Middletown Area Study, 1995

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LIFENOW Looking back, would you say that you are more or less satisfied with life now than when you were a young adult?   1) Less satisfied   2) About same   3) More satisfied   4) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Less satisfied	81	19.3%	19.3%	-1.58
About same	125	29.8%	49.2%	-.44
More satisfied	184	43.9%	93.1%	.7
Don't know	29	6.9%	100%	1.85

Variable Comparisons

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

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Less satisfied	18.7% 34	19.8% 47	19.3% 81
About same	31.3% 57	28.7% 68	29.8% 125
More satisfied	45.1% 82	43.0% 102	43.9% 184
Don't know	4.9% 9	8.4% 20	6.9% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 237	419

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Nev. marr.	TOTAL
Less satisfied	13.8% 33	26.6% 34	25.7% 9	8.3% 1	18.6% 77
About same	31.3% 75	29.7% 38	11.4% 4	66.7% 8	30.1% 125
More satisfied	48.8% 117	34.4% 44	57.1% 20	25.0% 3	44.3% 184
Don't know	6.3% 15	9.4% 12	5.7% 2	0.0% 0	7.0% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 240	100.0% 128	100.0% 35	100.0% 12	415

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt H.S.	H.S. grad	SomCol/Trd	Coll grad	Grad schl	TOTAL
Less satisfied	26.7% 27	21.5% 39	11.5% 7	6.5% 2	13.6% 6	19.4% 81
About same	23.8% 24	24.9% 45	42.6% 26	38.7% 12	38.6% 17	29.7% 124
More satisfied	41.6% 42	47.0% 85	32.8% 20	51.6% 16	47.7% 21	44.0% 184
Don't know	7.9% 8	6.6% 12	13.1% 8	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	6.9% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 101	100.0% 181	100.0% 61	100.0% 31	100.0% 44	418

Place of birth (I-WHERBORN)

	Delaware County	Other Indiana county	Outside Indiana	TOTAL
Less satisfied	23.6% 34	18.6% 24	15.8% 23	19.3% 81
About same	31.3% 45	27.9% 36	30.1% 44	29.8% 125
More satisfied	37.5% 54	48.8% 63	45.9% 67	43.9% 184
Don't know	7.6% 11	4.7% 6	8.2% 12	6.9% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 144	100.0% 129	100.0% 146	419

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Less satisfied	19.5% 77	13.6% 3	0.0% 0	19.2% 80
About same	30.2% 119	22.7% 5	0.0% 0	29.7% 124
More satisfied	43.1% 170	59.1% 13	100.0% 1	44.1% 184
Don't know	7.1% 28	4.5% 1	0.0% 0	7.0% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 394	100.0% 22	100.0% 1	417

Age (I-AGE)

	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80 & up	TOTAL
Less satisfied	15.7% 17	22.6% 24	22.0% 20	15.8% 9	18.5% 10	19.2% 80
About same	31.5% 34	20.8% 22	26.4% 24	40.4% 23	38.9% 21	29.8% 124
More satisfied	46.3% 50	49.1% 52	45.1% 41	35.1% 20	38.9% 21	44.2% 184
Don't know	6.5% 7	7.5% 8	6.6% 6	8.8% 5	3.7% 2	6.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 108	100.0% 106	100.0% 91	100.0% 57	100.0% 54	416

Household income (I-INCOME)

	10K & less	10-20K	20-30K	30-50K	50K & up	TOTAL
Less satisfied	32.5% 27	18.5% 20	18.3% 11	12.5% 6	11.9% 5	20.2% 69
About same	27.7% 23	25.9% 28	28.3% 17	35.4% 17	38.1% 16	29.6% 101
More satisfied	34.9% 29	45.4% 49	48.3% 29	50.0% 24	45.2% 19	44.0% 150
Don't know	4.8% 4	10.2% 11	5.0% 3	2.1% 1	4.8% 2	6.2% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 83	100.0% 108	100.0% 60	100.0% 48	100.0% 42	341

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Republican	Independnt	Democrat	Varies/Oth	TOTAL
Less satisfied	13.9% 17	8.0% 4	26.8% 30	24.6% 29	19.9% 80
About same	36.1% 44	44.0% 22	24.1% 27	25.4% 30	30.6% 123
More satisfied	42.6% 52	42.0% 21	44.6% 50	42.4% 50	43.0% 173
Don't know	7.4% 9	6.0% 3	4.5% 5	7.6% 9	6.5% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 122	100.0% 50	100.0% 112	100.0% 118	402

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	None	Other/DK	TOTAL
Less satisfied	17.6% 6	18.7% 49	19.5% 15	19.2% 5	26.7% 4	19.1% 79
About same	26.5% 9	32.8% 86	23.4% 18	30.8% 8	13.3% 2	29.7% 123
More satisfied	50.0% 17	41.2% 108	49.4% 38	46.2% 12	53.3% 8	44.2% 183
Don't know	5.9% 2	7.3% 19	7.8% 6	3.8% 1	6.7% 1	7.0% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 34	100.0% 262	100.0% 77	100.0% 26	100.0% 15	414