Middletown Area Study, 1999

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TOOMANY

I feel there are too many computers around now. Do you....
  1) Strongly agree
  2) Agree
  3) No Opinion
  4) Disagree
  5) Strongly disagree
  8) Don't know/not sure

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Strongly agree 30 7.5% 7.5% -1.51
Agree 107 26.8% 34.3% -.93
No Opinion 13 3.3% 37.5% -.35
Disagree 189 47.3% 84.8% .23
Strongly disagree 29 7.3% 92% .81
Don't know/not sure 32 8% 100% 2.55

Variable Comparisons


Sex (I-SEX)

Male Female TOTAL
Strongly agree 5.0%
6
8.7%
24
7.6%
30
Agree 27.7%
33
26.0%
72
26.5%
105
No Opinion 2.5%
3
3.6%
10
3.3%
13
Disagree 49.6%
59
46.2%
128
47.2%
187
Strongly disagree 10.1%
12
6.1%
17
7.3%
29
Don't know/not sure 5.0%
6
9.4%
26
8.1%
32
TOTAL 100.0%
119
100.0%
277

396


Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Widowed Separated Divorced Never been married TOTAL
Strongly agree 9.3%
18
6.2%
7
0.0%
0
6.1%
3
5.1%
2
7.5%
30
Agree 26.8%
52
25.7%
29
40.0%
2
36.7%
18
15.4%
6
26.8%
107
No Opinion 3.6%
7
4.4%
5
20.0%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
3.3%
13
Disagree 52.1%
101
38.1%
43
20.0%
1
42.9%
21
59.0%
23
47.3%
189
Strongly disagree 6.2%
12
7.1%
8
0.0%
0
6.1%
3
15.4%
6
7.3%
29
Don't know/not sure 2.1%
4
18.6%
21
20.0%
1
8.2%
4
5.1%
2
8.0%
32
TOTAL 100.0%
194
100.0%
113
100.0%
5
100.0%
49
100.0%
39

400


Education (I-EDUC)

HighSchool SomColl Coll/Grad Trade TOTAL
Strongly agree 8.7%
4
13.3%
17
4.4%
3
1.5%
1
0.0%
0
8.0%
25
Agree 52.2%
24
33.6%
43
23.5%
16
5.9%
4
33.3%
1
28.1%
88
No Opinion 6.5%
3
3.9%
5
4.4%
3
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
3.5%
11
Disagree 26.1%
12
39.8%
51
57.4%
39
73.5%
50
66.7%
2
49.2%
154
Strongly disagree 4.3%
2
4.7%
6
4.4%
3
17.6%
12
0.0%
0
7.3%
23
Don't know/not sure 2.2%
1
4.7%
6
5.9%
4
1.5%
1
0.0%
0
3.8%
12
TOTAL 100.0%
46
100.0%
128
100.0%
68
100.0%
68
100.0%
3

313


Race (I-RACE)

White Black Other Don't Know TOTAL
Strongly agree 7.8%
28
5.6%
1
12.5%
1
0.0%
0
7.7%
30
Agree 24.9%
89
44.4%
8
12.5%
1
50.0%
4
26.1%
102
No Opinion 3.6%
13
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
3.3%
13
Disagree 47.9%
171
44.4%
8
75.0%
6
12.5%
1
47.6%
186
Strongly disagree 7.6%
27
5.6%
1
0.0%
0
12.5%
1
7.4%
29
Don't know/not sure 8.1%
29
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
25.0%
2
7.9%
31
TOTAL 100.0%
357
100.0%
18
100.0%
8
100.0%
8

391


Age (I-AGE)

19-39 40-64 65-72 73-79 80+ TOTAL
Strongly agree 8.2%
4
4.8%
6
6.4%
7
11.6%
8
10.2%
5
7.5%
30
Agree 18.4%
9
29.0%
36
28.4%
31
24.6%
17
28.6%
14
26.8%
107
No Opinion 2.0%
1
1.6%
2
3.7%
4
7.2%
5
2.0%
1
3.3%
13
Disagree 63.3%
31
52.4%
65
48.6%
53
37.7%
26
28.6%
14
47.3%
189
Strongly disagree 8.2%
4
9.7%
12
4.6%
5
10.1%
7
2.0%
1
7.3%
29
Don't know/not sure 0.0%
0
2.4%
3
8.3%
9
8.7%
6
28.6%
14
8.0%
32
TOTAL 100.0%
49
100.0%
124
100.0%
109
100.0%
69
100.0%
49

