Middletown Area Study, 1995

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POLINT In your opinion, which political party is most concerned about the overall well-being of older Americans?   1) The Republicans   2) The Democrats   3) H. Ross Perot   4) The Libertarians   5) Some other party or group   6) None of the parties   7) Don't know/not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
The Republicans	74	17.7%	17.7%	-1.12
The Democrats	164	39.3%	57.1%	-.72
H. Ross Perot	1	.2%	57.3%	-.31
The Libertarians	2	.5%	57.8%	.09
Some other party or group	4	1%	58.8%	.49
None of the parties	62	14.9%	73.6%	.9
Don't know/not sure	110	26.4%	100%	1.3

Variable Comparisons

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

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
The Republicans	24.2% 44	12.8% 30	17.7% 74
The Democrats	41.2% 75	37.9% 89	39.3% 164
H. Ross Perot	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
The Libertarians	0.5% 1	0.4% 1	0.5% 2
Some other party or group	0.5% 1	1.3% 3	1.0% 4
None of the parties	15.9% 29	14.0% 33	14.9% 62
Don't know/not sure	17.0% 31	33.6% 79	26.4% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 235	417

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Nev. marr.	TOTAL
The Republicans	20.3% 49	16.7% 21	5.7% 2	18.2% 2	17.9% 74
The Democrats	38.2% 92	39.7% 50	42.9% 15	45.5% 5	39.2% 162
H. Ross Perot	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
The Libertarians	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Some other party or group	1.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 4
None of the parties	16.2% 39	9.5% 12	22.9% 8	18.2% 2	14.8% 61
Don't know/not sure	23.2% 56	32.5% 41	28.6% 10	18.2% 2	26.4% 109
TOTAL	100.0% 241	100.0% 126	100.0% 35	100.0% 11	413

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt H.S.	H.S. grad	SomCol/Trd	Coll grad	Grad schl	TOTAL
The Republicans	10.1% 10	15.6% 28	19.4% 12	34.4% 11	27.9% 12	17.5% 73
The Democrats	50.5% 50	40.0% 72	30.6% 19	15.6% 5	41.9% 18	39.4% 164
H. Ross Perot	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
The Libertarians	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	3.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Some other party or group	0.0% 0	1.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.3% 1	1.0% 4
None of the parties	12.1% 12	13.9% 25	22.6% 14	15.6% 5	14.0% 6	14.9% 62
Don't know/not sure	26.3% 26	28.3% 51	27.4% 17	31.3% 10	14.0% 6	26.4% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 180	100.0% 62	100.0% 32	100.0% 43	416

Place of birth (I-WHERBORN)

	Delaware County	Other Indiana county	Outside Indiana	TOTAL
The Republicans	16.1% 23	18.0% 23	19.2% 28	17.7% 74
The Democrats	37.8% 54	37.5% 48	42.5% 62	39.3% 164
H. Ross Perot	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
The Libertarians	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.7% 1	0.5% 2
Some other party or group	1.4% 2	0.8% 1	0.7% 1	1.0% 4
None of the parties	16.8% 24	16.4% 21	11.6% 17	14.9% 62
Don't know/not sure	27.3% 39	26.6% 34	25.3% 37	26.4% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 143	100.0% 128	100.0% 146	417

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
The Republicans	18.9% 74	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	17.8% 74
The Democrats	37.5% 147	68.2% 15	100.0% 1	39.3% 163
H. Ross Perot	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
The Libertarians	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Some other party or group	1.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 4
None of the parties	14.8% 58	13.6% 3	0.0% 0	14.7% 61
Don't know/not sure	27.0% 106	18.2% 4	0.0% 0	26.5% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 22	100.0% 1	415

Age (I-AGE)

	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80 & up	TOTAL
The Republicans	20.4% 22	14.3% 15	17.6% 16	22.4% 13	15.1% 8	17.8% 74
The Democrats	37.0% 40	51.4% 54	36.3% 33	34.5% 20	30.2% 16	39.3% 163
H. Ross Perot	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
The Libertarians	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.8% 2	0.5% 2
Some other party or group	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 2	3.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 4
None of the parties	23.1% 25	11.4% 12	16.5% 15	5.2% 3	11.3% 6	14.7% 61
Don't know/not sure	19.4% 21	22.9% 24	26.4% 24	34.5% 20	39.6% 21	26.5% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 108	100.0% 105	100.0% 91	100.0% 58	100.0% 53	415

Household income (I-INCOME)

	10K & less	10-20K	20-30K	30-50K	50K & up	TOTAL
The Republicans	10.7% 9	21.5% 23	26.7% 16	18.8% 9	21.4% 9	19.4% 66
The Democrats	45.2% 38	43.9% 47	40.0% 24	33.3% 16	40.5% 17	41.6% 142
H. Ross Perot	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
The Libertarians	1.2% 1	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
Some other party or group	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
None of the parties	7.1% 6	14.0% 15	23.3% 14	16.7% 8	14.3% 6	14.4% 49
Don't know/not sure	34.5% 29	19.6% 21	10.0% 6	29.2% 14	23.8% 10	23.5% 80
TOTAL	100.0% 84	100.0% 107	100.0% 60	100.0% 48	100.0% 42	341

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Republican	Independnt	Democrat	Varies/Oth	TOTAL
The Republicans	48.0% 59	8.0% 4	0.0% 0	9.2% 11	18.4% 74
The Democrats	7.3% 9	38.0% 19	70.3% 78	47.1% 56	40.2% 162
H. Ross Perot	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
The Libertarians	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.5% 2
Some other party or group	1.6% 2	2.0% 1	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 4
None of the parties	13.8% 17	20.0% 10	9.0% 10	15.1% 18	13.6% 55
Don't know/not sure	27.6% 34	32.0% 16	19.8% 22	27.7% 33	26.1% 105
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 50	100.0% 111	100.0% 119	403

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	None	Other/DK	TOTAL
The Republicans	22.9% 8	18.8% 49	16.2% 12	11.1% 3	13.3% 2	18.0% 74
The Democrats	40.0% 14	38.7% 101	40.5% 30	44.4% 12	40.0% 6	39.6% 163
H. Ross Perot	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
The Libertarians	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
Some other party or group	0.0% 0	1.1% 3	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 4
None of the parties	22.9% 8	11.1% 29	18.9% 14	25.9% 7	20.0% 3	14.8% 61
Don't know/not sure	14.3% 5	29.5% 77	23.0% 17	18.5% 5	26.7% 4	26.2% 108
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 261	100.0% 74	100.0% 27	100.0% 15	412