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Characteristics Number (N = 85) Percent (100%) * Includes various sects. Age Age range, y 46 – 97 Mean age, y 69.09 Sex Women 44 51.8 Men 41 48.2 Marital status Married 66 78.6 Unmarried (widowed, divorced, separated, never married) 18 21.4 Education No education 1 1.2 Grade school 40 47.1 Some high school 13 15.3 High school graduate 14 16.5 Some college or vocational training 3 3.5 College graduate 11 12.9 Postgraduate 2 2.4 Other 1 1.2 Work life Retired 64 75.3 Currently working 5 5.9 Homemaker 13 15.3 Unemployed 1 1.2 Disabled 2 2.4 Occupation Business manager, administrative, minor professional 8 9.4 Technical, semiprofessional 2 2.4 Clerical, sales 2 2.4 Skilled labor 22 25.9 Machine operation, semiskilled 25 29.4 Unskilled labor 10 11.8 Farm labor, menial 3 3.5 Homemaker 13 15.3 Religious affiliation Roman Catholic 75 89.3 Protestant, other* 7 8.4 No religious affiliation 2 2.4
