The NEW YORK TIMES National Surveys, 1983 - Department of ...

35 45. Did you have a job, either full-time or part-time, at any time in your adult life?
36-37 450.
People work both foi’the money they get and for the satisfaction of it. I’d like your overall
opinion about your job. On p scale of zero to ten, if zero meant you would not work if you didn’t
need the money, and ten meant working is so satisfying to you that you’d do it no matter what
the pay. where would you rank your opinion about your job? Remember zero means you would
not work if you didn’t need the money and ten means working is so satisfying to you that you’d
do it no matter what the pay.
WOMEN MEN
Meall 5.95 6.11
Was your total income in 1982 under or over %2O,ooO?
WOMEN MEN TOTAL
I Yes, full-time/Both (Ask Q. 454) 7s 82 81
2 Yes. part-time (Ask Q.45al 10 2 7
3 No (Slop to 0.46) IS 8 12
9 DK/NA (Skip to Q. 46) 0 0 0
TOTAL
* 8.05
If under $2O.OOOr Was it under $10,000 or over$lO,OOU?
If $20.000 or OVOI: Was it under 630.000, between $30,000 and 540.000, or was it over 640.000?
WOMEN MEN
I Under %lO.OOO 44 18
2 Over $10,000 3s 37
3 Under 630,000 12 18
4 Between $30.000 and 640,000 2 14
5 Over 640,000 2 10
9 Refused 4 3
EMPLOYED RESPONDENTS SKIP TO 0.46
ASK FOLLOWING QUESTIONS OF UNEMPLOYED RESPONDENTS
TOTAL
IF YES IN Q. 45. ASK: What sort of work did you do? [Pause] Whet was your job
title?
29
36
8
8
7
4
WOMEN MEN TOTAL
/O Pro!essional 0 1 1
13 Accountant 1 0 1
/C Journalist I 2 2
20 Toplevel exec 0 1 1
;U Small business owner 2 1 2
22 Mlddle manager S 14 8
A3 Irsurance sales 1 3 2
Zfl Foreman 0 4 1
3D Clerks 16 9 13
3f s ecretanes 9 1 8
3 2 Scles clerk 7 4 6
33 Bookkeeper 8 0 4
90 Educ. Admms. 0 1 0
443 Eiem. Teacher 1 0 0
44 Teacher S 2 3
45 Nurse 11 0 7
50 Hairdresser 1 1 I
S/ Waiter S 0 3