Middletown Area Study (Autumn), 1981

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RELPREF What is your religious preference?   1) Catholic   2) Protestant   3) Jewish   4) A follower of another religion   5) No religious preference

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Catholic	26	9.3%	9.3%	-1.24
Protestant	208	74.3%	83.6%	-.32
Jewish	1	.4%	83.9%	.6
A follower of another religion	14	5%	88.9%	1.53
No religious preference	31	11.1%	100%	2.45

Variable Comparisons

Sex Religious preference Marital status Race Education Age Household income

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Catholic	13.6% 15	6.6% 11	9.4% 26
Protestant	60.9% 67	82.6% 138	74.0% 205
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.4% 1
A follower of another religion	8.2% 9	3.0% 5	5.1% 14
No religious preference	17.3% 19	7.2% 12	11.2% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 167	277

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Catholic	Protestant	Jewish	A follower of another religion	No religious preference	TOTAL
Catholic	100.0% 26	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.3% 26
Protestant	0.0% 0	100.0% 208	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	74.3% 208
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1
A follower of another religion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 14	0.0% 0	5.0% 14
No religious preference	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 31	11.1% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 208	100.0% 1	100.0% 14	100.0% 31	280

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never married	Living partners	TOTAL
Catholic	6.4% 11	7.7% 2	0.0% 0	12.8% 5	21.1% 8	0.0% 0	9.3% 26
Protestant	80.1% 137	65.4% 17	75.0% 3	82.1% 32	44.7% 17	100.0% 2	74.3% 208
Jewish	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1
A follower of another religion	3.5% 6	7.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	15.8% 6	0.0% 0	5.0% 14
No religious preference	9.4% 16	19.2% 5	25.0% 1	5.1% 2	18.4% 7	0.0% 0	11.1% 31
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
Catholic	2.5% 1	10.3% 24	0.0% 0	33.3% 1	0.0% 0	9.3% 26
Protestant	95.0% 38	71.6% 166	50.0% 1	33.3% 1	50.0% 1	74.2% 207
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1
A follower of another religion	2.5% 1	5.2% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	5.0% 14
No religious preference	0.0% 0	12.5% 29	50.0% 1	33.3% 1	0.0% 0	11.1% 31
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
Catholic	6.1% 5	8.3% 9	16.7% 9	15.8% 3	0.0% 0	9.3% 26
Protestant	80.5% 66	75.2% 82	61.1% 33	73.7% 14	81.3% 13	74.3% 208
Jewish	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1
A follower of another religion	2.4% 2	5.5% 6	7.4% 4	5.3% 1	6.3% 1	5.0% 14
No religious preference	9.8% 8	11.0% 12	14.8% 8	5.3% 1	12.5% 2	11.1% 31
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
Catholic	15.9% 11	10.1% 8	2.6% 1	3.0% 1	8.9% 5	9.4% 26
Protestant	53.6% 37	69.6% 55	87.2% 34	93.9% 31	83.9% 47	73.9% 204
Jewish	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1
A follower of another religion	11.6% 8	7.6% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.1% 14
No religious preference	18.8% 13	11.4% 9	10.3% 4	3.0% 1	7.1% 4	11.2% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 69	100.0% 79	100.0% 39	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
Catholic	4.7% 4	14.3% 8	7.2% 6	16.7% 6	11.1% 1	9.3% 25
Protestant	77.6% 66	66.1% 37	75.9% 63	72.2% 26	77.8% 7	74.0% 199
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
A follower of another religion	8.2% 7	0.0% 0	7.2% 6	2.8% 1	0.0% 0	5.2% 14
No religious preference	9.4% 8	19.6% 11	9.6% 8	8.3% 3	11.1% 1	11.5% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 85	100.0% 56	100.0% 83	100.0% 36	100.0% 9	269