Middletown Area Study, 1999

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MARITAL

Are you currently married, widowed, separated, divorced, or have you never been married?
  1) Married
  2) Widowed
  3) Separated
  4) Divorced
  5) Never been married

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Married 197 48.3% 48.3% -.78
Widowed 118 28.9% 77.2% -.04
Separated 5 1.2% 78.4% .7
Divorced 49 12% 90.4% 1.43
Never been married 39 9.6% 100% 2.17

Variable Comparisons


Sex (I-SEX)

Male Female TOTAL
Married 61.2%
74
42.8%
121
48.3%
195
Widowed 13.2%
16
35.3%
100
28.7%
116
Separated 1.7%
2
1.1%
3
1.2%
5
Divorced 11.6%
14
12.4%
35
12.1%
49
Never been married 12.4%
15
8.5%
24
9.7%
39
TOTAL 100.0%
121
100.0%
283

404


Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Widowed Separated Divorced Never been married TOTAL
Married 100.0%
197
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
48.3%
197
Widowed 0.0%
0
100.0%
118
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
28.9%
118
Separated 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
5
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
1.2%
5
Divorced 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
49
0.0%
0
12.0%
49
Never been married 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
39
9.6%
39
TOTAL 100.0%
197
100.0%
118
100.0%
5
100.0%
49
100.0%
39

408


Education (I-EDUC)

HighSchool SomColl Coll/Grad Trade TOTAL
Married 59.2%
29
61.7%
79
57.4%
39
66.2%
47
100.0%
3
61.8%
197
Widowed 28.6%
14
21.1%
27
17.6%
12
11.3%
8
0.0%
0
19.1%
61
Separated 0.0%
0
0.8%
1
1.5%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.6%
2
Divorced 8.2%
4
10.2%
13
8.8%
6
12.7%
9
0.0%
0
10.0%
32
Never been married 4.1%
2
6.3%
8
14.7%
10
9.9%
7
0.0%
0
8.5%
27
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
Married 48.2%
176
38.9%
7
75.0%
6
25.0%
2
47.9%
191
Widowed 29.6%
108
22.2%
4
12.5%
1
50.0%
4
29.3%
117
Separated 1.1%
4
5.6%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
1.3%
5
Divorced 11.5%
42
22.2%
4
12.5%
1
0.0%
0
11.8%
47
Never been married 9.6%
35
11.1%
2
0.0%
0
25.0%
2
9.8%
39
TOTAL 100.0%
365
100.0%
18
100.0%
8
100.0%
8

399


Age (I-AGE)

19-39 40-64 65-72 73-79 80+ TOTAL
Married 32.7%
16
59.8%
76
60.4%
67
44.3%
31
13.7%
7
48.3%
197
Widowed 0.0%
0
15.0%
19
25.2%
28
42.9%
30
80.4%
41
28.9%
118
Separated 2.0%
1
1.6%
2
1.8%
2
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
1.2%
5
Divorced 4.1%
2
19.7%
25
10.8%
12
10.0%
7
5.9%
3
12.0%
49
Never been married 61.2%
30
3.9%
5
1.8%
2
2.9%
2
0.0%
0
9.6%
39
TOTAL 100.0%
49
100.0%
127
100.0%
111
100.0%
70
100.0%
51

408


Household income (I-HHINCOME)

0-20K 20-40K 40-80K 80K+ DK TOTAL
Married 20.9%
23
56.9%
58
75.9%
41
76.9%
20
43.5%
20
47.9%
162
Widowed 38.2%
42
19.6%
20
9.3%
5
3.8%
1
45.7%
21
26.3%
89
Separated 0.9%
1
2.0%
2
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
2.2%
1
1.2%
4
Divorced 18.2%
20
11.8%
12
11.1%
6
7.7%
2
8.7%
4
13.0%
44
Never been married 21.8%
24
9.8%
10
3.7%
2
11.5%
3
0.0%
0
11.5%
39
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
Married 56.1%
64
38.1%
16
44.6%
50
66.7%
2
47.9%
56
48.5%
188
Widowed 26.3%
30
33.3%
14
27.7%
31
0.0%
0
30.8%
36
28.6%
111
Separated 0.9%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
2.6%
3
1.0%
4
Divorced 11.4%
13
14.3%
6
18.8%
21
0.0%
0
7.7%
9
12.6%
49
Never been married 5.3%
6
14.3%
6
8.9%
10
33.3%
1
11.1%
13
9.3%
36
TOTAL 100.0%
114
100.0%
42
100.0%
112
100.0%
3
100.0%
117

388


Religious preference (I-RELPREF)

Catholic Protestant Jewish Other None TOTAL
Married 43.9%
18
47.7%
142
0.0%
0
52.4%
22
58.3%
14
48.3%
196
Widowed 31.7%
13
32.2%
96
0.0%
0
16.7%
7
8.3%
2
29.1%
118
Separated 4.9%
2
0.3%
1
0.0%
0
2.4%
1
0.0%
0
1.0%
4
Divorced 7.3%
3
11.7%
35
0.0%
0
21.4%
9
8.3%
2
12.1%
49
Never been married 12.2%
5
8.1%
24
100.0%
1
7.1%
3
25.0%
6
9.6%
39
TOTAL 100.0%
41
100.0%
298
100.0%
1
100.0%
42
100.0%
24

406


Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

Never FewXYear 1+/Month 1XWeek 1+/Week TOTAL
Married 39.2%
29
41.4%
29
46.4%
32
53.8%
64
56.7%
38
48.1%
192
Widowed 20.3%
15
24.3%
17
29.0%
20
31.9%
38
37.3%
25
28.8%
115
Separated 4.1%
3
1.4%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
1.5%
1
1.3%
5
Divorced 20.3%
15
21.4%
15
13.0%
9
5.9%
7
3.0%
2
12.0%
48
Never been married 16.2%
12
11.4%
8
11.6%
8
8.4%
10
1.5%
1
9.8%
39
TOTAL 100.0%
74
100.0%
70
100.0%
69
100.0%
119
100.0%
67

399