Middletown Area Study, 1979

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FINRELA Compared with American families in general now, would you say your family income is far above average, above average, average, below average, or far below average?   1) Far above average   2) Above average   3) Average   4) Below average   5) Far below average   6) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Far above average	16	3.3%	3.3%	-2.29
Above average	114	23.2%	26.4%	-1.13
Average	246	50%	76.4%	.02
Below average	99	20.1%	96.5%	1.17
Far below average	12	2.4%	99%	2.32
Don't know	5	1%	100%	3.47

Variable Comparisons

Sex Race Marital status Religion Education Household income Age

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Far above average	6.9% 12	1.3% 4	3.3% 16
Above average	29.3% 51	19.8% 63	23.2% 114
Average	48.3% 84	50.9% 162	50.0% 246
Below average	14.4% 25	23.3% 74	20.1% 99
Far below average	1.1% 2	3.1% 10	2.4% 12
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.6% 5	1.0% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 174	100.0% 318	492

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Far above average	3.5% 16	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.3% 16
Above average	23.8% 110	13.8% 4	0.0% 0	23.2% 114
Average	49.8% 230	55.2% 16	0.0% 0	50.0% 246
Below average	19.3% 89	31.0% 9	100.0% 1	20.1% 99
Far below average	2.6% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.4% 12
Don't know	1.1% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 462	100.0% 29	100.0% 1	492

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Separated	Divorced	Single	TOTAL
Far above average	4.5% 15	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.0% 1	3.3% 16
Above average	28.7% 96	8.7% 8	33.3% 1	17.6% 6	8.0% 2	23.1% 113
Average	51.3% 172	47.8% 44	33.3% 1	35.3% 12	60.0% 15	49.9% 244
Below average	14.3% 48	34.8% 32	33.3% 1	35.3% 12	24.0% 6	20.2% 99
Far below average	0.6% 2	5.4% 5	0.0% 0	11.8% 4	4.0% 1	2.5% 12
Don't know	0.6% 2	3.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 92	100.0% 3	100.0% 34	100.0% 25	489

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Far above average	2.9% 11	1.8% 1	100.0% 1	4.9% 2	8.3% 1	3.3% 16
Above average	23.7% 90	28.6% 16	0.0% 0	14.6% 6	8.3% 1	23.1% 113
Average	49.3% 187	51.8% 29	0.0% 0	53.7% 22	66.7% 8	50.3% 246
Below average	20.6% 78	17.9% 10	0.0% 0	17.1% 7	16.7% 2	19.8% 97
Far below average	2.1% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.8% 4	0.0% 0	2.5% 12
Don't know	1.3% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 379	100.0% 56	100.0% 1	100.0% 41	100.0% 12	489

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate	Post graduate/professional	TOTAL
Far above average	1.3% 2	1.3% 2	3.8% 3	12.2% 5	6.8% 4	3.3% 16
Above average	7.2% 11	20.0% 31	33.3% 26	36.6% 15	52.5% 31	23.5% 114
Average	55.6% 85	55.5% 86	47.4% 37	43.9% 18	30.5% 18	50.2% 244
Below average	29.4% 45	20.6% 32	15.4% 12	7.3% 3	6.8% 4	19.8% 96
Far below average	4.6% 7	1.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 1	2.3% 11
Don't know	2.0% 3	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 1	1.0% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 153	100.0% 155	100.0% 78	100.0% 41	100.0% 59	486

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $5,000	$5,000-$15,000	$15,001-$25,000	$25,001-$50,000	$50,000+	TOTAL
Far above average	1.2% 1	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	8.5% 7	40.0% 6	3.4% 16
Above average	2.5% 2	6.3% 10	28.9% 37	63.4% 52	60.0% 9	23.7% 110
Average	42.0% 34	58.2% 92	63.3% 81	24.4% 20	0.0% 0	48.9% 227
Below average	44.4% 36	29.1% 46	7.8% 10	2.4% 2	0.0% 0	20.3% 94
Far below average	7.4% 6	3.8% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 12
Don't know	2.5% 2	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 158	100.0% 128	100.0% 82	100.0% 15	464

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 17-30	Age 31-45	Age 46-55	Age 56-65	Age 65+	TOTAL
Far above average	2.6% 2	3.4% 4	4.3% 4	6.3% 5	0.9% 1	3.3% 16
Above average	15.8% 12	28.8% 34	31.9% 30	22.5% 18	13.4% 15	22.7% 109
Average	59.2% 45	54.2% 64	50.0% 47	45.0% 36	42.9% 48	50.0% 240
Below average	19.7% 15	11.9% 14	11.7% 11	20.0% 16	38.4% 43	20.6% 99
Far below average	2.6% 2	0.8% 1	2.1% 2	5.0% 4	1.8% 2	2.3% 11
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	2.7% 3	1.0% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 118	100.0% 94	100.0% 80	100.0% 112	480