Middletown Area Study (Autumn), 1981

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LIKEPBS Now I would like to ask you what you enjoy doing. -- Do you enjoy watching public broadcasting television, i.e., channel 49 which is channel 2 on the cable station?   1) Not at all   2) Somewhat   3) A great deal   4) Doesn't watch PBS   5) Doesn't watch TV

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Not at all	56	20%	20%	-1.36
Somewhat	117	41.8%	61.8%	-.33
A great deal	77	27.5%	89.3%	.71
Doesn't watch PBS	23	8.2%	97.5%	1.75
Doesn't watch TV	7	2.5%	100%	2.78

Variable Comparisons

Sex Religious preference Marital status Race Education Age Household income

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Not at all	22.5% 25	18.1% 30	19.9% 55
Somewhat	42.3% 47	41.6% 69	41.9% 116
A great deal	27.0% 30	27.7% 46	27.4% 76
Doesn't watch PBS	6.3% 7	9.6% 16	8.3% 23
Doesn't watch TV	1.8% 2	3.0% 5	2.5% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 166	277

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Catholic	Protestant	Jewish	A follower of another religion	No religious preference	TOTAL
Not at all	19.2% 5	18.8% 39	0.0% 0	14.3% 2	32.3% 10	20.1% 56
Somewhat	42.3% 11	42.5% 88	0.0% 0	42.9% 6	35.5% 11	41.6% 116
A great deal	26.9% 7	29.5% 61	0.0% 0	14.3% 2	22.6% 7	27.6% 77
Doesn't watch PBS	7.7% 2	7.2% 15	100.0% 1	21.4% 3	6.5% 2	8.2% 23
Doesn't watch TV	3.8% 1	1.9% 4	0.0% 0	7.1% 1	3.2% 1	2.5% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 207	100.0% 1	100.0% 14	100.0% 31	279

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never married	Living partners	TOTAL
Not at all	17.5% 30	15.4% 4	50.0% 2	25.6% 10	23.7% 9	50.0% 1	20.0% 56
Somewhat	42.7% 73	53.8% 14	25.0% 1	35.9% 14	39.5% 15	0.0% 0	41.8% 117
A great deal	31.0% 53	15.4% 4	25.0% 1	20.5% 8	26.3% 10	50.0% 1	27.5% 77
Doesn't watch PBS	7.0% 12	11.5% 3	0.0% 0	12.8% 5	7.9% 3	0.0% 0	8.2% 23
Doesn't watch TV	1.8% 3	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	5.1% 2	2.6% 1	0.0% 0	2.5% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 171	100.0% 26	100.0% 4	100.0% 39	100.0% 38	100.0% 2	280

Race (I-RACE)

	Black	White	American Indian	Latin (Mexican American, Puerto Rican)	A member of some other ethnic group	TOTAL
Not at all	20.0% 8	20.3% 47	0.0% 0	33.3% 1	0.0% 0	20.1% 56
Somewhat	35.0% 14	43.5% 101	50.0% 1	33.3% 1	0.0% 0	41.9% 117
A great deal	35.0% 14	25.9% 60	50.0% 1	33.3% 1	50.0% 1	27.6% 77
Doesn't watch PBS	7.5% 3	7.8% 18	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	7.9% 22
Doesn't watch TV	2.5% 1	2.6% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 40	100.0% 232	100.0% 2	100.0% 3	100.0% 2	279

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate	Post graduate/professional	TOTAL
Not at all	24.4% 20	18.3% 20	18.5% 10	15.8% 3	18.8% 3	20.0% 56
Somewhat	40.2% 33	47.7% 52	46.3% 25	26.3% 5	12.5% 2	41.8% 117
A great deal	20.7% 17	23.9% 26	27.8% 15	47.4% 9	62.5% 10	27.5% 77
Doesn't watch PBS	11.0% 9	7.3% 8	5.6% 3	10.5% 2	6.3% 1	8.2% 23
Doesn't watch TV	3.7% 3	2.8% 3	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 82	100.0% 109	100.0% 54	100.0% 19	100.0% 16	280

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 18-30	Age 31-45	Age 46-55	Age 56-65	Age 65+	TOTAL
Not at all	18.8% 13	19.2% 15	17.5% 7	18.2% 6	25.0% 14	19.9% 55
Somewhat	47.8% 33	38.5% 30	52.5% 21	39.4% 13	33.9% 19	42.0% 116
A great deal	29.0% 20	30.8% 24	25.0% 10	30.3% 10	21.4% 12	27.5% 76
Doesn't watch PBS	2.9% 2	7.7% 6	5.0% 2	12.1% 4	14.3% 8	8.0% 22
Doesn't watch TV	1.4% 1	3.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.4% 3	2.5% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 69	100.0% 78	100.0% 40	100.0% 33	100.0% 56	276

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
Not at all	22.4% 19	19.6% 11	16.9% 14	25.0% 9	22.2% 2	20.4% 55
Somewhat	44.7% 38	46.4% 26	38.6% 32	41.7% 15	22.2% 2	42.0% 113
A great deal	23.5% 20	19.6% 11	32.5% 27	27.8% 10	55.6% 5	27.1% 73
Doesn't watch PBS	8.2% 7	8.9% 5	10.8% 9	2.8% 1	0.0% 0	8.2% 22
Doesn't watch TV	1.2% 1	5.4% 3	1.2% 1	2.8% 1	0.0% 0	2.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 85	100.0% 56	100.0% 83	100.0% 36	100.0% 9	269