Middletown Area Study, 1999

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OBTAINLW

[IF NO TO VARIABLE HAVLIVW] Do you plan to obtain a living will sometime in the future?
  1) Yes
  2) No
  3) Not sure

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Yes 127 54.7% 54.7% -.83
No 47 20.3% 75% .35
Not sure 58 25% 100% 1.54

Variable Comparisons


Sex (I-SEX)

Male Female TOTAL
Yes 61.8%
42
53.1%
85
55.7%
127
No 22.1%
15
18.8%
30
19.7%
45
Not sure 16.2%
11
28.1%
45
24.6%
56
TOTAL 100.0%
68
100.0%
160

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Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Widowed Separated Divorced Never been married TOTAL
Yes 53.6%
60
45.5%
25
25.0%
1
66.7%
18
67.6%
23
54.7%
127
No 22.3%
25
29.1%
16
50.0%
2
3.7%
1
8.8%
3
20.3%
47
Not sure 24.1%
27
25.5%
14
25.0%
1
29.6%
8
23.5%
8
25.0%
58
TOTAL 100.0%
112
100.0%
55
100.0%
4
100.0%
27
100.0%
34

232


Education (I-EDUC)

HighSchool SomColl Coll/Grad Trade TOTAL
Yes 48.3%
14
52.6%
41
70.0%
28
50.0%
18
100.0%
1
55.4%
102
No 27.6%
8
20.5%
16
15.0%
6
19.4%
7
0.0%
0
20.1%
37
Not sure 24.1%
7
26.9%
21
15.0%
6
30.6%
11
0.0%
0
24.5%
45
TOTAL 100.0%
29
100.0%
78
100.0%
40
100.0%
36
100.0%
1

184


Race (I-RACE)

White Black Other Don't Know TOTAL
Yes 55.1%
114
66.7%
6
0.0%
0
40.0%
2
54.2%
122
No 20.3%
42
0.0%
0
75.0%
3
20.0%
1
20.4%
46
Not sure 24.6%
51
33.3%
3
25.0%
1
40.0%
2
25.3%
57
TOTAL 100.0%
207
100.0%
9
100.0%
4
100.0%
5

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Age (I-AGE)

19-39 40-64 65-72 73-79 80+ TOTAL
Yes 73.3%
33
62.0%
44
43.3%
29
48.0%
12
37.5%
9
54.7%
127
No 6.7%
3
15.5%
11
29.9%
20
12.0%
3
41.7%
10
20.3%
47
Not sure 20.0%
9
22.5%
16
26.9%
18
40.0%
10
20.8%
5
25.0%
58
TOTAL 100.0%
45
100.0%
71
100.0%
67
100.0%
25
100.0%
24

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Household income (I-HHINCOME)

0-20K 20-40K 40-80K 80K+ DK TOTAL
Yes 62.7%
47
58.3%
35
74.1%
20
38.5%
5
33.3%
7
58.2%
114
No 20.0%
15
16.7%
10
7.4%
2
38.5%
5
23.8%
5
18.9%
37
Not sure 17.3%
13
25.0%
15
18.5%
5
23.1%
3
42.9%
9
23.0%
45
TOTAL 100.0%
75
100.0%
60
100.0%
27
100.0%
13
100.0%
21

196


Political party (I-PARTYID)

Repub Indep Democ OtherParty Changes TOTAL
Yes 54.5%
30
64.0%
16
48.5%
32
50.0%
1
57.7%
41
54.8%
120
No 23.6%
13
8.0%
2
21.2%
14
50.0%
1
19.7%
14
20.1%
44
Not sure 21.8%
12
28.0%
7
30.3%
20
0.0%
0
22.5%
16
25.1%
55
TOTAL 100.0%
55
100.0%
25
100.0%
66
100.0%
2
100.0%
71

219


Religious preference (I-RELPREF)

Catholic Protestant Jewish Other None TOTAL
Yes 58.3%
14
54.4%
93
0.00%
0
47.4%
9
68.8%
11
55.2%
127
No 20.8%
5
21.1%
36
0.00%
0
15.8%
3
6.3%
1
19.6%
45
Not sure 20.8%
5
24.6%
42
0.00%
0
36.8%
7
25.0%
4
25.2%
58
TOTAL 100.0%
24
100.0%
171
100.0%
0
100.0%
19
100.0%
16

230


Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

Never FewXYear 1+/Month 1XWeek 1+/Week TOTAL
Yes 60.5%
26
60.0%
27
55.0%
22
55.7%
34
43.2%
16
55.3%
125
No 16.3%
7
20.0%
9
22.5%
9
14.8%
9
29.7%
11
19.9%
45
Not sure 23.3%
10
20.0%
9
22.5%
9
29.5%
18
27.0%
10
24.8%
56
TOTAL 100.0%
43
100.0%
45
100.0%
40
100.0%
61
100.0%
37

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