Middletown Area Study, 1995

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LONELY How often do you find yourself feeling lonely?   1) Never or hardly ever   2) Seldom   3) Don't know   4) Fairly often   5) Very often

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Never or hardly ever	212	50.4%	50.4%	-.73
Seldom	137	32.5%	82.9%	.07
Don't know	2	.5%	83.4%	.87
Fairly often	37	8.8%	92.2%	1.67
Very often	33	7.8%	100%	2.47

Variable Comparisons

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

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Never or hardly ever	54.6% 100	47.1% 112	50.4% 212
Seldom	30.1% 55	34.5% 82	32.5% 137
Don't know	0.5% 1	0.4% 1	0.5% 2
Fairly often	6.6% 12	10.5% 25	8.8% 37
Very often	8.2% 15	7.6% 18	7.8% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 183	100.0% 238	421

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Nev. marr.	TOTAL
Never or hardly ever	62.8% 152	29.5% 38	42.9% 15	50.0% 6	50.5% 211
Seldom	30.2% 73	38.0% 49	31.4% 11	33.3% 4	32.8% 137
Don't know	0.4% 1	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Fairly often	3.7% 9	15.5% 20	20.0% 7	8.3% 1	8.9% 37
Very often	2.9% 7	16.3% 21	5.7% 2	8.3% 1	7.4% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 242	100.0% 129	100.0% 35	100.0% 12	418

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt H.S.	H.S. grad	SomCol/Trd	Coll grad	Grad schl	TOTAL
Never or hardly ever	49.5% 50	46.4% 84	53.2% 33	59.4% 19	56.8% 25	50.2% 211
Seldom	23.8% 24	37.0% 67	33.9% 21	34.4% 11	31.8% 14	32.6% 137
Don't know	1.0% 1	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Fairly often	13.9% 14	7.7% 14	8.1% 5	3.1% 1	6.8% 3	8.8% 37
Very often	11.9% 12	8.3% 15	4.8% 3	3.1% 1	4.5% 2	7.9% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 101	100.0% 181	100.0% 62	100.0% 32	100.0% 44	420

Place of birth (I-WHERBORN)

	Delaware County	Other Indiana county	Outside Indiana	TOTAL
Never or hardly ever	47.6% 68	53.1% 69	50.7% 75	50.4% 212
Seldom	32.2% 46	33.8% 44	31.8% 47	32.5% 137
Don't know	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Fairly often	11.9% 17	7.7% 10	6.8% 10	8.8% 37
Very often	7.0% 10	5.4% 7	10.8% 16	7.8% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 143	100.0% 130	100.0% 148	421

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Never or hardly ever	49.7% 197	59.1% 13	0.0% 0	50.1% 210
Seldom	32.8% 130	27.3% 6	100.0% 1	32.7% 137
Don't know	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Fairly often	9.3% 37	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.8% 37
Very often	7.6% 30	13.6% 3	0.0% 0	7.9% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 396	100.0% 22	100.0% 1	419

Age (I-AGE)

	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80 & up	TOTAL
Never or hardly ever	53.7% 58	59.4% 63	42.9% 39	50.8% 30	38.9% 21	50.5% 211
Seldom	36.1% 39	25.5% 27	33.0% 30	35.6% 21	37.0% 20	32.8% 137
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	0.5% 2
Fairly often	5.6% 6	6.6% 7	16.5% 15	8.5% 5	5.6% 3	8.6% 36
Very often	4.6% 5	7.5% 8	7.7% 7	5.1% 3	16.7% 9	7.7% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 108	100.0% 106	100.0% 91	100.0% 59	100.0% 54	418

Household income (I-INCOME)

	10K & less	10-20K	20-30K	30-50K	50K & up	TOTAL
Never or hardly ever	37.3% 31	46.3% 50	57.4% 35	50.0% 24	71.4% 30	49.7% 170
Seldom	32.5% 27	35.2% 38	32.8% 20	39.6% 19	21.4% 9	33.0% 113
Don't know	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
Fairly often	16.9% 14	9.3% 10	4.9% 3	6.3% 3	2.4% 1	9.1% 31
Very often	12.0% 10	9.3% 10	4.9% 3	4.2% 2	4.8% 2	7.9% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 83	100.0% 108	100.0% 61	100.0% 48	100.0% 42	342

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Republican	Independnt	Democrat	Varies/Oth	TOTAL
Never or hardly ever	58.5% 72	38.0% 19	49.5% 55	45.8% 55	49.8% 201
Seldom	28.5% 35	46.0% 23	27.9% 31	36.7% 44	32.9% 133
Don't know	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.5% 2
Fairly often	6.5% 8	8.0% 4	11.7% 13	9.2% 11	8.9% 36
Very often	5.7% 7	8.0% 4	10.8% 12	7.5% 9	7.9% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 50	100.0% 111	100.0% 120	404

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	None	Other/DK	TOTAL
Never or hardly ever	51.4% 18	49.2% 129	55.8% 43	33.3% 9	60.0% 9	50.0% 208
Seldom	34.3% 12	33.6% 88	28.6% 22	48.1% 13	13.3% 2	32.9% 137
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	3.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Fairly often	11.4% 4	8.0% 21	7.8% 6	11.1% 3	13.3% 2	8.7% 36
Very often	2.9% 1	8.8% 23	7.8% 6	3.7% 1	13.3% 2	7.9% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 262	100.0% 77	100.0% 27	100.0% 15	416