Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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EMPLOYED Last week were you primarily: Working full-time, working part-time, going to school, keeping house, retired, unemployed, or what?   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	511	61.6%	61.6%	-.68
Working part time	59	7.1%	68.8%	-.16
Going to school	33	4%	72.7%	.37
Keeping house	46	5.5%	78.3%	.89
Retired	128	15.4%	93.7%	1.42
Unemployed	17	2.1%	95.8%	1.94
Or what?	30	3.6%	99.4%	2.47
No answer	5	.6%	100%	2.99

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24 years old	25 to 44 years old	45 to 64 years old	65 years or older	TOTAL
Working full time	44.4% 40	81.4% 280	69.0% 180	8.1% 10	62.3% 510
Working part time	13.3% 12	4.9% 17	7.3% 19	7.3% 9	7.0% 57
Going to school	28.9% 26	1.7% 6	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	4.0% 33
Keeping house	6.7% 6	6.1% 21	4.6% 12	4.8% 6	5.5% 45
Retired	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	10.3% 27	78.2% 97	15.5% 127
Unemployed	4.4% 4	1.5% 5	3.1% 8	0.0% 0	2.1% 17
Or what?	2.2% 2	3.2% 11	5.0% 13	0.8% 1	3.3% 27
No answer	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.8% 1	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 90	100.0% 344	100.0% 261	100.0% 124	819

Education (I-EDUC)

	1st-11th grade	12th grade (High school)	Some college (Two year degree)	4 year college graduate	Advanced degree (MA, PHD, LLD, MD)	TOTAL
Working full time	23.5% 16	58.5% 145	62.0% 134	74.1% 140	73.3% 74	61.9% 509
Working part time	5.9% 4	7.3% 18	7.9% 17	9.0% 17	3.0% 3	7.2% 59
Going to school	7.4% 5	5.2% 13	6.0% 13	0.0% 0	2.0% 2	4.0% 33
Keeping house	17.6% 12	6.5% 16	4.2% 9	3.2% 6	3.0% 3	5.6% 46
Retired	30.9% 21	14.9% 37	13.9% 30	10.6% 20	17.8% 18	15.3% 126
Unemployed	7.4% 5	2.0% 5	1.4% 3	1.6% 3	1.0% 1	2.1% 17
Or what?	7.4% 5	5.2% 13	3.7% 8	1.6% 3	0.0% 0	3.5% 29
No answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 68	100.0% 248	100.0% 216	100.0% 189	100.0% 101	822

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Working full time	71.2% 260	54.1% 251	61.6% 511
Working part time	3.6% 13	9.9% 46	7.1% 59
Going to school	3.8% 14	4.1% 19	4.0% 33
Keeping house	0.3% 1	9.7% 45	5.5% 46
Retired	14.2% 52	16.4% 76	15.4% 128
Unemployed	3.6% 13	0.9% 4	2.1% 17
Or what?	3.3% 12	3.9% 18	3.6% 30
No answer	0.0% 0	1.1% 5	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 365	100.0% 464	829

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Some other religion (Specify)	No religion [Not religious/agnostic/atheist]	TOTAL
Working full time	61.4% 359	61.4% 78	66.7% 8	61.8% 34	68.6% 24	61.8% 503
Working part time	9.1% 53	3.1% 4	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	2.9% 1	7.2% 59
Going to school	2.9% 17	6.3% 8	0.0% 0	9.1% 5	0.0% 0	3.7% 30
Keeping house	5.6% 33	8.7% 11	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	2.9% 1	5.7% 46
Retired	15.9% 93	15.0% 19	25.0% 3	10.9% 6	14.3% 5	15.5% 126
Unemployed	1.2% 7	3.1% 4	8.3% 1	7.3% 4	2.9% 1	2.1% 17
Or what?	3.8% 22	2.4% 3	0.0% 0	3.6% 2	8.6% 3	3.7% 30
No answer	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 127	100.0% 12	100.0% 55	100.0% 35	814