d a hypothesis that people who are employed are less likely to smoke marijuana. In order to test these ideas we used the measure of marijuana as our dependent variable, and operationalized the independent variable of working, which asks the question, Was respondent working or unemployed the previous week?. Here are the results:Table IV: A Persons Level of Employment and Whether Marijuana Should be Made Legal or NotThe data supported our theory. Those who were unemployed at the time of the survey were far more likely to favor the legalization of marijuana (46.9% to 29.0%) than people who worked. While the correlation was weak, the results were very statistically significant. Curious about whether a persons age effected the results, we decided to control for age. The results remained the same. In each age category those who were unemployed were far more likely to favor smoking marijuana than people who worked. However, the control data was weakly correlated and not of statistical significance.Yet another theory we tested was that people with higher incomes often experience more social stratification. They often feel that they must live up to high role expectations and statuses and therefore see drugs as a deviant measure, one that is clearly unacceptable and would make others look down upon them. We then hypothesized that people with lower family incomes are more likely to smoke marijuana. Once again, we used the measure of marijuana as the dependent variable while using family income which asks the question, In which of these groups did your total family income, from all sources, fall last year, before taxes that is?. Respondents could choose three different categories which were: $1,000-$19,999, $20,000-$39,999, or $40,000 and up. These are the results:Table V: Family Income and Whether a Person Believes Marijuana Should be Made Legal or NotWhile the results did show that as income increased the acceptance of marijuana b...