400


Household income (I-HHINCOME)

0-20K 20-40K 40-80K 80K+ DK TOTAL
Strongly agree 8.3%
9
5.9%
6
7.7%
4
3.8%
1
8.7%
4
7.2%
24
Agree 35.2%
38
23.5%
24
23.1%
12
7.7%
2
34.8%
16
27.5%
92
No Opinion 2.8%
3
4.9%
5
3.8%
2
0.0%
0
4.3%
2
3.6%
12
Disagree 41.7%
45
47.1%
48
61.5%
32
73.1%
19
26.1%
12
46.7%
156
Strongly disagree 4.6%
5
10.8%
11
3.8%
2
11.5%
3
6.5%
3
7.2%
24
Don't know/not sure 7.4%
8
7.8%
8
0.0%
0
3.8%
1
19.6%
9
7.8%
26
TOTAL 100.0%
108
100.0%
102
100.0%
52
100.0%
26
100.0%
46

334


Political party (I-PARTYID)

Repub Indep Democ OtherParty Changes TOTAL
Strongly agree 7.3%
8
7.3%
3
7.2%
8
0.0%
0
8.6%
10
7.6%
29
Agree 23.6%
26
34.1%
14
31.5%
35
0.0%
0
23.3%
27
26.8%
102
No Opinion 4.5%
5
7.3%
3
1.8%
2
0.0%
0
1.7%
2
3.1%
12
Disagree 45.5%
50
39.0%
16
43.2%
48
100.0%
3
52.6%
61
46.7%
178
Strongly disagree 7.3%
8
4.9%
2
7.2%
8
0.0%
0
9.5%
11
7.6%
29
Don't know/not sure 11.8%
13
7.3%
3
9.0%
10
0.0%
0
4.3%
5
8.1%
31
TOTAL 100.0%
110
100.0%
41
100.0%
111
100.0%
3
100.0%
116

381


Religious preference (I-RELPREF)

Catholic Protestant Jewish Other None TOTAL
Strongly agree 0.0%
0
9.6%
28
0.0%
0
2.4%
1
4.2%
1
7.5%
30
Agree 20.0%
8
28.5%
83
0.0%
0
21.4%
9
25.0%
6
26.6%
106
No Opinion 7.5%
3
3.4%
10
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
3.3%
13
Disagree 55.0%
22
44.7%
130
0.0%
0
57.1%
24
54.2%
13
47.5%
189
Strongly disagree 10.0%
4
6.5%
19
100.0%
1
7.1%
3
8.3%
2
7.3%
29
Don't know/not sure 7.5%
3
7.2%
21
0.0%
0
11.9%
5
8.3%
2
7.8%
31
TOTAL 100.0%
40
100.0%
291
100.0%
1
100.0%
42
100.0%
24

398


Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

Never FewXYear 1+/Month 1XWeek 1+/Week TOTAL
Strongly agree 8.1%
6
8.8%
6
8.8%
6
5.1%
6
9.4%
6
7.7%
30
Agree 25.7%
19
26.5%
18
22.1%
15
30.8%
36
25.0%
16
26.6%
104
No Opinion 2.7%
2
1.5%
1
5.9%
4
0.9%
1
7.8%
5
3.3%
13
Disagree 44.6%
33
51.5%
35
50.0%
34
49.6%
58
39.1%
25
47.3%
185
Strongly disagree 10.8%
8
10.3%
7
8.8%
6
5.1%
6
3.1%
2
7.4%
29
Don't know/not sure 8.1%
6
1.5%
1
4.4%
3
8.5%
10
15.6%
10
7.7%
30
TOTAL 100.0%
74
100.0%
68
100.0%
68
100.0%
117
100.0%
64

391