General Social Survey, 2000

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UNEMP At any time during the last ten years, have you been unemployed and looking for work for as long as a month?   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	561	30.2%	30.2%	-.92
No	1278	68.8%	99%	.28
Don't know	8	.4%	99.4%	7.49
No answer	11	.6%	100%	8.7

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Marital status Race Household income Political ideology Religion Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	44.8% 179	38.6% 229	24.8% 138	4.3% 13	30.2% 559
No	53.5% 214	60.4% 359	74.7% 416	94.7% 284	68.8% 1273
Don't know	0.8% 3	0.5% 3	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 8
No answer	1.0% 4	0.5% 3	0.2% 1	1.0% 3	0.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 594	100.0% 557	100.0% 300	1851

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	31.2% 258	29.4% 303	30.2% 561
No	67.8% 561	69.5% 717	68.8% 1278
Don't know	0.5% 4	0.4% 4	0.4% 8
No answer	0.5% 4	0.7% 7	0.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 827	100.0% 1031	1858

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Yes	25.1% 217	11.3% 18	33.0% 93	46.6% 34	41.5% 199	30.2% 561
No	74.4% 643	87.5% 140	65.6% 185	53.4% 39	56.6% 271	68.8% 1278
Don't know	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 5	0.4% 8
No answer	0.2% 2	1.3% 2	1.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.8% 4	0.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 864	100.0% 160	100.0% 282	100.0% 73	100.0% 479	1858

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	29.0% 434	33.7% 90	38.1% 37	30.2% 561
No	69.9% 1045	65.2% 174	60.8% 59	68.8% 1278
Don't know	0.5% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 8
No answer	0.5% 7	1.1% 3	1.0% 1	0.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 1494	100.0% 267	100.0% 97	1858

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K - 19,999	$20K - 24,999	$25K+	TOTAL
Yes	35.9% 61	39.8% 101	38.0% 52	27.8% 292	31.4% 506
No	62.9% 107	59.4% 151	62.0% 85	71.3% 749	67.7% 1092
Don't know	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 3	0.3% 5
No answer	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 7	0.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 170	100.0% 254	100.0% 137	100.0% 1051	1612

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Yes	33.8% 156	33.7% 228	24.0% 145	30.4% 529
No	64.9% 300	65.2% 441	75.2% 454	68.6% 1195
Don't know	0.4% 2	0.6% 4	0.3% 2	0.5% 8
No answer	0.9% 4	0.4% 3	0.5% 3	0.6% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 462	100.0% 676	100.0% 604	1742

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	28.5% 281	28.7% 130	26.2% 11	35.5% 94	41.1% 44	30.2% 560
No	70.9% 700	70.2% 318	71.4% 30	63.0% 167	57.0% 61	68.8% 1276
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.9% 1	0.4% 7
No answer	0.5% 5	0.4% 2	2.4% 1	0.8% 2	0.9% 1	0.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 987	100.0% 453	100.0% 42	100.0% 265	100.0% 107	1854

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	30.3% 83	32.0% 314	28.4% 42	30.6% 87	19.6% 31	30.2% 557
No	68.2% 187	67.1% 658	70.9% 105	68.7% 195	79.1% 125	68.8% 1270
Don't know	0.7% 2	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.6% 1	0.4% 8
No answer	0.7% 2	0.5% 5	0.7% 1	0.4% 1	0.6% 1	0.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 274	100.0% 981	100.0% 148	100.0% 284	100.0% 158	1845