Middletown Area Study, 1995

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TAKELIFE When the suffering becomes too great, those who have a terminal illness should have the right to choose to end their own life. Do you:   1) Strongly disagree   2) Disagree   3) Don't know/not sure   4) Agree   5) Strongly agree

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly disagree	41	9.9%	9.9%	-1.83
Disagree	89	21.4%	31.3%	-1.09
Don't know/not sure	32	7.7%	39%	-.35
Agree	139	33.5%	72.5%	.39
Strongly agree	114	27.5%	100%	1.13

Variable Comparisons

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

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	8.8% 16	10.7% 25	9.9% 41
Disagree	16.0% 29	25.6% 60	21.4% 89
Don't know/not sure	7.2% 13	8.1% 19	7.7% 32
Agree	38.7% 70	29.5% 69	33.5% 139
Strongly agree	29.3% 53	26.1% 61	27.5% 114
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 234	415

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Nev. marr.	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	10.1% 24	11.1% 14	5.7% 2	8.3% 1	10.0% 41
Disagree	22.7% 54	23.0% 29	5.7% 2	33.3% 4	21.7% 89
Don't know/not sure	8.0% 19	7.1% 9	11.4% 4	0.0% 0	7.8% 32
Agree	34.0% 81	30.2% 38	34.3% 12	41.7% 5	33.1% 136
Strongly agree	25.2% 60	28.6% 36	42.9% 15	16.7% 2	27.5% 113
TOTAL	100.0% 238	100.0% 126	100.0% 35	100.0% 12	411

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt H.S.	H.S. grad	SomCol/Trd	Coll grad	Grad schl	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	12.2% 12	6.7% 12	14.8% 9	15.6% 5	6.8% 3	9.9% 41
Disagree	22.4% 22	22.9% 41	16.4% 10	15.6% 5	22.7% 10	21.3% 88
Don't know/not sure	14.3% 14	6.1% 11	3.3% 2	6.3% 2	6.8% 3	7.7% 32
Agree	31.6% 31	36.3% 65	31.1% 19	34.4% 11	29.5% 13	33.6% 139
Strongly agree	19.4% 19	27.9% 50	34.4% 21	28.1% 9	34.1% 15	27.5% 114
TOTAL	100.0% 98	100.0% 179	100.0% 61	100.0% 32	100.0% 44	414

Place of birth (I-WHERBORN)

	Delaware County	Other Indiana county	Outside Indiana	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	14.8% 21	4.7% 6	9.7% 14	9.9% 41
Disagree	16.2% 23	23.3% 30	25.0% 36	21.4% 89
Don't know/not sure	9.2% 13	7.8% 10	6.3% 9	7.7% 32
Agree	33.1% 47	38.8% 50	29.2% 42	33.5% 139
Strongly agree	26.8% 38	25.6% 33	29.9% 43	27.5% 114
TOTAL	100.0% 142	100.0% 129	100.0% 144	415

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	10.0% 39	9.5% 2	0.0% 0	9.9% 41
Disagree	21.2% 83	28.6% 6	0.0% 0	21.5% 89
Don't know/not sure	7.7% 30	9.5% 2	0.0% 0	7.7% 32
Agree	33.2% 130	38.1% 8	0.0% 0	33.4% 138
Strongly agree	27.9% 109	14.3% 3	100.0% 1	27.4% 113
TOTAL	100.0% 391	100.0% 21	100.0% 1	413

Age (I-AGE)

	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80 & up	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	10.3% 11	8.6% 9	15.4% 14	7.1% 4	5.7% 3	10.0% 41
Disagree	24.3% 26	21.0% 22	18.7% 17	21.4% 12	20.8% 11	21.4% 88
Don't know/not sure	6.5% 7	7.6% 8	6.6% 6	10.7% 6	9.4% 5	7.8% 32
Agree	35.5% 38	40.0% 42	29.7% 27	25.0% 14	34.0% 18	33.7% 139
Strongly agree	23.4% 25	22.9% 24	29.7% 27	35.7% 20	30.2% 16	27.2% 112
TOTAL	100.0% 107	100.0% 105	100.0% 91	100.0% 56	100.0% 53	412

Household income (I-INCOME)

	10K & less	10-20K	20-30K	30-50K	50K & up	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	12.2% 10	5.7% 6	8.2% 5	10.6% 5	4.8% 2	8.3% 28
Disagree	19.5% 16	24.5% 26	19.7% 12	23.4% 11	26.2% 11	22.5% 76
Don't know/not sure	11.0% 9	7.5% 8	6.6% 4	2.1% 1	7.1% 3	7.4% 25
Agree	31.7% 26	36.8% 39	37.7% 23	31.9% 15	31.0% 13	34.3% 116
Strongly agree	25.6% 21	25.5% 27	27.9% 17	31.9% 15	31.0% 13	27.5% 93
TOTAL	100.0% 82	100.0% 106	100.0% 61	100.0% 47	100.0% 42	338

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Republican	Independnt	Democrat	Varies/Oth	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	15.7% 19	4.2% 2	7.1% 8	9.4% 11	10.1% 40
Disagree	17.4% 21	25.0% 12	17.9% 20	23.9% 28	20.4% 81
Don't know/not sure	6.6% 8	0.0% 0	8.9% 10	10.3% 12	7.5% 30
Agree	29.8% 36	33.3% 16	33.9% 38	36.8% 43	33.4% 133
Strongly agree	30.6% 37	37.5% 18	32.1% 36	19.7% 23	28.6% 114
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 48	100.0% 112	100.0% 117	398

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	None	Other/DK	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	17.1% 6	10.4% 27	8.0% 6	3.7% 1	6.7% 1	10.0% 41
Disagree	34.3% 12	21.2% 55	20.0% 15	11.1% 3	26.7% 4	21.7% 89
Don't know/not sure	5.7% 2	6.9% 18	13.3% 10	0.0% 0	13.3% 2	7.8% 32
Agree	28.6% 10	35.9% 93	34.7% 26	33.3% 9	6.7% 1	33.8% 139
Strongly agree	14.3% 5	25.5% 66	24.0% 18	51.9% 14	46.7% 7	26.8% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 259	100.0% 75	100.0% 27	100.0% 15	411