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Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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HWEMPLOY

What about your wife/husband – last week was he/she: Working full-time, working part-time, going to school, keeping house, retired, unemployed, or what? NOTE: Asked only of respondents who answered "Married" to MARTIAL.

	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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Working full time	306	65.9%	65.9%	-.64
Working part time	24	5.2%	71.1%	-.08
Going to school	7	1.5%	72.6%	.48
Keeping house	46	9.9%	82.5%	1.05
Retired	65	14%	96.6%	1.61
Unemployed	3	.6%	97.2%	2.17
Or what?	12	2.6%	99.8%	2.74
No answer	1	.2%	100%	3.3

Variable Comparisons

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	83.3% 10	76.9% 163	71.6% 121	14.9% 10	66.1% 304
Working part time	0.0% 0	6.1% 13	4.1% 7	6.0% 4	5.2% 24
Going to school	16.7% 2	1.9% 4	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.5% 7
Keeping house	0.0% 0	9.4% 20	13.0% 22	6.0% 4	10.0% 46
Retired	0.0% 0	1.4% 3	8.3% 14	71.6% 48	14.1% 65
Unemployed	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
Or what?	0.0% 0	3.3% 7	2.4% 4	1.5% 1	2.6% 12
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 12	100.0% 212	100.0% 169	100.0% 67	460

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	54.3% 19	66.9% 87	67.9% 76	69.9% 79	60.0% 42	65.9% 303
Working part time	0.0% 0	1.5% 2	7.1% 8	7.1% 8	8.6% 6	5.2% 24
Going to school	2.9% 1	1.5% 2	1.8% 2	0.9% 1	1.4% 1	1.5% 7
Keeping house	0.0% 0	12.3% 16	5.4% 6	11.5% 13	15.7% 11	10.0% 46
Retired	40.0% 14	14.6% 19	11.6% 13	8.8% 10	12.9% 9	14.1% 65
Unemployed	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
Or what?	2.9% 1	3.1% 4	4.5% 5	0.9% 1	1.4% 1	2.6% 12
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 130	100.0% 112	100.0% 113	100.0% 70	460

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Working full time	50.7% 115	80.6% 191	65.9% 306
Working part time	9.3% 21	1.3% 3	5.2% 24
Going to school	2.6% 6	0.4% 1	1.5% 7
Keeping house	19.8% 45	0.4% 1	9.9% 46
Retired	14.1% 32	13.9% 33	14.0% 65
Unemployed	0.4% 1	0.8% 2	0.6% 3
Or what?	3.1% 7	2.1% 5	2.6% 12
No answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 227	100.0% 237	464

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Some other religion (Specify)	No religion [Not religious/agnostic/atheist]	TOTAL
Working full time	65.9% 224	68.5% 50	40.0% 2	65.4% 17	60.0% 9	65.8% 302
Working part time	5.3% 18	4.1% 3	20.0% 1	3.8% 1	6.7% 1	5.2% 24
Going to school	1.8% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	1.5% 7
Keeping house	11.2% 38	6.8% 5	0.0% 0	3.8% 1	13.3% 2	10.0% 46
Retired	12.9% 44	19.2% 14	40.0% 2	7.7% 2	20.0% 3	14.2% 65
Unemployed	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 3
Or what?	2.4% 8	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	11.5% 3	0.0% 0	2.6% 12
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 340	100.0% 73	100.0% 5	100.0% 26	100.0% 15	459