Middletown Area Study (Autumn), 1981

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PASTINC5 Comparing your current financial situation to that of five years ago, is your income now:   1) A great deal more   2) More   3) The same   4) Less   5) A great deal less

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A great deal more	64	23.3%	23.3%	-1.18
More	111	40.4%	63.6%	-.38
The same	26	9.5%	73.1%	.42
Less	53	19.3%	92.4%	1.22
A great deal less	21	7.6%	100%	2.02

Variable Comparisons

Sex Religious preference Marital status Race Education Age Household income

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A great deal more	29.4% 32	18.4% 30	22.8% 62
More	36.7% 40	43.6% 71	40.8% 111
The same	11.0% 12	8.6% 14	9.6% 26
Less	18.3% 20	19.6% 32	19.1% 52
A great deal less	4.6% 5	9.8% 16	7.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 109	100.0% 163	272

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Catholic	Protestant	Jewish	A follower of another religion	No religious preference	TOTAL
A great deal more	34.8% 8	21.4% 44	0.0% 0	35.7% 5	23.3% 7	23.4% 64
More	39.1% 9	41.3% 85	100.0% 1	35.7% 5	33.3% 10	40.1% 110
The same	13.0% 3	9.2% 19	0.0% 0	7.1% 1	10.0% 3	9.5% 26
Less	13.0% 3	19.4% 40	0.0% 0	14.3% 2	26.7% 8	19.3% 53
A great deal less	0.0% 0	8.7% 18	0.0% 0	7.1% 1	6.7% 2	7.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 206	100.0% 1	100.0% 14	100.0% 30	274

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never married	Living partners	TOTAL
A great deal more	22.6% 38	23.1% 6	50.0% 2	7.7% 3	41.7% 15	0.0% 0	23.3% 64
More	46.4% 78	42.3% 11	0.0% 0	30.8% 12	25.0% 9	50.0% 1	40.4% 111
The same	6.0% 10	7.7% 2	25.0% 1	23.1% 9	8.3% 3	50.0% 1	9.5% 26
Less	18.5% 31	19.2% 5	25.0% 1	25.6% 10	16.7% 6	0.0% 0	19.3% 53
A great deal less	6.5% 11	7.7% 2	0.0% 0	12.8% 5	8.3% 3	0.0% 0	7.6% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 26	100.0% 4	100.0% 39	100.0% 36	100.0% 2	275

Race (I-RACE)

	Black	White	American Indian	Latin (Mexican American, Puerto Rican)	A member of some other ethnic group	TOTAL
A great deal more	20.0% 8	24.7% 56	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	23.4% 64
More	42.5% 17	38.8% 88	50.0% 1	100.0% 3	50.0% 1	40.1% 110
The same	2.5% 1	10.6% 24	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	9.5% 26
Less	17.5% 7	19.8% 45	50.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	19.3% 53
A great deal less	17.5% 7	6.2% 14	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 40	100.0% 227	100.0% 2	100.0% 3	100.0% 2	274

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate	Post graduate/professional	TOTAL
A great deal more	8.5% 7	19.8% 21	42.3% 22	31.6% 6	50.0% 8	23.3% 64
More	47.6% 39	39.6% 42	34.6% 18	47.4% 9	18.8% 3	40.4% 111
The same	12.2% 10	11.3% 12	7.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.5% 26
Less	22.0% 18	21.7% 23	5.8% 3	21.1% 4	31.3% 5	19.3% 53
A great deal less	9.8% 8	7.5% 8	9.6% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.6% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 82	100.0% 106	100.0% 52	100.0% 19	100.0% 16	275

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 18-30	Age 31-45	Age 46-55	Age 56-65	Age 65+	TOTAL
A great deal more	44.8% 30	24.7% 19	20.0% 8	6.1% 2	7.4% 4	23.2% 63
More	31.3% 21	40.3% 31	57.5% 23	36.4% 12	42.6% 23	40.6% 110
The same	4.5% 3	9.1% 7	2.5% 1	18.2% 6	16.7% 9	9.6% 26
Less	13.4% 9	18.2% 14	15.0% 6	24.2% 8	25.9% 14	18.8% 51
A great deal less	6.0% 4	7.8% 6	5.0% 2	15.2% 5	7.4% 4	7.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 67	100.0% 77	100.0% 40	100.0% 33	100.0% 54	271

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
A great deal more	10.7% 9	13.0% 7	27.7% 23	61.1% 22	33.3% 3	24.1% 64
More	36.9% 31	42.6% 23	45.8% 38	22.2% 8	55.6% 5	39.5% 105
The same	11.9% 10	7.4% 4	13.3% 11	2.8% 1	0.0% 0	9.8% 26
Less	20.2% 17	29.6% 16	13.3% 11	13.9% 5	11.1% 1	18.8% 50
A great deal less	20.2% 17	7.4% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.9% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 84	100.0% 54	100.0% 83	100.0% 36	100.0% 9	266