Middletown Area Study, 1999

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WORKSTAT Last week, were you working full-time, part-time, going to school, keeping house, or are you retired?   1) Working full time   2) Working part-time and not in school   3) With job, not at work (temp. ill, vac, strike, maternity l   4) Unemployed, laid off, looking for work   5) Retired   6) In school   7) Keeping house   8) Other

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Working full time	75	18.4%	18.4%	-1.74
Working part-time and not in school	26	6.4%	24.8%	-1.22
With job, not at work (temp. ill, vac, strike, maternity l	3	.7%	25.6%	-.69
Unemployed, laid off, looking for work	2	.5%	26%	-.17
Retired	239	58.7%	84.8%	.35
In school	19	4.7%	89.4%	.88
Keeping house	37	9.1%	98.5%	1.4
Other	6	1.5%	100%	1.92

Variable Comparisons

Sex Marital status Education Race Age Household income Political party Religious preference Church attendance

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Working full time	25.6% 31	15.6% 44	18.6% 75
Working part-time and not in school	8.3% 10	5.7% 16	6.5% 26
With job, not at work (temp. ill, vac, strike, maternity l	0.0% 0	1.1% 3	0.7% 3
Unemployed, laid off, looking for work	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.5% 2
Retired	54.5% 66	60.3% 170	58.6% 236
In school	8.3% 10	3.2% 9	4.7% 19
Keeping house	2.5% 3	11.7% 33	8.9% 36
Other	0.8% 1	1.8% 5	1.5% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 282	403

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Separated	Divorced	Never been married	TOTAL
Working full time	18.8% 37	7.7% 9	40.0% 2	32.7% 16	28.2% 11	18.4% 75
Working part-time and not in school	8.6% 17	3.4% 4	0.0% 0	6.1% 3	5.1% 2	6.4% 26
With job, not at work (temp. ill, vac, strike, maternity l	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	2.6% 1	0.7% 3
Unemployed, laid off, looking for work	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Retired	58.9% 116	77.8% 91	60.0% 3	51.0% 25	10.3% 4	58.7% 239
In school	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	48.7% 19	4.7% 19
Keeping house	12.2% 24	9.4% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.1% 2	9.1% 37
Other	1.0% 2	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	4.1% 2	0.0% 0	1.5% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 197	100.0% 117	100.0% 5	100.0% 49	100.0% 39	407

Education (I-EDUC)

		HighSchool	SomColl	Coll/Grad	Trade	TOTAL
Working full time	12.2% 6	12.5% 16	23.5% 16	32.4% 23	33.3% 1	19.4% 62
Working part-time and not in school	4.1% 2	9.4% 12	7.4% 5	8.5% 6	0.0% 0	7.8% 25
With job, not at work (temp. ill, vac, strike, maternity l	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	2.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 3
Unemployed, laid off, looking for work	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
Retired	75.5% 37	59.4% 76	44.1% 30	47.9% 34	66.7% 2	56.1% 179
In school	0.0% 0	2.3% 3	10.3% 7	4.2% 3	0.0% 0	4.1% 13
Keeping house	8.2% 4	12.5% 16	8.8% 6	7.0% 5	0.0% 0	9.7% 31
Other	0.0% 0	2.3% 3	2.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 128	100.0% 68	100.0% 71	100.0% 3	319

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	Don't Know	TOTAL
Working full time	19.2% 70	16.7% 3	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	18.6% 74
Working part-time and not in school	6.9% 25	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.3% 25
With job, not at work (temp. ill, vac, strike, maternity l	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 3
Unemployed, laid off, looking for work	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Retired	57.4% 209	66.7% 12	62.5% 5	87.5% 7	58.5% 233
In school	4.9% 18	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	4.8% 19
Keeping house	9.3% 34	5.6% 1	25.0% 2	0.0% 0	9.3% 37
Other	0.8% 3	11.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 364	100.0% 18	100.0% 8	100.0% 8	398

Age (I-AGE)

