Middletown Area Study, 1979

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HOMETEN ASKED ONLY OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO LIVE IN A HOUSE: Do you rent or own this house?   1) Rent   2) Own

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Rent	70	14.6%	14.6%	-2.42
Own	411	85.4%	100%	.41

Variable Comparisons

Sex Race Marital status Religion Education Household income Age

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Rent	14.0% 24	14.9% 46	14.6% 70
Own	86.0% 148	85.1% 263	85.4% 411
TOTAL	100.0% 172	100.0% 309	481

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Rent	15.0% 68	7.1% 2	0.0% 0	14.6% 70
Own	85.0% 384	92.9% 26	100.0% 1	85.4% 411
TOTAL	100.0% 452	100.0% 28	100.0% 1	481

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Separated	Divorced	Single	TOTAL
Rent	9.3% 30	13.8% 13	33.3% 1	42.4% 14	45.8% 11	14.4% 69
Own	90.7% 294	86.2% 81	66.7% 2	57.6% 19	54.2% 13	85.6% 409
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	100.0% 33	100.0% 24	478

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Rent	12.1% 45	20.4% 11	0.0% 0	35.0% 14	0.0% 0	14.6% 70
Own	87.9% 327	79.6% 43	100.0% 1	65.0% 26	100.0% 11	85.4% 408
TOTAL	100.0% 372	100.0% 54	100.0% 1	100.0% 40	100.0% 11	478

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate	Post graduate/professional	TOTAL
Rent	14.1% 21	14.5% 22	9.2% 7	25.6% 10	16.9% 10	14.7% 70
Own	85.9% 128	85.5% 130	90.8% 69	74.4% 29	83.1% 49	85.3% 405
TOTAL	100.0% 149	100.0% 152	100.0% 76	100.0% 39	100.0% 59	475

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $5,000	$5,000-$15,000	$15,001-$25,000	$25,001-$50,000	$50,000+	TOTAL
Rent	25.3% 20	18.7% 29	8.9% 11	4.9% 4	0.0% 0	14.1% 64
Own	74.7% 59	81.3% 126	91.1% 112	95.1% 77	100.0% 15	85.9% 389
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 155	100.0% 123	100.0% 81	100.0% 15	453

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 17-30	Age 31-45	Age 46-55	Age 56-65	Age 65+	TOTAL
Rent	36.6% 26	10.6% 12	6.6% 6	8.8% 7	15.8% 18	14.7% 69
Own	63.4% 45	89.4% 101	93.4% 85	91.3% 73	84.2% 96	85.3% 400
TOTAL	100.0% 71	100.0% 113	100.0% 91	100.0% 80	100.0% 114	469