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The PALS seeks to understand the impact of religion in everyday life, and ultimately the connections between religious change and other forms of change among diverse individuals and families over the course of their lives.

Results & Summaries

Work/Job

PAWT2

Respondent's work status - only one status designation allowed (WJ_STAT)

	TOTAL	%
-7) Refused	1	0
-4) Don't know	1	0
1) Full-time	1334	51.1
2) Part-time	323	12.4
3) Retired	407	15.6
4) Homemaker	194	7.4
5) In school	70	2.7
6) Unemployed	130	5
7) Other	150	5.7
TOTAL	2610	100.0

[ Analyze results ]

Respondent's work status - includes category for respondents selecting multiple statuses (WJ_STAT2)

	TOTAL	%
-7) Refused	1	0
-4) Don't know	1	0
1) Full-time	1256	48.1
2) Part-time	237	9.1
3) Retired	386	14.8
4) Homemaker	185	7.1
5) In school	62	2.4
6) Unemployed	127	4.9
7) Other	150	5.7
8) Work multiple	205	7.9
TOTAL	2610	100.0

[If WJ_STAT = 1 or 2, skip to WJ_HOURS, else go to WJ_2] Do you do any work for pay? (WJ_2)

	TOTAL	%
-4) Don't know	0	0
1) Yes	128	13.4
2) No	824	86.6
Missing	1658
TOTAL	952	100.0

[ Analyze results ]

In general, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your job? (WJ_6)

	TOTAL	%
1) Very satisfied	869	48.6
2) Somewhat satisfied	635	35.5
3) Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	128	7.2
4) Somewhat dissatisfied	113	6.3
5) Very dissatisfied	42	2.4
Missing	824
TOTAL	1787	100.0

[ Analyze results ]

Are you working full time, part time, retired, a homemaker, in school, unemployed, or something else? Don't know/refused (WJ_DKREF)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	2610	0.00	0.03

Are you working full time, part time, retired, a homemaker, in school, unemployed, or something else? Full-time (WJ_FULL)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	2610	0.51	0.50

Are you working full time, part time, retired, a homemaker, in school, unemployed, or something else? Homemaker (WJ_HOME)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	2610	0.10	0.30

Respondent's work status - number of selections respondent made (WRKSTAT)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	2610	1.08	0.29

Are you working full-time, part-time, retired, a homemaker, in school, unemployed, or something else? Other (WJ_OTHER)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	2610	0.06	0.25

Are you working full-time, part-time, retired, a homemaker, in school, unemployed, or something else? Part-time (WJ_PART)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	2610	0.13	0.33

Are you working full-time, part-time, retired, a homemaker, in school, unemployed, or something else? Retired (WJ_RETIR)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	2610	0.16	0.37

Are you working full-time, part-time, retired, a homemaker, in school, unemployed, or something else? In school (WJ_SCHL)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	2610	0.06	0.23

Are you working full-time, part-time, retired, a homemaker, in school, unemployed, or something else? Unemployed (WJ_UNEMP)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	2610	0.06	0.23

[IF WJ_2=2, DK/RF, SKIP TO SE_Intro; else go to WJ_3] About how many total hours per week do you usually work for pay, counting all jobs? (WJ_HOURS)

	TOTAL	%
-7) Refused	1	.1
-4) Don't know	1	.1
1) 0-5	45	2.5
2) 6-10	55	3.1
3) 11-15	43	2.4
4) 16-20	88	4.9
5) 21-25	76	4.3
6) 26-30	101	5.7
7) 31-35	70	3.9
8) 36-40	654	36.6
9) 41-45	153	8.6
10) 46-50	248	13.9
11) 51-55	56	3.1
12) 56-60	107	6
13) 61-65	27	1.5
14) 66-70	23	1.3
15) 71-75	10	.6
16) 76 or more	29	1.6
Missing	824
TOTAL	1787	100.0

Instructions

View each question on our survey and how our respondents answered to the left.

To perform an auto-analysis of how an item relates to key demographics such as gender, education, church attendance and more, click on the "Analyze results" link below a variable.

Modules

Click on a link to jump to a topic module. Move the mouse over links to see short descriptions.

Household Roster
Current Living Arrangement
Race/Ethnicity
Race Ethnicity (ACASI)
Housing Choice
Work/Job
Sensation-Seeking
Social Activities
Congregational Identity
Congregational Affiliation
Religious Identification
Centrality and Salience of Religious Identity
Networks and Network Density
Intergroup Contact
Political Participation
Volunteering and Informal Helping
Moral/Political Attitudes
Moral and Political Attitudes (ACASI)
Religion - Importance
Religious Guidance/Religious Authority
Religious Guidance and Religious Authority (ACASI)
Relationship Behaviors (ACASI)
Relationship Quality (ACASI)
Deviance (ACASI)
Religious Beliefs (ACASI)
Religious Attendance (ACASI)
Spiritual Experiences
Health
Demographics
Generated Variables
Appended and Other Variables

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