Middletown Area Study, 1995

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SSFUT In 50 years, Social Security and Medicare will probably still be there for future generations. 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	27	6.5%	6.5%	-2.1
Disagree	89	21.4%	27.9%	-1.21
Don't know/not sure	53	12.7%	40.6%	-.31
Agree	205	49.3%	89.9%	.58
Strongly agree	42	10.1%	100%	1.47

Variable Comparisons

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

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	6.1% 11	6.8% 16	6.5% 27
Disagree	21.5% 39	21.3% 50	21.4% 89
Don't know/not sure	5.5% 10	18.3% 43	12.7% 53
Agree	51.9% 94	47.2% 111	49.3% 205
Strongly agree	14.9% 27	6.4% 15	10.1% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 235	416

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Nev. marr.	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	4.6% 11	9.5% 12	11.4% 4	0.0% 0	6.6% 27
Disagree	23.8% 57	16.7% 21	25.7% 9	8.3% 1	21.4% 88
Don't know/not sure	9.6% 23	18.3% 23	8.6% 3	25.0% 3	12.6% 52
Agree	53.1% 127	46.0% 58	37.1% 13	41.7% 5	49.3% 203
Strongly agree	8.8% 21	9.5% 12	17.1% 6	25.0% 3	10.2% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 239	100.0% 126	100.0% 35	100.0% 12	412

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt H.S.	H.S. grad	SomCol/Trd	Coll grad	Grad schl	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	6.1% 6	5.6% 10	9.8% 6	9.4% 3	4.5% 2	6.5% 27
Disagree	22.2% 22	25.7% 46	14.8% 9	18.8% 6	13.6% 6	21.4% 89
Don't know/not sure	14.1% 14	11.7% 21	16.4% 10	9.4% 3	11.4% 5	12.8% 53
Agree	50.5% 50	46.4% 83	45.9% 28	53.1% 17	59.1% 26	49.2% 204
Strongly agree	7.1% 7	10.6% 19	13.1% 8	9.4% 3	11.4% 5	10.1% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 179	100.0% 61	100.0% 32	100.0% 44	415

Place of birth (I-WHERBORN)

	Delaware County	Other Indiana county	Outside Indiana	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	9.0% 13	3.9% 5	6.3% 9	6.5% 27
Disagree	22.2% 32	20.9% 27	21.0% 30	21.4% 89
Don't know/not sure	17.4% 25	10.1% 13	10.5% 15	12.7% 53
Agree	42.4% 61	51.9% 67	53.8% 77	49.3% 205
Strongly agree	9.0% 13	13.2% 17	8.4% 12	10.1% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 144	100.0% 129	100.0% 143	416

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	6.4% 25	10.0% 2	0.0% 0	6.5% 27
Disagree	21.9% 86	10.0% 2	0.0% 0	21.3% 88
Don't know/not sure	12.5% 49	15.0% 3	0.0% 0	12.6% 52
Agree	49.1% 193	60.0% 12	0.0% 0	49.5% 205
Strongly agree	10.2% 40	5.0% 1	100.0% 1	10.1% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 393	100.0% 20	100.0% 1	414

Age (I-AGE)

	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80 & up	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	8.4% 9	5.7% 6	5.4% 5	7.1% 4	5.8% 3	6.5% 27
Disagree	31.8% 34	18.9% 20	20.7% 19	16.1% 9	11.5% 6	21.3% 88
Don't know/not sure	9.3% 10	12.3% 13	9.8% 9	14.3% 8	23.1% 12	12.6% 52
Agree	43.9% 47	53.8% 57	47.8% 44	53.6% 30	50.0% 26	49.4% 204
Strongly agree	6.5% 7	9.4% 10	16.3% 15	8.9% 5	9.6% 5	10.2% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 107	100.0% 106	100.0% 92	100.0% 56	100.0% 52	413

Household income (I-INCOME)

	10K & less	10-20K	20-30K	30-50K	50K & up	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	6.0% 5	5.7% 6	3.3% 2	10.4% 5	7.1% 3	6.2% 21
Disagree	19.3% 16	18.9% 20	18.0% 11	20.8% 10	33.3% 14	20.9% 71
Don't know/not sure	13.3% 11	19.8% 21	6.6% 4	6.3% 3	7.1% 3	12.4% 42
Agree	51.8% 43	47.2% 50	55.7% 34	47.9% 23	47.6% 20	50.0% 170
Strongly agree	9.6% 8	8.5% 9	16.4% 10	14.6% 7	4.8% 2	10.6% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 83	100.0% 106	100.0% 61	100.0% 48	100.0% 42	340

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Republican	Independnt	Democrat	Varies/Oth	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	4.1% 5	6.0% 3	9.9% 11	5.1% 6	6.3% 25
Disagree	22.3% 27	12.0% 6	18.0% 20	28.2% 33	21.6% 86
Don't know/not sure	10.7% 13	16.0% 8	11.7% 13	12.0% 14	12.0% 48
Agree	52.1% 63	56.0% 28	45.9% 51	47.9% 56	49.6% 198
Strongly agree	10.7% 13	10.0% 5	14.4% 16	6.8% 8	10.5% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 50	100.0% 111	100.0% 117	399

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	None	Other/DK	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	8.6% 3	7.0% 18	3.9% 3	0.0% 0	13.3% 2	6.3% 26
Disagree	25.7% 9	23.3% 60	18.4% 14	11.1% 3	13.3% 2	21.4% 88
Don't know/not sure	8.6% 3	11.6% 30	21.1% 16	11.1% 3	0.0% 0	12.7% 52
Agree	40.0% 14	49.2% 127	50.0% 38	55.6% 15	60.0% 9	49.4% 203
Strongly agree	17.1% 6	8.9% 23	6.6% 5	22.2% 6	13.3% 2	10.2% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 258	100.0% 76	100.0% 27	100.0% 15	411