General Social Survey, 1991

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SATJOB On the whole, how satisfied are you with the work you do -- would you say you are very satisfied, moderately satisfied, a little dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied?   1) Very satisfied   2) Moderately satisfied   3) A little dissatisfied   4) Very dissatisfied   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very satisfied	510	41.8%	41.8%	-.62
Moderately satisfied	482	39.5%	81.2%	-.09
A little dissatisfied	108	8.8%	90.1%	.45
Very dissatisfied	49	4%	94.1%	.98
Don't know	3	.2%	94.3%	3.12
No answer	69	5.7%	100%	3.66

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Education Gender Religion Political ideology Race

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60-74	75 and older	TOTAL
Very satisfied	36.4% 94	43.2% 229	43.4% 111	43.7% 62	39.4% 13	41.8% 509
Moderately satisfied	43.8% 113	41.9% 222	38.3% 98	27.5% 39	30.3% 10	39.5% 482
A little dissatisfied	11.2% 29	8.5% 45	7.8% 20	7.0% 10	12.1% 4	8.9% 108
Very dissatisfied	5.0% 13	4.0% 21	5.5% 14	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	4.0% 49
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
No answer	3.5% 9	2.1% 11	5.1% 13	20.4% 29	18.2% 6	5.6% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 258	100.0% 530	100.0% 256	100.0% 142	100.0% 33	1219

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Less than once a year	About once or twice a year	Several times a year	About once a month	Nearly every week	Once a week or more	TOTAL
Very satisfied	43.3% 109	36.3% 62	46.0% 69	33.5% 77	41.5% 27	46.1% 152	41.4% 496
Moderately satisfied	38.1% 96	43.9% 75	37.3% 56	43.5% 100	35.4% 23	38.2% 126	39.7% 476
A little dissatisfied	9.5% 24	11.7% 20	10.7% 16	7.8% 18	15.4% 10	5.8% 19	8.9% 107
Very dissatisfied	4.4% 11	5.3% 9	2.0% 3	7.4% 17	4.6% 3	1.8% 6	4.1% 49
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.2% 2
No answer	4.8% 12	2.3% 4	4.0% 6	7.8% 18	3.1% 2	7.9% 26	5.7% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 252	100.0% 171	100.0% 150	100.0% 230	100.0% 65	100.0% 330	1198

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Junior College	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Very satisfied	34.1% 72	41.0% 276	40.6% 26	50.3% 98	50.0% 36	41.8% 508
Moderately satisfied	37.4% 79	40.4% 272	46.9% 30	37.4% 73	36.1% 26	39.5% 480
A little dissatisfied	11.8% 25	8.9% 60	7.8% 5	6.7% 13	6.9% 5	8.9% 108
Very dissatisfied	3.3% 7	4.3% 29	4.7% 3	3.6% 7	4.2% 3	4.0% 49
Don't know	0.5% 1	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
No answer	12.8% 27	5.1% 34	0.0% 0	2.1% 4	2.8% 2	5.5% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 211	100.0% 673	100.0% 64	100.0% 195	100.0% 72	1215

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very satisfied	48.1% 236	37.5% 274	41.8% 510
Moderately satisfied	40.5% 199	38.8% 283	39.5% 482
A little dissatisfied	7.7% 38	9.6% 70	8.8% 108
Very dissatisfied	2.9% 14	4.8% 35	4.0% 49
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	0.2% 3
No answer	0.6% 3	9.0% 66	5.7% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 491	100.0% 730	1221

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Very satisfied	39.0% 301	48.2% 149	59.3% 16	40.9% 36	34.8% 8	41.8% 510
Moderately satisfied	40.7% 314	36.6% 113	25.9% 7	40.9% 36	52.2% 12	39.5% 482
A little dissatisfied	9.2% 71	7.8% 24	11.1% 3	11.4% 10	0.0% 0	8.9% 108
Very dissatisfied	3.9% 30	4.5% 14	0.0% 0	3.4% 3	8.7% 2	4.0% 49
Don't know	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	3.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
No answer	7.0% 54	2.9% 9	0.0% 0	3.4% 3	4.3% 1	5.5% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 772	100.0% 309	100.0% 27	100.0% 88	100.0% 23	1219

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal and extremely liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle or the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative	Extremely conservative	TOTAL
Very satisfied	39.0% 64	41.3% 76	41.7% 192	42.3% 71	47.6% 78	37.7% 29	41.9% 510
Moderately satisfied	39.0% 64	42.9% 79	40.2% 185	38.1% 64	33.5% 55	41.6% 32	39.4% 479
A little dissatisfied	11.6% 19	7.1% 13	8.5% 39	10.1% 17	7.3% 12	10.4% 8	8.9% 108
Very dissatisfied	5.5% 9	4.9% 9	4.1% 19	4.2% 7	2.4% 4	1.3% 1	4.0% 49
Don't know	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
No answer	4.3% 7	3.8% 7	5.0% 23	5.4% 9	9.1% 15	9.1% 7	5.6% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 164	100.0% 184	100.0% 460	100.0% 168	100.0% 164	100.0% 77	1217

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very satisfied	44.4% 450	25.8% 42	40.0% 18	41.8% 510
Moderately satisfied	38.3% 388	46.6% 76	40.0% 18	39.5% 482
A little dissatisfied	8.0% 81	13.5% 22	11.1% 5	8.8% 108
Very dissatisfied	3.9% 40	3.7% 6	6.7% 3	4.0% 49
Don't know	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
No answer	5.0% 51	10.4% 17	2.2% 1	5.7% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 1013	100.0% 163	100.0% 45	1221