Middletown Area Study, 1995

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OJGUILT The O.J. Simpson trial has been completed, and a verdict has been rendered. But, we are interested in your position. If you would have been a jurist on the O.J. Simpson jury, would you have found O.J. Simpson guilty or not guilty of the murders of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman?   1) Guilty   2) Not guilty   3) Have not heard of the O.J. Simpson trial   4) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Guilty	224	55.9%	55.9%	-.73
Not guilty	99	24.7%	80.5%	.16
Have not heard of the O.J. Simpson trial	3	.7%	81.3%	1.04
Don't know	75	18.7%	100%	1.92

Variable Comparisons

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

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Guilty	58.1% 104	54.1% 120	55.9% 224
Not guilty	24.6% 44	24.8% 55	24.7% 99
Have not heard of the O.J. Simpson trial	0.6% 1	0.9% 2	0.7% 3
Don't know	16.8% 30	20.3% 45	18.7% 75
TOTAL	100.0% 179	100.0% 222	401

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Nev. marr.	TOTAL
Guilty	60.5% 141	49.2% 58	52.9% 18	33.3% 4	55.7% 221
Not guilty	21.5% 50	27.1% 32	35.3% 12	33.3% 4	24.7% 98
Have not heard of the O.J. Simpson trial	0.9% 2	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 3
Don't know	17.2% 40	22.9% 27	11.8% 4	33.3% 4	18.9% 75
TOTAL	100.0% 233	100.0% 118	100.0% 34	100.0% 12	397

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt H.S.	H.S. grad	SomCol/Trd	Coll grad	Grad schl	TOTAL
Guilty	46.2% 43	62.1% 108	62.1% 36	62.5% 20	39.5% 17	56.0% 224
Not guilty	30.1% 28	23.0% 40	20.7% 12	15.6% 5	32.6% 14	24.8% 99
Have not heard of the O.J. Simpson trial	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 3
Don't know	22.6% 21	14.9% 26	17.2% 10	15.6% 5	27.9% 12	18.5% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 93	100.0% 174	100.0% 58	100.0% 32	100.0% 43	400

Place of birth (I-WHERBORN)

	Delaware County	Other Indiana county	Outside Indiana	TOTAL
Guilty	58.7% 81	56.0% 70	52.9% 73	55.9% 224
Not guilty	26.1% 36	20.0% 25	27.5% 38	24.7% 99
Have not heard of the O.J. Simpson trial	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 3	0.7% 3
Don't know	15.2% 21	24.0% 30	17.4% 24	18.7% 75
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 125	100.0% 138	401

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Guilty	58.7% 223	5.6% 1	0.0% 0	56.1% 224
Not guilty	22.1% 84	66.7% 12	100.0% 1	24.3% 97
Have not heard of the O.J. Simpson trial	0.3% 1	11.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 3
Don't know	18.9% 72	16.7% 3	0.0% 0	18.8% 75
TOTAL	100.0% 380	100.0% 18	100.0% 1	399

Age (I-AGE)

	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80 & up	TOTAL
Guilty	60.4% 61	46.6% 48	60.7% 54	59.3% 32	54.9% 28	56.0% 223
Not guilty	18.8% 19	35.0% 36	15.7% 14	27.8% 15	25.5% 13	24.4% 97
Have not heard of the O.J. Simpson trial	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 3
Don't know	19.8% 20	18.4% 19	21.3% 19	13.0% 7	19.6% 10	18.8% 75
TOTAL	100.0% 101	100.0% 103	100.0% 89	100.0% 54	100.0% 51	398

Household income (I-INCOME)

	10K & less	10-20K	20-30K	30-50K	50K & up	TOTAL
Guilty	50.6% 40	55.8% 58	55.9% 33	68.8% 33	57.1% 24	56.6% 188
Not guilty	22.8% 18	29.8% 31	32.2% 19	14.6% 7	16.7% 7	24.7% 82
Have not heard of the O.J. Simpson trial	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.8% 2	0.6% 2
Don't know	26.6% 21	14.4% 15	11.9% 7	16.7% 8	21.4% 9	18.1% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 104	100.0% 59	100.0% 48	100.0% 42	332

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Republican	Independnt	Democrat	Varies/Oth	TOTAL
Guilty	66.7% 80	58.3% 28	52.3% 56	48.2% 54	56.3% 218
Not guilty	18.3% 22	25.0% 12	31.8% 34	24.1% 27	24.5% 95
Have not heard of the O.J. Simpson trial	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.5% 2
Don't know	14.2% 17	16.7% 8	15.9% 17	26.8% 30	18.6% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 48	100.0% 107	100.0% 112	387

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	None	Other/DK	TOTAL
Guilty	73.5% 25	54.2% 135	56.2% 41	57.7% 15	46.7% 7	56.2% 223
Not guilty	20.6% 7	25.3% 63	24.7% 18	15.4% 4	33.3% 5	24.4% 97
Have not heard of the O.J. Simpson trial	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	2.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 3
Don't know	5.9% 2	20.1% 50	16.4% 12	26.9% 7	20.0% 3	18.6% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 34	100.0% 249	100.0% 73	100.0% 26	100.0% 15	397