Middletown Area Study, 1997

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BRAINDED Do you agree or disagree that death should be a matter of choice if -- A traumatic injury, stroke, or something else has left the person "brain dead".   1) Agree   2) Disagree   9) Don't know/not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree	283	76.9%	76.9%	-.34
Disagree	64	17.4%	94.3%	.2
Don't know/not sure	21	5.7%	100%	3.98

Variable Comparisons

Sex Marital status Education Place of birth Race Age Household income Religious preference

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree	78.8% 134	75.3% 149	76.9% 283
Disagree	14.1% 24	20.2% 40	17.4% 64
Don't know/not sure	7.1% 12	4.5% 9	5.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 170	100.0% 198	368

Marital status (I-MARSTA)

	Married	Widowed	Separated	Divorced	Never been married	TOTAL
Agree	77.4% 164	63.6% 21	100.0% 3	85.0% 34	75.9% 60	76.8% 282
Disagree	17.5% 37	27.3% 9	0.0% 0	5.0% 2	20.3% 16	17.4% 64
Don't know/not sure	5.2% 11	9.1% 3	0.0% 0	10.0% 4	3.8% 3	5.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 212	100.0% 33	100.0% 3	100.0% 40	100.0% 79	367

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School graduate	Some college./Trade school	College graduate	Graduate or Professional degree	TOTAL
Agree	71.8% 28	73.6% 103	77.9% 74	79.3% 46	88.2% 30	76.8% 281
Disagree	25.6% 10	19.3% 27	17.9% 17	13.8% 8	5.9% 2	17.5% 64
Don't know/not sure	2.6% 1	7.1% 10	4.2% 4	6.9% 4	5.9% 2	5.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 39	100.0% 140	100.0% 95	100.0% 58	100.0% 34	366

Place of birth (I-WBORN)

	Delaware county	Other county in Indiana	Outside of Indiana	TOTAL
Agree	79.7% 118	74.6% 88	75.2% 76	76.8% 282
Disagree	16.2% 24	17.8% 21	18.8% 19	17.4% 64
Don't know/not sure	4.1% 6	7.6% 9	5.9% 6	5.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 148	100.0% 118	100.0% 101	367

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Agree	77.1% 263	66.7% 10	80.0% 4	76.7% 277
Disagree	17.6% 60	20.0% 3	0.0% 0	17.5% 63
Don't know/not sure	5.3% 18	13.3% 2	20.0% 1	5.8% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 15	100.0% 5	361

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 21	21-34	35-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Agree	70.4% 19	79.3% 65	75.5% 71	81.3% 78	72.5% 50	76.9% 283
Disagree	25.9% 7	15.9% 13	19.1% 18	13.5% 13	18.8% 13	17.4% 64
Don't know/not sure	3.7% 1	4.9% 4	5.3% 5	5.2% 5	8.7% 6	5.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 82	100.0% 94	100.0% 96	100.0% 69	368

Household income (I-INCOME)

	LT $10K	LT $30K	LT $50K	LT $100K	100K+	TOTAL
Agree	73.0% 65	81.0% 68	80.5% 70	82.5% 33	80.0% 12	78.7% 248
Disagree	22.5% 20	13.1% 11	16.1% 14	15.0% 6	13.3% 2	16.8% 53
Don't know/not sure	4.5% 4	6.0% 5	3.4% 3	2.5% 1	6.7% 1	4.4% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 89	100.0% 84	100.0% 87	100.0% 40	100.0% 15	315

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	Other	None	TOTAL
Agree	81.6% 31	81.5% 110	61.9% 65	87.0% 20	88.7% 47	77.1% 273
Disagree	13.2% 5	12.6% 17	29.5% 31	13.0% 3	9.4% 5	17.2% 61
Don't know/not sure	5.3% 2	5.9% 8	8.6% 9	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	5.6% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 38	100.0% 135	100.0% 105	100.0% 23	100.0% 53	354