Baylor Religion Survey, Wave V (2017)

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D14 (Weighted by WEIGHT) Which of the following best describes your place of employment?   1) A for-profit private company, business, or individual   2) A non-profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization   3) Local, state, or federal government   4) Self-employed   5) Working with pay in a family business or farm   6) Not currently employed

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
A for-profit private company, business, or individual	528	37.7%	37.7%
A non-profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization	112	8.0%	45.7%
Local, state, or federal government	144	10.3%	56.0%
Self-employed	146	10.4%	66.4%
Working with pay in a family business or farm	11	.8%	67.2%
Not currently employed	459	32.8%	100.0%
Missing	85

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Religion Race

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
A for-profit private company, business, or individual	40.0% 44	49.3% 137	56.1% 101	42.5% 113	39.2% 85	8.8% 23	38.3% 503
A non-profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization	5.5% 6	10.8% 30	7.2% 13	10.5% 28	8.8% 19	3.8% 10	8.1% 106
Local, state, or federal government	20.0% 22	10.4% 29	13.9% 25	10.9% 29	10.6% 23	3.1% 8	10.4% 136
Self-employed	3.6% 4	6.1% 17	8.3% 15	20.7% 55	12.0% 26	6.5% 17	10.2% 134
Working with pay in a family business or farm	0.0% 0	2.2% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 4	0.8% 10
Not currently employed	30.9% 34	21.2% 59	14.4% 26	15.4% 41	29.5% 64	76.2% 199	32.2% 423
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 278	100.0% 180	100.0% 266	100.0% 217	100.0% 261	1312

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school degree	High school graduate (Grade 12 with diploma or GED certificate)	Some college	Four year bachelor's degree from a college or university (e.g., BS, BA, AB)	Postgraduate	TOTAL
A for-profit private company, business, or individual	29.6% 34	34.3% 127	37.4% 159	53.7% 116	33.5% 83	37.8% 519
A non-profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization	4.3% 5	4.3% 16	7.8% 33	10.2% 22	14.1% 35	8.1% 111
Local, state, or federal government	0.9% 1	4.6% 17	12.5% 53	13.0% 28	18.1% 45	10.5% 144
Self-employed	7.0% 8	12.2% 45	11.3% 48	8.3% 18	9.3% 23	10.3% 142
Working with pay in a family business or farm	1.7% 2	2.2% 8	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.9% 12
Not currently employed	56.5% 65	42.4% 157	30.8% 131	14.8% 32	24.6% 61	32.5% 446
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 370	100.0% 425	100.0% 216	100.0% 248	1374

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish or other religions	No Religion	TOTAL
A for-profit private company, business, or individual	34.8% 131	32.7% 54	34.4% 33	39.4% 134	31.9% 38	47.7% 125	37.9% 515
A non-profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization	7.7% 29	11.5% 19	5.2% 5	8.8% 30	5.9% 7	8.0% 21	8.2% 111
Local, state, or federal government	8.8% 33	7.9% 13	12.5% 12	10.3% 35	9.2% 11	13.0% 34	10.2% 138
Self-employed	12.2% 46	7.3% 12	4.2% 4	8.5% 29	19.3% 23	10.7% 28	10.5% 142
Working with pay in a family business or farm	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 2	0.9% 3	1.7% 2	1.5% 4	0.8% 11
Not currently employed	36.4% 137	40.6% 67	41.7% 40	32.1% 109	31.9% 38	19.1% 50	32.5% 441
TOTAL	100.0% 376	100.0% 165	100.0% 96	100.0% 340	100.0% 119	100.0% 262	1358

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Other races	TOTAL
A for-profit private company, business, or individual	38.4% 411	30.1% 47	55.6% 25	34.8% 46	37.7% 529
A non-profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization	8.2% 88	6.4% 10	2.2% 1	9.8% 13	8.0% 112
Local, state, or federal government	10.8% 116	12.2% 19	4.4% 2	6.1% 8	10.3% 145
Self-employed	10.8% 116	7.7% 12	4.4% 2	12.1% 16	10.4% 146
Working with pay in a family business or farm	0.5% 5	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	3.8% 5	0.9% 12
Not currently employed	31.2% 334	42.3% 66	33.3% 15	33.3% 44	32.7% 459
TOTAL	100.0% 1070	100.0% 156	100.0% 45	100.0% 132	1403