Middletown Area Study, 1995

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ECONFUT In the future, due to economic conditions, more older people will have to live with their children. 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	23	5.5%	5.5%	-1.88
Disagree	145	34.9%	40.4%	-.98
Don't know/not sure	46	11.1%	51.4%	-.08
Agree	176	42.3%	93.8%	.82
Strongly agree	26	6.3%	100%	1.72

Variable Comparisons

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

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	6.0% 11	5.1% 12	5.5% 23
Disagree	39.6% 72	31.2% 73	34.9% 145
Don't know/not sure	7.7% 14	13.7% 32	11.1% 46
Agree	39.0% 71	44.9% 105	42.3% 176
Strongly agree	7.7% 14	5.1% 12	6.3% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 234	416

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Nev. marr.	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	6.3% 15	2.4% 3	14.3% 5	0.0% 0	5.6% 23
Disagree	35.7% 85	37.0% 47	28.6% 10	16.7% 2	35.0% 144
Don't know/not sure	11.8% 28	9.4% 12	8.6% 3	25.0% 3	11.2% 46
Agree	40.8% 97	43.3% 55	42.9% 15	58.3% 7	42.2% 174
Strongly agree	5.5% 13	7.9% 10	5.7% 2	0.0% 0	6.1% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 238	100.0% 127	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	5.1% 5	5.0% 9	4.9% 3	6.3% 2	9.1% 4	5.5% 23
Disagree	32.3% 32	33.0% 59	34.4% 21	59.4% 19	29.5% 13	34.7% 144
Don't know/not sure	8.1% 8	11.7% 21	13.1% 8	12.5% 4	11.4% 5	11.1% 46
Agree	49.5% 49	41.9% 75	42.6% 26	15.6% 5	47.7% 21	42.4% 176
Strongly agree	5.1% 5	8.4% 15	4.9% 3	6.3% 2	2.3% 1	6.3% 26
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	5.6% 8	7.0% 9	4.1% 6	5.5% 23
Disagree	38.5% 55	37.5% 48	29.0% 42	34.9% 145
Don't know/not sure	13.3% 19	9.4% 12	10.3% 15	11.1% 46
Agree	37.8% 54	39.8% 51	49.0% 71	42.3% 176
Strongly agree	4.9% 7	6.3% 8	7.6% 11	6.3% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 143	100.0% 128	100.0% 145	416

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	5.9% 23	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.6% 23
Disagree	35.5% 139	28.6% 6	0.0% 0	35.0% 145
Don't know/not sure	11.5% 45	4.8% 1	0.0% 0	11.1% 46
Agree	40.8% 160	61.9% 13	100.0% 1	42.0% 174
Strongly agree	6.4% 25	4.8% 1	0.0% 0	6.3% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 21	100.0% 1	414

Age (I-AGE)

	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80 & up	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	4.7% 5	4.8% 5	7.7% 7	8.8% 5	1.9% 1	5.6% 23
Disagree	35.5% 38	36.2% 38	28.6% 26	29.8% 17	47.2% 25	34.9% 144
Don't know/not sure	5.6% 6	11.4% 12	11.0% 10	17.5% 10	15.1% 8	11.1% 46
Agree	47.7% 51	41.9% 44	44.0% 40	42.1% 24	30.2% 16	42.4% 175
Strongly agree	6.5% 7	5.7% 6	8.8% 8	1.8% 1	5.7% 3	6.1% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 107	100.0% 105	100.0% 91	100.0% 57	100.0% 53	413

Household income (I-INCOME)

	10K & less	10-20K	20-30K	30-50K	50K & up	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	2.4% 2	4.7% 5	9.8% 6	12.5% 6	7.1% 3	6.5% 22
Disagree	33.7% 28	34.6% 37	37.7% 23	29.2% 14	50.0% 21	36.1% 123
Don't know/not sure	10.8% 9	9.3% 10	4.9% 3	10.4% 5	4.8% 2	8.5% 29
Agree	44.6% 37	43.9% 47	39.3% 24	41.7% 20	35.7% 15	41.9% 143
Strongly agree	8.4% 7	7.5% 8	8.2% 5	6.3% 3	2.4% 1	7.0% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 83	100.0% 107	100.0% 61	100.0% 48	100.0% 42	341

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Republican	Independnt	Democrat	Varies/Oth	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	8.3% 10	6.1% 3	3.6% 4	4.2% 5	5.5% 22
Disagree	39.7% 48	38.8% 19	33.9% 38	30.5% 36	35.3% 141
Don't know/not sure	14.9% 18	6.1% 3	8.0% 9	10.2% 12	10.5% 42
Agree	30.6% 37	42.9% 21	45.5% 51	51.7% 61	42.5% 170
Strongly agree	6.6% 8	6.1% 3	8.9% 10	3.4% 4	6.3% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 49	100.0% 112	100.0% 118	400

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	None	Other/DK	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	2.9% 1	6.2% 16	3.9% 3	0.0% 0	20.0% 3	5.6% 23
Disagree	22.9% 8	34.7% 90	42.1% 32	38.5% 10	26.7% 4	35.0% 144
Don't know/not sure	17.1% 6	10.8% 28	11.8% 9	7.7% 2	6.7% 1	11.2% 46
Agree	45.7% 16	42.5% 110	35.5% 27	46.2% 12	46.7% 7	41.8% 172
Strongly agree	11.4% 4	5.8% 15	6.6% 5	7.7% 2	0.0% 0	6.3% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 259	100.0% 76	100.0% 26	100.0% 15	411