Middletown Area Study, 1995

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FEDS In your opinion, should the federal government provide an insurance plan to help with the cost of long-term nursing home care?   1) Should only for those who can't afford it   2) Should not   3) Should   4) Don't know/not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Should only for those who can't afford it	25	6%	6%	-2.6
Should not	67	16%	22%	-1.19
Should	273	65.3%	87.3%	.22
Don't know/not sure	53	12.7%	100%	1.62

Variable Comparisons

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

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Should only for those who can't afford it	4.4% 8	7.2% 17	6.0% 25
Should not	18.6% 34	14.0% 33	16.0% 67
Should	68.3% 125	63.0% 148	65.3% 273
Don't know/not sure	8.7% 16	15.7% 37	12.7% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 183	100.0% 235	418

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Nev. marr.	TOTAL
Should only for those who can't afford it	3.4% 8	7.8% 10	11.4% 4	25.0% 3	6.0% 25
Should not	18.9% 45	14.7% 19	2.9% 1	16.7% 2	16.2% 67
Should	64.3% 153	62.8% 81	80.0% 28	58.3% 7	65.0% 269
Don't know/not sure	13.4% 32	14.7% 19	5.7% 2	0.0% 0	12.8% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 238	100.0% 129	100.0% 35	100.0% 12	414

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt H.S.	H.S. grad	SomCol/Trd	Coll grad	Grad schl	TOTAL
Should only for those who can't afford it	5.0% 5	5.0% 9	8.3% 5	9.7% 3	6.8% 3	6.0% 25
Should not	9.9% 10	10.5% 19	16.7% 10	41.9% 13	34.1% 15	16.1% 67
Should	66.3% 67	70.2% 127	70.0% 42	45.2% 14	52.3% 23	65.5% 273
Don't know/not sure	18.8% 19	14.4% 26	5.0% 3	3.2% 1	6.8% 3	12.5% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 101	100.0% 181	100.0% 60	100.0% 31	100.0% 44	417

Place of birth (I-WHERBORN)

	Delaware County	Other Indiana county	Outside Indiana	TOTAL
Should only for those who can't afford it	5.6% 8	9.3% 12	3.4% 5	6.0% 25
Should not	13.3% 19	21.7% 28	13.7% 20	16.0% 67
Should	63.6% 91	62.0% 80	69.9% 102	65.3% 273
Don't know/not sure	17.5% 25	7.0% 9	13.0% 19	12.7% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 143	100.0% 129	100.0% 146	418

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Should only for those who can't afford it	5.6% 22	13.6% 3	0.0% 0	6.0% 25
Should not	16.5% 65	9.1% 2	0.0% 0	16.1% 67
Should	64.9% 255	68.2% 15	100.0% 1	65.1% 271
Don't know/not sure	13.0% 51	9.1% 2	0.0% 0	12.7% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 393	100.0% 22	100.0% 1	416

Age (I-AGE)

	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80 & up	TOTAL
Should only for those who can't afford it	3.8% 4	4.8% 5	6.5% 6	13.6% 8	3.8% 2	6.0% 25
Should not	9.4% 10	14.3% 15	26.1% 24	18.6% 11	13.2% 7	16.1% 67
Should	73.6% 78	71.4% 75	52.2% 48	54.2% 32	69.8% 37	65.1% 270
Don't know/not sure	13.2% 14	9.5% 10	15.2% 14	13.6% 8	13.2% 7	12.8% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 106	100.0% 105	100.0% 92	100.0% 59	100.0% 53	415

Household income (I-INCOME)

	10K & less	10-20K	20-30K	30-50K	50K & up	TOTAL
Should only for those who can't afford it	7.2% 6	7.4% 8	3.3% 2	8.3% 4	7.3% 3	6.7% 23
Should not	9.6% 8	15.7% 17	13.1% 8	18.8% 9	31.7% 13	16.1% 55
Should	69.9% 58	63.0% 68	73.8% 45	68.8% 33	48.8% 20	65.7% 224
Don't know/not sure	13.3% 11	13.9% 15	9.8% 6	4.2% 2	12.2% 5	11.4% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 83	100.0% 108	100.0% 61	100.0% 48	100.0% 41	341

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Republican	Independnt	Democrat	Varies/Oth	TOTAL
Should only for those who can't afford it	3.3% 4	18.0% 9	3.6% 4	5.8% 7	6.0% 24
Should not	28.1% 34	14.0% 7	9.9% 11	11.7% 14	16.4% 66
Should	53.7% 65	58.0% 29	78.4% 87	69.2% 83	65.7% 264
Don't know/not sure	14.9% 18	10.0% 5	8.1% 9	13.3% 16	11.9% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 50	100.0% 111	100.0% 120	402

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	None	Other/DK	TOTAL
Should only for those who can't afford it	2.9% 1	7.3% 19	5.3% 4	3.7% 1	0.0% 0	6.1% 25
Should not	17.1% 6	18.1% 47	7.9% 6	18.5% 5	13.3% 2	16.0% 66
Should	74.3% 26	63.5% 165	67.1% 51	63.0% 17	66.7% 10	65.1% 269
Don't know/not sure	5.7% 2	11.2% 29	19.7% 15	14.8% 4	20.0% 3	12.8% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 260	100.0% 76	100.0% 27	100.0% 15	413