Middletown Area Study, 1979

Data Archive > U.S. Surveys > General Population > Local/Regional > Middletown Data > Analysis


I-RELIGION

What is your religious preference? Is it Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion?
  1) Protestant
  2) Catholic
  3) Jewish
  4) None
  5) Other

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Protestant 383 77.7% 77.7% -.45
Catholic 56 11.4% 89% .52
Jewish 1 .2% 89.2% 1.5
None 41 8.3% 97.6% 2.48
Other 12 2.4% 100% 3.46

Variable Comparisons


Sex (I-SEX)

Male Female TOTAL
Protestant 76.0%
133
78.6%
250
77.7%
383
Catholic 10.9%
19
11.6%
37
11.4%
56
Jewish 0.6%
1
0.0%
0
0.2%
1
None 11.4%
20
6.6%
21
8.3%
41
Other 1.1%
2
3.1%
10
2.4%
12
TOTAL 100.0%
175
100.0%
318

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Race (I-RACE)

White Black Other TOTAL
Protestant 77.2%
358
89.3%
25
0.0%
0
77.7%
383
Catholic 11.9%
55
3.6%
1
0.0%
0
11.4%
56
Jewish 0.2%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.2%
1
None 8.4%
39
3.6%
1
100.0%
1
8.3%
41
Other 2.4%
11
3.6%
1
0.0%
0
2.4%
12
TOTAL 100.0%
464
100.0%
28
100.0%
1

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Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Widowed Separated Divorced Single TOTAL
Protestant 77.5%
259
88.3%
83
33.3%
1
63.6%
21
65.4%
17
77.8%
381
Catholic 11.7%
39
6.4%
6
33.3%
1
15.2%
5
19.2%
5
11.4%
56
Jewish 0.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.2%
1
None 8.1%
27
2.1%
2
0.0%
0
21.2%
7
15.4%
4
8.2%
40
Other 2.4%
8
3.2%
3
33.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
2.4%
12
TOTAL 100.0%
334
100.0%
94
100.0%
3
100.0%
33
100.0%
26

490


Religion (I-RELIGION)

Protestant Catholic Jewish None Other TOTAL
Protestant 100.0%
383
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
77.7%
383
Catholic 0.0%
0
100.0%
56
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
11.4%
56
Jewish 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.2%
1
None 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
41
0.0%
0
8.3%
41
Other 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
12
2.4%
12
TOTAL 100.0%
383
100.0%
56
100.0%
1
100.0%
41
100.0%
12

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Education (I-EDUC)

Less than High School High School graduate Some college College graduate Post graduate/professional TOTAL
Protestant 84.9%
129
80.1%
125
70.5%
55
60.5%
26
72.9%
43
77.5%
378
Catholic 6.6%
10
9.0%
14
17.9%
14
18.6%
8
16.9%
10
11.5%
56
Jewish 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
2.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.2%
1
None 6.6%
10
7.1%
11
10.3%
8
16.3%
7
8.5%
5
8.4%
41
Other 2.0%
3
3.8%
6
1.3%
1
2.3%
1
1.7%
1
2.5%
12
TOTAL 100.0%
152
100.0%
156
100.0%
78
100.0%
43
100.0%
59

488


Household income (I-INCOME)

Less than $5,000 $5,000-$15,000 $15,001-$25,000 $25,001-$50,000 $50,000+ TOTAL
Protestant 81.3%
65
77.8%
123
74.0%
94
76.8%
63
73.3%
11
77.1%
356
Catholic 8.8%
7
11.4%
18
11.8%
15
11.0%
9
20.0%
3
11.3%
52
Jewish 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
1.2%
1
0.0%
0
0.2%
1
None 7.5%
6
7.0%
11
12.6%
16
8.5%
7
6.7%
1
8.9%
41
Other 2.5%
2
3.8%
6
1.6%
2
2.4%
2
0.0%
0
2.6%
12
TOTAL 100.0%
80
100.0%
158
100.0%
127
100.0%
82
100.0%
15

462


Age (I-AGE)

Age 17-30 Age 31-45 Age 46-55 Age 56-65 Age 65+ TOTAL
Protestant 52.6%
40
72.6%
85
81.9%
77
83.8%
67
89.5%
102
77.1%
371
Catholic 22.4%
17
11.1%
13
11.7%
11
10.0%
8
6.1%
7
11.6%
56
Jewish 0.0%
0
0.9%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.2%
1
None 18.4%
14
14.5%
17
5.3%
5
3.8%
3
1.8%
2
8.5%
41
Other 6.6%
5
0.9%
1
1.1%
1
2.5%
2
2.6%
3
2.5%
12
TOTAL 100.0%
76
100.0%
117
100.0%
94
100.0%
80
100.0%
114

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