Middletown Area Study, 1995

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WELLOFF Financially, older adults are not as well off now as older adults were in the early 1960's. 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	35	8.4%	8.4%	-1.67
Disagree	162	38.8%	47.1%	-.75
Don't know/not sure	87	20.8%	67.9%	.16
Agree	109	26.1%	94%	1.08
Strongly agree	25	6%	100%	1.99

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	8.0% 19	8.4% 35
Disagree	44.2% 80	34.6% 82	38.8% 162
Don't know/not sure	12.7% 23	27.0% 64	20.8% 87
Agree	27.1% 49	25.3% 60	26.1% 109
Strongly agree	7.2% 13	5.1% 12	6.0% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 237	418

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Nev. marr.	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	7.1% 17	10.9% 14	8.6% 3	0.0% 0	8.2% 34
Disagree	40.6% 97	39.1% 50	31.4% 11	33.3% 4	39.1% 162
Don't know/not sure	18.4% 44	25.0% 32	22.9% 8	25.0% 3	21.0% 87
Agree	27.6% 66	20.3% 26	28.6% 10	41.7% 5	25.8% 107
Strongly agree	6.3% 15	4.7% 6	8.6% 3	0.0% 0	5.8% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 239	100.0% 128	100.0% 35	100.0% 12	414

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt H.S.	H.S. grad	SomCol/Trd	Coll grad	Grad schl	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	9.0% 9	7.7% 14	13.1% 8	9.4% 3	2.4% 1	8.4% 35
Disagree	31.0% 31	36.8% 67	29.5% 18	59.4% 19	64.3% 27	38.8% 162
Don't know/not sure	25.0% 25	22.5% 41	23.0% 14	12.5% 4	4.8% 2	20.6% 86
Agree	27.0% 27	26.9% 49	29.5% 18	15.6% 5	23.8% 10	26.1% 109
Strongly agree	8.0% 8	6.0% 11	4.9% 3	3.1% 1	4.8% 2	6.0% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 182	100.0% 61	100.0% 32	100.0% 42	417

Place of birth (I-WHERBORN)

	Delaware County	Other Indiana county	Outside Indiana	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	6.3% 9	10.2% 13	8.8% 13	8.4% 35
Disagree	33.6% 48	43.8% 56	39.5% 58	38.8% 162
Don't know/not sure	23.1% 33	18.8% 24	20.4% 30	20.8% 87
Agree	29.4% 42	21.9% 28	26.5% 39	26.1% 109
Strongly agree	7.7% 11	5.5% 7	4.8% 7	6.0% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 143	100.0% 128	100.0% 147	418

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	8.6% 34	4.8% 1	0.0% 0	8.4% 35
Disagree	39.8% 157	19.0% 4	0.0% 0	38.7% 161
Don't know/not sure	20.3% 80	28.6% 6	100.0% 1	20.9% 87
Agree	25.4% 100	38.1% 8	0.0% 0	26.0% 108
Strongly agree	5.8% 23	9.5% 2	0.0% 0	6.0% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 394	100.0% 21	100.0% 1	416

Age (I-AGE)

	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80 & up	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	7.5% 8	8.7% 9	7.6% 7	12.1% 7	7.4% 4	8.4% 35
Disagree	35.5% 38	34.6% 36	47.8% 44	39.7% 23	37.0% 20	38.8% 161
Don't know/not sure	21.5% 23	25.0% 26	17.4% 16	20.7% 12	18.5% 10	21.0% 87
Agree	29.0% 31	25.0% 26	20.7% 19	24.1% 14	31.5% 17	25.8% 107
Strongly agree	6.5% 7	6.7% 7	6.5% 6	3.4% 2	5.6% 3	6.0% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 107	100.0% 104	100.0% 92	100.0% 58	100.0% 54	415

Household income (I-INCOME)

	10K & less	10-20K	20-30K	30-50K	50K & up	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	7.1% 6	6.5% 7	9.8% 6	14.9% 7	9.8% 4	8.8% 30
Disagree	36.9% 31	38.0% 41	36.1% 22	44.7% 21	58.5% 24	40.8% 139
Don't know/not sure	22.6% 19	16.7% 18	21.3% 13	12.8% 6	12.2% 5	17.9% 61
Agree	27.4% 23	33.3% 36	23.0% 14	27.7% 13	12.2% 5	26.7% 91
Strongly agree	6.0% 5	5.6% 6	9.8% 6	0.0% 0	7.3% 3	5.9% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 84	100.0% 108	100.0% 61	100.0% 47	100.0% 41	341

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Republican	Independnt	Democrat	Varies/Oth	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	9.8% 12	12.2% 6	4.5% 5	9.2% 11	8.5% 34
Disagree	50.8% 62	44.9% 22	35.1% 39	29.4% 35	39.4% 158
Don't know/not sure	14.8% 18	12.2% 6	25.2% 28	21.8% 26	19.5% 78
Agree	18.9% 23	22.4% 11	29.7% 33	33.6% 40	26.7% 107
Strongly agree	5.7% 7	8.2% 4	5.4% 6	5.9% 7	6.0% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 122	100.0% 49	100.0% 111	100.0% 119	401

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	None	Other/DK	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	8.6% 3	8.5% 22	3.9% 3	7.7% 2	33.3% 5	8.5% 35
Disagree	28.6% 10	39.2% 102	42.9% 33	30.8% 8	46.7% 7	38.7% 160
Don't know/not sure	22.9% 8	20.0% 52	23.4% 18	23.1% 6	13.3% 2	20.8% 86
Agree	31.4% 11	26.9% 70	19.5% 15	38.5% 10	6.7% 1	25.9% 107
Strongly agree	8.6% 3	5.4% 14	10.4% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.1% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 260	100.0% 77	100.0% 26	100.0% 15	413