CLASSQ
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| Category | Frequency | Percentage | Cumulative Percentage | Z-Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower class | 167 | 6% | 6% | -1.83 |
| Working class | 1231 | 44.5% | 50.6% | -.61 |
| Middle class | 1253 | 45.3% | 95.9% | .6 |
| Upper class | 94 | 3.4% | 99.3% | 1.82 |
| Don't know | 15 | .5% | 99.8% | 6.68 |
| No answer | 5 | .2% | 100% | 7.89 |
Variable Comparisons
Race (I-RACE)
| White | Black | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower class | 4.7% 103 |
12.7% 51 |
6.0% 154 |
| Working class | 42.6% 927 |
50.7% 204 |
43.9% 1131 |
| Middle class | 48.4% 1053 |
32.6% 131 |
45.9% 1184 |
| Upper class | 3.6% 78 |
3.2% 13 |
3.5% 91 |
| Don't know | 0.4% 9 |
0.7% 3 |
0.5% 12 |
| No answer | 0.2% 5 |
0.0% 0 |
0.2% 5 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 2175 |
100.0% 402 |
2577 |
Marital status (I-MARITAL)
| Married | Widowed | Divorced | Separated | Never married | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower class | 3.0% 38 |
12.1% 30 |
9.2% 41 |
10.4% 10 |
6.8% 48 |
6.0% 167 |
| Working class | 41.3% 524 |
29.6% 73 |
49.7% 221 |
52.1% 50 |
51.3% 363 |
44.5% 1231 |
| Middle class | 51.6% 655 |
52.6% 130 |
38.4% 171 |
36.5% 35 |
37.0% 262 |
45.3% 1253 |
| Upper class | 3.8% 48 |
4.5% 11 |
1.3% 6 |
1.0% 1 |
4.0% 28 |
3.4% 94 |
| Don't know | 0.2% 3 |
0.8% 2 |
0.9% 4 |
0.0% 0 |
0.8% 6 |
0.5% 15 |
| No answer | 0.1% 1 |
0.4% 1 |
0.4% 2 |
0.0% 0 |
0.1% 1 |
0.2% 5 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 1269 |
100.0% 247 |
100.0% 445 |
100.0% 96 |
100.0% 708 |
2765 |
Age (I-AGE)
| 18-30 | 31-44 | 45-64 | 65+ | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower class | 6.1% 36 |
4.9% 39 |
6.5% 57 |
7.0% 35 |
6.0% 167 |
| Working class | 55.0% 325 |
49.1% 391 |
40.6% 356 |
31.7% 159 |
44.5% 1231 |
| Middle class | 35.4% 209 |
43.5% 347 |
47.6% 417 |
55.9% 280 |
45.3% 1253 |
| Upper class | 2.9% 17 |
2.0% 16 |
4.8% 42 |
3.8% 19 |
3.4% 94 |
| Don't know | 0.5% 3 |
0.5% 4 |
0.3% 3 |
1.0% 5 |
0.5% 15 |
| No answer | 0.2% 1 |
0.0% 0 |
0.1% 1 |
0.6% 3 |
0.2% 5 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 591 |
100.0% 797 |
100.0% 876 |
100.0% 501 |
2765 |
Family income (I-FINCOME)
| Less than $10K | $10K-19,999 | $20K-24,999 | $25K or over | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower class | 20.2% 56 |
16.0% 56 |
7.1% 13 |
1.1% 18 |
5.8% 143 |
| Working class | 40.4% 112 |
57.1% 200 |
55.2% 101 |
42.6% 705 |
45.4% 1118 |
| Middle class | 35.0% 97 |
25.4% 89 |
36.1% 66 |
51.6% 854 |
44.9% 1106 |
| Upper class | 2.9% 8 |
1.1% 4 |
1.6% 3 |
4.5% 74 |
3.6% 89 |
| Don't know | 1.4% 4 |
0.3% 1 |
0.0% 0 |
0.1% 2 |
0.3% 7 |
| No answer | 0.0% 0 |
0.0% 0 |
0.0% 0 |
0.1% 1 |
