Middletown Area Study (Autumn), 1981

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I-EDUC

What is the last grade you completed in school? (Recoded for use with on-line analysis)
  1) Less than High School
  2) High School graduate
  3) Some college
  4) College graduate
  5) Post graduate/professional

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Less than High School 82 29.2% 29.2% -1.09
High School graduate 110 39.1% 68.3% -.19
Some college 54 19.2% 87.5% .72
College graduate 19 6.8% 94.3% 1.62
Post graduate/professional 16 5.7% 100% 2.52

Variable Comparisons


Sex (I-SEX)

Male Female TOTAL
Less than High School 20.7%
23
34.7%
58
29.1%
81
High School graduate 45.0%
50
35.9%
60
39.6%
110
Some college 20.7%
23
18.0%
30
19.1%
53
College graduate 8.1%
9
6.0%
10
6.8%
19
Post graduate/professional 5.4%
6
5.4%
9
5.4%
15
TOTAL 100.0%
111
100.0%
167

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Religious preference (I-RELIG)

Catholic Protestant Jewish A follower of another religion No religious preference TOTAL
Less than High School 19.2%
5
31.7%
66
100.0%
1
14.3%
2
25.8%
8
29.3%
82
High School graduate 34.6%
9
39.4%
82
0.0%
0
42.9%
6
38.7%
12
38.9%
109
Some college 34.6%
9
15.9%
33
0.0%
0
28.6%
4
25.8%
8
19.3%
54
College graduate 11.5%
3
6.7%
14
0.0%
0
7.1%
1
3.2%
1
6.8%
19
Post graduate/professional 0.0%
0
6.3%
13
0.0%
0
7.1%
1
6.5%
2
5.7%
16
TOTAL 100.0%
26
100.0%
208
100.0%
1
100.0%
14
100.0%
31

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Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Divorced Separated Widowed Never married Living partners TOTAL
Less than High School 27.9%
48
23.1%
6
25.0%
1
61.5%
24
7.9%
3
0.0%
0
29.2%
82
High School graduate 42.4%
73
38.5%
10
25.0%
1
25.6%
10
39.5%
15
50.0%
1
39.1%
110
Some college 15.1%
26
26.9%
7
50.0%
2
10.3%
4
39.5%
15
0.0%
0
19.2%
54
College graduate 6.4%
11
7.7%
2
0.0%
0
2.6%
1
10.5%
4
50.0%
1
6.8%
19
Post graduate/professional 8.1%
14
3.8%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
2.6%
1
0.0%
0
5.7%
16
TOTAL 100.0%
172
100.0%
26
100.0%
4
100.0%
39
100.0%
38
100.0%
2

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Race (I-RACE)

Black White American Indian Latin (Mexican American, Puerto Rican) A member of some other ethnic group TOTAL
Less than High School 45.0%
18
26.6%
62
0.0%
0
33.3%
1
50.0%
1
29.3%
82
High School graduate 32.5%
13
39.9%
93
100.0%
2
0.0%
0
50.0%
1
38.9%
109
Some college 20.0%
8
18.9%
44
0.0%
0
66.7%
2
0.0%
0
19.3%
54
College graduate 0.0%
0
8.2%
19
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
6.8%
19
Post graduate/professional 2.5%
1
6.4%
15
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
5.7%
16
TOTAL 100.0%
40
100.0%
233
100.0%
2
100.0%
3
100.0%
2

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Education (I-EDUC)

Less than High School High School graduate Some college College graduate Post graduate/professional TOTAL
Less than High School 100.0%
82
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
29.2%
82
High School graduate 0.0%
0
100.0%
110
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
39.1%
110
Some college 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
54
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
19.2%
54
College graduate 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
19
0.0%
0
6.8%
19
Post graduate/professional 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
16
5.7%
16
TOTAL 100.0%
82
100.0%
110
100.0%
54
100.0%
19
100.0%
16

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Age (I-AGE)

Age 18-30 Age 31-45 Age 46-55 Age 56-65 Age 65+ TOTAL
Less than High School 10.1%
7
19.0%
15
32.5%
13
30.3%
10
64.3%
36
29.2%
81
High School graduate 36.2%
25
44.3%
35
40.0%
16
57.6%
19
21.4%
12
38.6%
107
Some college 39.1%
27
20.3%
16
12.5%
5
3.0%
1
8.9%
5
19.5%
54
College graduate 8.7%
6
7.6%
6
10.0%
4
6.1%
2
1.8%
1
6.9%
19
Post graduate/professional 5.8%
4
8.9%
7
5.0%
2
3.0%
1
3.6%
2
5.8%
16
TOTAL 100.0%
69
100.0%
79
100.0%
40
100.0%
33
100.0%
56

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Household income (I-INCOME)

Less than $10,000 $10,001-$15,000 $15,001-$25,000 $25,001-$50,000 $50,001 and up TOTAL
Less than High School 48.2%
41
30.4%
17
19.0%
16
5.6%
2
11.1%
1
28.5%
77
High School graduate 30.6%
26
44.6%
25
41.7%
35
41.7%
15
33.3%
3
38.5%
104
Some college 15.3%
13
17.9%
10
25.0%
21
25.0%
9
11.1%
1
20.0%
54
College graduate 4.7%
4
3.6%
2
6.0%
5
13.9%
5
33.3%
3
7.0%
19
Post graduate/professional 1.2%
1
3.6%
2
8.3%
7
13.9%
5
11.1%
1
5.9%
16
TOTAL 100.0%
85
100.0%
56
100.0%
84
100.0%
36
100.0%
9

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