General Social Survey, 1978

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SPWRKSLF (Is/was) your spouse self-employed or (does/did) your spouse work for someone else?   1) Self-employment   2) Someone else   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Self-employment	118	13.4%	13.4%	-1.83
Someone else	758	86.3%	99.8%	.24
No answer	2	.2%	100%	14.77

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Race Religion Political party Region Worship attendance

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-59	60-74	75+	TOTAL
Self-employment	10.5% 23	11.3% 33	20.0% 43	12.5% 16	15.0% 3	13.5% 118
Someone else	89.5% 196	88.4% 258	80.0% 172	86.7% 111	85.0% 17	86.3% 754
No answer	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 219	100.0% 292	100.0% 215	100.0% 128	100.0% 20	874

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Self-employment	5.7% 21	18.9% 97	13.4% 118
Someone else	94.0% 344	80.9% 414	86.3% 758
No answer	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 366	100.0% 512	878

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Self-employment	13.4% 33	12.4% 61	22.2% 6	14.1% 11	17.6% 6	13.4% 117
Someone else	86.6% 213	87.4% 429	77.8% 21	85.9% 67	79.4% 27	86.4% 757
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 246	100.0% 491	100.0% 27	100.0% 78	100.0% 34	876

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Self-employment	13.8% 111	9.2% 6	11.1% 1	13.4% 118
Someone else	86.1% 692	89.2% 58	88.9% 8	86.3% 758
No answer	0.1% 1	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 804	100.0% 65	100.0% 9	878

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Self-employment	14.2% 79	12.4% 30	17.6% 3	5.6% 3	14.3% 1	13.3% 116
Someone else	85.8% 477	87.6% 211	76.5% 13	92.6% 50	85.7% 6	86.5% 757
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.9% 1	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 241	100.0% 17	100.0% 54	100.0% 7	875

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Self-employment	11.0% 38	14.1% 45	15.6% 32	33.3% 2	13.4% 117
Someone else	88.7% 306	85.9% 274	83.9% 172	66.7% 4	86.4% 756
No answer	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 319	100.0% 205	100.0% 6	875

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Self-employment	11.0% 21	12.7% 32	15.6% 48	13.3% 17	13.4% 118
Someone else	89.0% 170	87.3% 219	84.4% 260	85.2% 109	86.3% 758
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 191	100.0% 251	100.0% 308	100.0% 128	878

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	TOTAL
Self-employment	10.9% 12	12.0% 33	10.2% 22	18.2% 50	13.4% 117
Someone else	88.2% 97	87.6% 241	89.8% 193	81.8% 224	86.4% 755
No answer	0.9% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 275	100.0% 215	100.0% 274	874