Middletown Area Study, 1993

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GUNBOOK How about a book which said that all people should be required to have a gun in their homes for protection? Should this book be in your community library?   1) Yes   2) No   3) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	246	49.9%	49.9%	-.91
No	207	42%	91.9%	.66
Don't know	40	8.1%	100%	2.23

Variable Comparisons

Sex Marital status Education Place of birth Race Age Political party Household income Religion

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	55.4% 124	45.4% 122	49.9% 246
No	36.6% 82	46.5% 125	42.0% 207
Don't know	8.0% 18	8.2% 22	8.1% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 269	493

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Nev. marr.	TOTAL
Yes	47.7% 146	29.2% 14	54.8% 23	64.6% 62	49.8% 245
No	44.8% 137	58.3% 28	38.1% 16	27.1% 26	42.1% 207
Don't know	7.5% 23	12.5% 6	7.1% 3	8.3% 8	8.1% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 48	100.0% 42	100.0% 96	492

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt H.S.	H.S. grad	SomCol/Trd	Coll grad	Grad schl	TOTAL
Yes	43.3% 26	40.4% 76	53.7% 72	54.5% 30	75.9% 41	49.9% 245
No	50.0% 30	48.9% 92	39.6% 53	40.0% 22	16.7% 9	42.0% 206
Don't know	6.7% 4	10.6% 20	6.7% 9	5.5% 3	7.4% 4	8.1% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 60	100.0% 188	100.0% 134	100.0% 55	100.0% 54	491

Place of birth (I-WHERBORN)

	Delaware County	Other Indiana county	Outside Indiana	TOTAL
Yes	50.0% 93	54.0% 87	45.2% 66	49.9% 246
No	42.5% 79	39.1% 63	44.5% 65	42.0% 207
Don't know	7.5% 14	6.8% 11	10.3% 15	8.1% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 186	100.0% 161	100.0% 146	493

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	49.7% 232	53.3% 8	55.6% 5	49.9% 245
No	41.8% 195	46.7% 7	44.4% 4	42.0% 206
Don't know	8.6% 40	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.1% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 467	100.0% 15	100.0% 9	491

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65 & over	TOTAL
Yes	62.6% 77	45.3% 39	62.7% 52	46.7% 50	28.9% 26	49.9% 244
No	30.9% 38	46.5% 40	28.9% 24	46.7% 50	60.0% 54	42.1% 206
Don't know	6.5% 8	8.1% 7	8.4% 7	6.5% 7	11.1% 10	8.0% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 86	100.0% 83	100.0% 107	100.0% 90	489

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Republican	Independnt	Democrat	Varies/Oth	TOTAL
Yes	47.8% 54	54.9% 67	51.1% 68	45.1% 51	49.9% 240
No	45.1% 51	35.2% 43	43.6% 58	45.1% 51	42.2% 203
Don't know	7.1% 8	9.8% 12	5.3% 7	9.7% 11	7.9% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 122	100.0% 133	100.0% 113	481

Household income (I-INCOME)

	10K & less	10-20K	20-30K	30-50K	50K & up	TOTAL
Yes	46.7% 42	36.0% 31	50.7% 35	56.0% 51	59.1% 55	49.9% 214
No	43.3% 39	57.0% 49	42.0% 29	37.4% 34	31.2% 29	42.0% 180
Don't know	10.0% 9	7.0% 6	7.2% 5	6.6% 6	9.7% 9	8.2% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 90	100.0% 86	100.0% 69	100.0% 91	100.0% 93	429

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	None	Other/DK	TOTAL
Yes	60.3% 35	45.1% 97	48.3% 57	55.9% 38	60.9% 14	50.0% 241
No	34.5% 20	47.4% 102	42.4% 50	33.8% 23	30.4% 7	41.9% 202
Don't know	5.2% 3	7.4% 16	9.3% 11	10.3% 7	8.7% 2	8.1% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 58	100.0% 215	100.0% 118	100.0% 68	100.0% 23	482