	19-39	40-64	65-72	73-79	80+	TOTAL
Working full time	42.9% 21	36.2% 46	5.4% 6	0.0% 0	4.0% 2	18.4% 75
Working part-time and not in school	6.1% 3	11.0% 14	3.6% 4	5.7% 4	2.0% 1	6.4% 26
With job, not at work (temp. ill, vac, strike, maternity l	0.0% 0	2.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 3
Unemployed, laid off, looking for work	2.0% 1	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Retired	0.0% 0	39.4% 50	81.1% 90	84.3% 59	80.0% 40	58.7% 239
In school	36.7% 18	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.7% 19
Keeping house	12.2% 6	7.9% 10	7.2% 8	8.6% 6	14.0% 7	9.1% 37
Other	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	2.7% 3	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.5% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 127	100.0% 111	100.0% 70	100.0% 50	407

Household income (I-HHINCOME)

	0-20K	20-40K	40-80K	80K+	DK	TOTAL
Working full time	11.8% 13	17.6% 18	37.0% 20	46.2% 12	8.7% 4	19.8% 67
Working part-time and not in school	8.2% 9	6.9% 7	3.7% 2	7.7% 2	2.2% 1	6.2% 21
With job, not at work (temp. ill, vac, strike, maternity l	0.9% 1	1.0% 1	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 3
Unemployed, laid off, looking for work	1.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
Retired	52.7% 58	63.7% 65	44.4% 24	30.8% 8	80.4% 37	56.8% 192
In school	10.9% 12	2.9% 3	1.9% 1	11.5% 3	0.0% 0	5.6% 19
Keeping house	11.8% 13	6.9% 7	7.4% 4	3.8% 1	6.5% 3	8.3% 28
Other	1.8% 2	1.0% 1	3.7% 2	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	1.8% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 102	100.0% 54	100.0% 26	100.0% 46	338

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Repub	Indep	Democ	OtherParty	Changes	TOTAL
Working full time	15.0% 17	28.6% 12	19.6% 22	66.7% 2	15.4% 18	18.3% 71
Working part-time and not in school	5.3% 6	4.8% 2	5.4% 6	0.0% 0	10.3% 12	6.7% 26
With job, not at work (temp. ill, vac, strike, maternity l	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.8% 3
Unemployed, laid off, looking for work	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Retired	63.7% 72	54.8% 23	54.5% 61	33.3% 1	59.8% 70	58.7% 227
In school	2.7% 3	2.4% 1	2.7% 3	0.0% 0	7.7% 9	4.1% 16
Keeping house	11.5% 13	7.1% 3	12.5% 14	0.0% 0	5.1% 6	9.3% 36
Other	0.9% 1	2.4% 1	2.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 42	100.0% 112	100.0% 3	100.0% 117	387

Religious preference (I-RELPREF)

	Catholic	Protestant	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Working full time	24.4% 10	16.8% 50	0.0% 0	23.8% 10	20.8% 5	18.5% 75
Working part-time and not in school	4.9% 2	7.1% 21	0.0% 0	4.8% 2	4.2% 1	6.4% 26
With job, not at work (temp. ill, vac, strike, maternity l	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 3
Unemployed, laid off, looking for work	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Retired	53.7% 22	59.9% 178	0.0% 0	61.9% 26	45.8% 11	58.5% 237
In school	7.3% 3	3.4% 10	100.0% 1	4.8% 2	12.5% 3	4.7% 19
Keeping house	4.9% 2	10.4% 31	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.7% 4	9.1% 37
Other	4.9% 2	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	4.8% 2	0.0% 0	1.5% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 41	100.0% 297	100.0% 1	100.0% 42	100.0% 24	405

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	FewXYear	1+/Month	1XWeek	1+/Week	TOTAL
Working full time	16.2% 12	24.6% 17	26.1% 18	15.1% 18	11.9% 8	18.3% 73
Working part-time and not in school	2.7% 2	7.2% 5	7.2% 5	5.0% 6	11.9% 8	6.5% 26
With job, not at work (temp. ill, vac, strike, maternity l	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 2	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 3
Unemployed, laid off, looking for work	2.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Retired	54.1% 40	50.7% 35	46.4% 32	65.5% 78	70.1% 47	58.3% 232
In school	10.8% 8	4.3% 3	7.2% 5	2.5% 3	0.0% 0	4.8% 19
Keeping house	8.1% 6	13.0% 9	8.7% 6	10.1% 12	6.0% 4	9.3% 37
Other	5.4% 4	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	1.5% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 74	100.0% 69	100.0% 69	100.0% 119	100.0% 67	398