Middletown Area Study, 1997

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RELPREF

What is your religious preference?
  1) Catholic
  2) Protestant
  3) Christian
  4) Jewish
  5) Other religion
  6) None
  9) Don't know

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Catholic 39 10.5% 10.5% -1.21
Protestant 138 37.2% 47.7% -.63
Christian 108 29.1% 76.8% -.05
Jewish 1 .3% 77.1% .52
Other religion 23 6.2% 83.3% 1.1
None 56 15.1% 98.4% 1.68
Don't know 6 1.6% 100% 3.42

Variable Comparisons


Sex (I-SEX)

Male Female TOTAL
Catholic 11.6%
20
9.5%
19
10.5%
39
Protestant 30.8%
53
42.7%
85
37.2%
138
Christian 27.3%
47
30.7%
61
29.1%
108
Jewish 0.6%
1
0.0%
0
0.3%
1
Other religion 8.7%
15
4.0%
8
6.2%
23
None 19.8%
34
11.1%
22
15.1%
56
Don't know 1.2%
2
2.0%
4
1.6%
6
TOTAL 100.0%
172
100.0%
199

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Marital status (I-MARSTA)

Married Widowed Separated Divorced Never been married TOTAL
Catholic 9.8%
21
8.6%
3
0.0%
0
7.3%
3
15.4%
12
10.5%
39
Protestant 46.7%
100
42.9%
15
33.3%
1
39.0%
16
7.7%
6
37.2%
138
Christian 25.2%
54
34.3%
12
33.3%
1
22.0%
9
41.0%
32
29.1%
108
Jewish 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
1.3%
1
0.3%
1
Other religion 5.1%
11
2.9%
1
33.3%
1
4.9%
2
10.3%
8
6.2%
23
None 11.7%
25
11.4%
4
0.0%
0
24.4%
10
21.8%
17
15.1%
56
Don't know 1.4%
3
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
2.4%
1
2.6%
2
1.6%
6
TOTAL 100.0%
214
100.0%
35
100.0%
3
100.0%
41
100.0%
78

371


Education (I-EDUC)

Less than High School High School graduate Some college./Trade school College graduate Graduate or Professional degree TOTAL
Catholic 5.1%
2
6.8%
10
9.6%
9
20.3%
12
19.4%
6
10.6%
39
Protestant 30.8%
12
42.5%
62
34.0%
32
32.2%
19
35.5%
11
36.9%
136
Christian 35.9%
14
28.8%
42
30.9%
29
27.1%
16
22.6%
7
29.3%
108
Jewish 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
1.7%
1
0.0%
0
0.3%
1
Other religion 2.6%
1
3.4%
5
7.4%
7
8.5%
5
16.1%
5
6.2%
23
None 20.5%
8
17.8%
26
16.0%
15
8.5%
5
6.5%
2
15.2%
56
Don't know 5.1%
2
0.7%
1
2.1%
2
1.7%
1
0.0%
0
1.6%
6
TOTAL 100.0%
39
100.0%
146
100.0%
94
100.0%
59
100.0%
31

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Place of birth (I-WBORN)

Delaware county Other county in Indiana Outside of Indiana TOTAL
Catholic 8.9%
13
8.3%
10
14.4%
15
10.3%
38
Protestant 39.7%
58
39.2%
47
31.7%
33
37.3%
138
Christian 26.7%
39
33.3%
40
27.9%
29
29.2%
108
Jewish 0.7%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.3%
1
Other religion 4.8%
7
6.7%
8
7.7%
8
6.2%
23
None 18.5%
27
10.8%
13
15.4%
16
15.1%
56
Don't know 0.7%
1
1.7%
2
2.9%
3
1.6%
6
TOTAL 100.0%
146
100.0%
120
100.0%
104

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Race (I-RACE)

White Black Other TOTAL
Catholic 9.9%
34
12.5%
2
16.7%
1
10.2%
37
Protestant 37.7%
129
43.8%
7
0.0%
0
37.4%
136
Christian 28.9%
99
31.3%
5
33.3%
2
29.1%
106
Jewish 0.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.3%
1
Other religion 5.6%
19
12.5%
2
33.3%
2
6.3%
23
None 16.1%
55
0.0%
0
16.7%
1
15.4%
56
Don't know 1.5%
5
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
1.4%
5
TOTAL 100.0%
342
100.0%
16
100.0%
6

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Age (I-AGE)

Under 21 21-34 35-49 50-64 65+ TOTAL
Catholic 15.4%
4
15.9%
13
13.0%
12
4.1%
4
8.2%
6
10.5%
39
Protestant 3.8%
1
15.9%
13
31.5%
29
54.1%
53
57.5%
42
37.2%
138
Christian 53.8%
14
34.1%
28
26.1%
24
26.5%
26
21.9%
16
29.1%
108
Jewish 0.0%
0
1.2%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.3%
1
Other religion 7.7%
2
8.5%
7
9.8%
9
4.1%
4
1.4%
1
6.2%
23
None 15.4%
4
23.2%
19
15.2%
14
11.2%
11
11.0%
8
15.1%
56
Don't know 3.8%
1
1.2%
1
4.3%
4
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
1.6%
6
TOTAL 100.0%
26
100.0%
82
100.0%
92
100.0%
98
100.0%
73

371


Household income (I-INCOME)

LT $10K LT $30K LT $50K LT $100K 100K+ TOTAL
Catholic 9.0%
8
11.6%
10
6.7%
6
10.5%
4
26.7%
4
10.1%
32
Protestant 31.5%
28
43.0%
37
33.3%
30
50.0%
19
33.3%
5
37.4%
119
Christian 30.3%
27
26.7%
23
32.2%
29
23.7%
9
26.7%
4
28.9%
92
Jewish 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
6.7%
1
0.3%
1
Other religion 5.6%
5
4.7%
4
11.1%
10
5.3%
2
0.0%
0
6.6%
21
None 21.3%
19
14.0%
12
14.4%
13
7.9%
3
6.7%
1
15.1%
48
Don't know 2.2%
2
0.0%
0
2.2%
2
2.6%
1
0.0%
0
1.6%
5
TOTAL 100.0%
89
100.0%
86
100.0%
90
100.0%
38
100.0%
15

318


Religious preference (I-RELIG)

Catholic Protestant Christian Other None TOTAL
Catholic 100.0%
39
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
10.7%
39
Protestant 0.0%
0
100.0%
138
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
37.8%
138
Christian 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
108
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
29.6%
108
Jewish 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
4.2%
1
0.0%
0
0.3%
1
Other religion 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
95.8%
23
0.0%
0
6.3%
23
None 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
56
15.3%
56
Don't know 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
TOTAL 100.0%
39
100.0%
138
100.0%
108
100.0%
24
100.0%
56

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