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General Social Survey, 1991

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RICHWORK

If you were to get enough money to live as comfortably as you would like for the rest of your life, would you continue to work or would you stop working?

	1) Continue to work
	2) Stop working
	8) Don't know
	9) No answer

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Continue to work	412	65.8%	65.8%	-.45
Stop working	204	32.6%	98.4%	.57
Don't know	8	1.3%	99.7%	6.68
No answer	2	.3%	100%	7.7

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60-74	75 and older	TOTAL
Continue to work	70.7% 106	66.4% 196	60.4% 81	59.1% 26	100.0% 2	65.8% 411
Stop working	28.7% 43	32.2% 95	36.6% 49	38.6% 17	0.0% 0	32.6% 204
Don't know	0.7% 1	1.0% 3	2.2% 3	2.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 8
No answer	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 150	100.0% 295	100.0% 134	100.0% 44	100.0% 2	625

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
Continue to work	62.9% 83	73.0% 73	66.7% 62	65.2% 75	53.3% 16	65.0% 91	65.6% 400
Stop working	34.8% 46	27.0% 27	32.3% 30	33.0% 38	46.7% 14	32.9% 46	33.0% 201
Don't know	2.3% 3	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	1.1% 7
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 132	100.0% 100	100.0% 93	100.0% 115	100.0% 30	100.0% 140	610

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Junior College	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Continue to work	64.3% 45	64.9% 233	45.2% 14	69.8% 81	76.6% 36	65.7% 409
Stop working	31.4% 22	33.4% 120	54.8% 17	29.3% 34	23.4% 11	32.7% 204
Don't know	4.3% 3	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 8
No answer	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 70	100.0% 359	100.0% 31	100.0% 116	100.0% 47	623

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Continue to work	71.1% 234	59.9% 178	65.8% 412
Stop working	27.1% 89	38.7% 115	32.6% 204
Don't know	1.8% 6	0.7% 2	1.3% 8
No answer	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 329	100.0% 297	626

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Continue to work	63.9% 242	67.1% 110	76.5% 13	69.6% 39	80.0% 8	65.8% 412
Stop working	34.8% 132	32.3% 53	23.5% 4	25.0% 14	10.0% 1	32.6% 204
Don't know	0.8% 3	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	5.4% 3	10.0% 1	1.3% 8
No answer	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 379	100.0% 164	100.0% 17	100.0% 56	100.0% 10	626

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal and extremely liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle or the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative	Extremely conservative	TOTAL
Continue to work	66.0% 62	75.2% 76	64.6% 144	70.7% 65	59.7% 46	47.4% 18	65.8% 411
Stop working	31.9% 30	22.8% 23	34.1% 76	28.3% 26	40.3% 31	47.4% 18	32.6% 204
Don't know	2.1% 2	1.0% 1	0.9% 2	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	5.3% 2	1.3% 8
No answer	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 101	100.0% 223	100.0% 92	100.0% 77	100.0% 38	625

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Continue to work	65.6% 345	64.4% 47	74.1% 20	65.8% 412
Stop working	33.1% 174	32.9% 24	22.2% 6	32.6% 204
Don't know	1.1% 6	1.4% 1	3.7% 1	1.3% 8
No answer	0.2% 1	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 526	100.0% 73	100.0% 27	626