% 6
Keeping house	14.3% 3	3.3% 1	6.3% 9	7.5% 8	12.7% 21	9.0% 42
Retired	28.6% 6	23.3% 7	15.3% 22	13.1% 14	14.5% 24	15.6% 73
Unemployed	4.8% 1	6.7% 2	1.4% 2	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 6
Or what?	0.0% 0	3.3% 1	1.4% 2	1.9% 2	2.4% 4	1.9% 9
No answer	0.0% 0	3.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.6% 1	0.6% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 30	100.0% 144	100.0% 107	100.0% 165	467

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Working full time	68.1% 128	60.5% 78	63.2% 67	50.0% 7	64.1% 280
Working part time	5.9% 11	6.2% 8	7.5% 8	0.0% 0	6.2% 27
Going to school	1.6% 3	0.8% 1	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 5
Keeping house	11.7% 22	5.4% 7	8.5% 9	21.4% 3	9.4% 41
Retired	9.0% 17	22.5% 29	17.9% 19	21.4% 3	15.6% 68
Unemployed	1.6% 3	1.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 5
Or what?	1.6% 3	2.3% 3	0.9% 1	7.1% 1	1.8% 8
No answer	0.5% 1	0.8% 1	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 129	100.0% 106	100.0% 14	437

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Working full time	66.5% 131	58.1% 79	67.8% 40	66.7% 4	61.2% 30	66.7% 14	63.7% 298
Working part time	6.1% 12	8.1% 11	5.1% 3	0.0% 0	4.1% 2	4.8% 1	6.2% 29
Going to school	1.5% 3	0.7% 1	1.7% 1	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 6
Keeping house	6.6% 13	11.8% 16	8.5% 5	0.0% 0	16.3% 8	9.5% 2	9.4% 44
Retired	14.7% 29	19.9% 27	11.9% 7	33.3% 2	10.2% 5	14.3% 3	15.6% 73
Unemployed	1.0% 2	1.5% 2	1.7% 1	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 6
Or what?	2.5% 5	0.0% 0	3.4% 2	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	4.8% 1	1.9% 9
No answer	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 197	100.0% 136	100.0% 59	100.0% 6	100.0% 49	100.0% 21	468

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Working full time	64.9% 262	57.1% 24	50.0% 1	52.6% 10	63.6% 297
Working part time	6.4% 26	7.1% 3	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	6.4% 30
Going to school	1.2% 5	2.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 6
Keeping house	9.2% 37	2.4% 1	50.0% 1	26.3% 5	9.4% 44
Retired	15.6% 63	16.7% 7	0.0% 0	10.5% 2	15.4% 72
Unemployed	1.0% 4	4.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 6
Or what?	1.5% 6	7.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 9
No answer	0.2% 1	2.4% 1	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	0.6% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 404	100.0% 42	100.0% 2	100.0% 19	467