Middletown Area Study, 1995

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LOOKAFT How often do you feel that your loved ones who have passed on are actively looking after you?   1) Frequently   2) Sometimes   3) Seldom   4) Never   5) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Frequently	109	26.3%	26.3%	-1.27
Sometimes	83	20%	46.4%	-.6
Seldom	35	8.5%	54.8%	.07
Never	114	27.5%	82.4%	.74
Don't know	73	17.6%	100%	1.41

Variable Comparisons

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

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Frequently	20.1% 36	31.1% 73	26.3% 109
Sometimes	21.2% 38	19.1% 45	20.0% 83
Seldom	12.3% 22	5.5% 13	8.5% 35
Never	31.8% 57	24.3% 57	27.5% 114
Don't know	14.5% 26	20.0% 47	17.6% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 179	100.0% 235	414

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Nev. marr.	TOTAL
Frequently	21.1% 50	35.4% 45	31.4% 11	27.3% 3	26.6% 109
Sometimes	20.7% 49	18.9% 24	17.1% 6	27.3% 3	20.0% 82
Seldom	8.9% 21	6.3% 8	11.4% 4	9.1% 1	8.3% 34
Never	31.2% 74	20.5% 26	25.7% 9	27.3% 3	27.3% 112
Don't know	18.1% 43	18.9% 24	14.3% 5	9.1% 1	17.8% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 127	100.0% 35	100.0% 11	410

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt H.S.	H.S. grad	SomCol/Trd	Coll grad	Grad schl	TOTAL
Frequently	27.0% 27	29.4% 53	31.7% 19	15.6% 5	12.2% 5	26.4% 109
Sometimes	21.0% 21	21.7% 39	20.0% 12	12.5% 4	17.1% 7	20.1% 83
Seldom	3.0% 3	8.3% 15	8.3% 5	21.9% 7	9.8% 4	8.2% 34
Never	26.0% 26	26.1% 47	21.7% 13	37.5% 12	39.0% 16	27.6% 114
Don't know	23.0% 23	14.4% 26	18.3% 11	12.5% 4	22.0% 9	17.7% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 180	100.0% 60	100.0% 32	100.0% 41	413

Place of birth (I-WHERBORN)

	Delaware County	Other Indiana county	Outside Indiana	TOTAL
Frequently	28.6% 40	26.4% 34	24.1% 35	26.3% 109
Sometimes	25.7% 36	17.1% 22	17.2% 25	20.0% 83
Seldom	8.6% 12	10.1% 13	6.9% 10	8.5% 35
Never	20.7% 29	30.2% 39	31.7% 46	27.5% 114
Don't know	16.4% 23	16.3% 21	20.0% 29	17.6% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 140	100.0% 129	100.0% 145	414

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Frequently	27.2% 106	13.6% 3	0.0% 0	26.4% 109
Sometimes	19.2% 75	27.3% 6	100.0% 1	19.9% 82
Seldom	8.5% 33	9.1% 2	0.0% 0	8.5% 35
Never	28.5% 111	13.6% 3	0.0% 0	27.6% 114
Don't know	16.7% 65	36.4% 8	0.0% 0	17.7% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 390	100.0% 22	100.0% 1	413

Age (I-AGE)

	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80 & up	TOTAL
Frequently	23.1% 25	31.4% 33	28.9% 26	19.6% 11	22.6% 12	26.0% 107
Sometimes	19.4% 21	16.2% 17	22.2% 20	21.4% 12	24.5% 13	20.1% 83
Seldom	10.2% 11	7.6% 8	5.6% 5	10.7% 6	9.4% 5	8.5% 35
Never	27.8% 30	26.7% 28	24.4% 22	33.9% 19	28.3% 15	27.7% 114
Don't know	19.4% 21	18.1% 19	18.9% 17	14.3% 8	15.1% 8	17.7% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 108	100.0% 105	100.0% 90	100.0% 56	100.0% 53	412

Household income (I-INCOME)

	10K & less	10-20K	20-30K	30-50K	50K & up	TOTAL
Frequently	30.1% 25	23.1% 25	24.6% 15	23.4% 11	23.8% 10	25.2% 86
Sometimes	24.1% 20	23.1% 25	23.0% 14	19.1% 9	4.8% 2	20.5% 70
Seldom	4.8% 4	10.2% 11	11.5% 7	14.9% 7	4.8% 2	9.1% 31
Never	25.3% 21	21.3% 23	31.1% 19	27.7% 13	45.2% 19	27.9% 95
Don't know	15.7% 13	22.2% 24	9.8% 6	14.9% 7	21.4% 9	17.3% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 83	100.0% 108	100.0% 61	100.0% 47	100.0% 42	341

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Republican	Independnt	Democrat	Varies/Oth	TOTAL
Frequently	21.5% 26	22.4% 11	30.0% 33	28.0% 33	25.9% 103
Sometimes	10.7% 13	26.5% 13	25.5% 28	22.0% 26	20.1% 80
Seldom	8.3% 10	10.2% 5	8.2% 9	8.5% 10	8.5% 34
Never	40.5% 49	28.6% 14	20.9% 23	22.0% 26	28.1% 112
Don't know	19.0% 23	12.2% 6	15.5% 17	19.5% 23	17.3% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 49	100.0% 110	100.0% 118	398

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	None	Other/DK	TOTAL
Frequently	38.2% 13	24.4% 63	24.7% 19	29.6% 8	40.0% 6	26.5% 109
Sometimes	32.4% 11	16.3% 42	28.6% 22	22.2% 6	0.0% 0	19.7% 81
Seldom	5.9% 2	9.3% 24	6.5% 5	3.7% 1	13.3% 2	8.3% 34
Never	11.8% 4	30.6% 79	24.7% 19	37.0% 10	13.3% 2	27.7% 114
Don't know	11.8% 4	19.4% 50	15.6% 12	7.4% 2	33.3% 5	17.8% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 34	100.0% 258	100.0% 77	100.0% 27	100.0% 15	411