0.0% 1 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 277 |
100.0% 350 |
100.0% 183 |
100.0% 1654 |
2464 |
Political ideology (I-POLITICS)
| Liberal | Moderate, middle of the road | Conservative | Don't know | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower class | 5.7% 20 |
5.6% 29 |
6.5% 30 |
13.9% 5 |
6.1% 84 |
| Working class | 41.0% 143 |
51.0% 266 |
42.8% 197 |
38.9% 14 |
45.4% 620 |
| Middle class | 49.9% 174 |
41.4% 216 |
46.5% 214 |
33.3% 12 |
45.1% 616 |
| Upper class | 2.6% 9 |
2.1% 11 |
3.9% 18 |
8.3% 3 |
3.0% 41 |
| Don't know | 0.9% 3 |
0.0% 0 |
0.0% 0 |
5.6% 2 |
0.4% 5 |
| No answer | 0.0% 0 |
0.0% 0 |
0.2% 1 |
0.0% 0 |
0.1% 1 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 349 |
100.0% 522 |
100.0% 460 |
100.0% 36 |
1367 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
| Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | None | Other | Don't know | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower class | 6.5% 95 |
4.6% 31 |
2.1% 1 |
6.3% 24 |
8.6% 16 |
0.0% 0 |
6.1% 167 |
| Working class | 45.8% 669 |
44.1% 297 |
14.6% 7 |
43.0% 163 |
47.3% 88 |
50.0% 2 |
44.6% 1226 |
| Middle class | 44.2% 645 |
47.8% 322 |
64.6% 31 |
45.1% 171 |
41.4% 77 |
25.0% 1 |
45.3% 1247 |
| Upper class | 3.1% 45 |
3.0% 20 |
16.7% 8 |
4.7% 18 |
1.6% 3 |
0.0% 0 |
3.4% 94 |
| Don't know | 0.3% 5 |
0.4% 3 |
2.1% 1 |
0.5% 2 |
1.1% 2 |
25.0% 1 |
0.5% 14 |
| No answer | 0.1% 1 |
0.0% 0 |
0.0% 0 |
0.3% 1 |
0.0% 0 |
0.0% 0 |
0.1% 2 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 1460 |
100.0% 673 |
100.0% 48 |
100.0% 379 |
100.0% 186 |
100.0% 4 |
2750 |
Education (I-EDUC)
| Less than high school | High school | Associate/Junior college | Bachelor's | Graduate | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower class | 14.0% 56 |
6.5% 96 |
4.0% 8 |
1.4% 6 |
0.4% 1 |
6.1% 167 |
| Working class | 47.8% 191 |
53.7% 797 |
43.1% 87 |
26.0% 115 |
16.5% 38 |
44.5% 1228 |
| Middle class | 34.0% 136 |
37.6% 559 |
49.5% 100 |
64.6% 286 |
74.8% 172 |
45.4% 1253 |
| Upper class | 2.3% 9 |
2.0% 29 |
3.0% 6 |
7.0% 31 |
8.3% 19 |
3.4% 94 |
| Don't know | 1.3% 5 |
0.3% 4 |
0.5% 1 |
0.7% 3 |
0.0% 0 |
0.5% 13 |
| No answer | 0.8% 3 |
0.0% 0 |
0.0% 0 |
0.5% 2 |
0.0% 0 |
0.2% 5 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 400 |
100.0% 1485 |
100.0% 202 |
100.0% 443 |
100.0% 230 |
2760 |
Sex (I-SEX)
| Male | Female | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower class | 5.1% 63 |
6.8% 104 |
6.0% 167 |
| Working class | 46.1% 566 |
43.3% 665 |
44.5% 1231 |
| Middle class | 44.3% 544 |
46.1% 709 |
45.3% 1253 |
| Upper class | 3.7% 46 |
3.1% 48 |
3.4% 94 |
| Don't know | 0.5% 6 |
0.6% 9 |
0.5% 15 |
| No answer | 0.2% 3 |
0.1% 2 |
0.2% 5 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 1228 |
100.0% 1537 |
2765 |
