Middletown Area Study, 1985

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INTOUCH How often have you felt as though you were really in touch with someone who had died? Have you had this experience:   1) Never   2) Once or twice   3) Several times   4) Often   5) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Never	226	59.8%	59.8%	-.67
Once or twice	99	26.2%	86%	.43
Several times	35	9.3%	95.2%	1.53
Often	11	2.9%	98.1%	2.64
Don't know	7	1.9%	100%	3.74

Variable Comparisons

Sex Marital status Education Race Age Household income Religion

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Never	63.4% 104	57.0% 122	59.8% 226
Once or twice	26.2% 43	26.2% 56	26.2% 99
Several times	6.1% 10	11.7% 25	9.3% 35
Often	3.0% 5	2.8% 6	2.9% 11
Don't know	1.2% 2	2.3% 5	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 164	100.0% 214	378

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Marr/Lv w	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Never marr	TOTAL
Never	65.4% 153	52.4% 22	58.5% 24	44.3% 27	59.8% 226
Once or twice	20.5% 48	28.6% 12	31.7% 13	42.6% 26	26.2% 99
Several times	9.0% 21	11.9% 5	7.3% 3	9.8% 6	9.3% 35
Often	3.0% 7	4.8% 2	2.4% 1	1.6% 1	2.9% 11
Don't know	2.1% 5	2.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 234	100.0% 42	100.0% 41	100.0% 61	378

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS	HS grad	SmeCol/Trd	Coll grad	Grad schl	TOTAL
Never	51.5% 35	57.3% 75	64.9% 61	70.3% 26	61.7% 29	59.9% 226
Once or twice	26.5% 18	29.0% 38	25.5% 24	18.9% 7	23.4% 11	26.0% 98
Several times	16.2% 11	8.4% 11	5.3% 5	5.4% 2	12.8% 6	9.3% 35
Often	4.4% 3	2.3% 3	3.2% 3	2.7% 1	2.1% 1	2.9% 11
Don't know	1.5% 1	3.1% 4	1.1% 1	2.7% 1	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 68	100.0% 131	100.0% 94	100.0% 37	100.0% 47	377

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Never	60.3% 216	62.5% 10	0.0% 0	59.8% 226
Once or twice	25.7% 92	25.0% 4	75.0% 3	26.2% 99
Several times	8.9% 32	12.5% 2	25.0% 1	9.3% 35
Often	3.1% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 11
Don't know	2.0% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 358	100.0% 16	100.0% 4	378

Age (I-AGE)

	17-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65 & older	TOTAL
Never	47.6% 49	63.3% 50	63.9% 39	63.2% 43	66.7% 44	59.7% 225
Once or twice	39.8% 41	22.8% 18	24.6% 15	19.1% 13	18.2% 12	26.3% 99
Several times	7.8% 8	8.9% 7	6.6% 4	11.8% 8	12.1% 8	9.3% 35
Often	1.9% 2	3.8% 3	3.3% 2	2.9% 2	3.0% 2	2.9% 11
Don't know	2.9% 3	1.3% 1	1.6% 1	2.9% 2	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 79	100.0% 61	100.0% 68	100.0% 66	377

Household income (I-INCOME)

	10K & less	20K & less	30K & less	Over 30K	TOTAL
Never	53.0% 44	62.5% 55	56.5% 48	65.9% 58	59.6% 205
Once or twice	33.7% 28	22.7% 20	27.1% 23	23.9% 21	26.7% 92
Several times	12.0% 10	6.8% 6	9.4% 8	8.0% 7	9.0% 31
Often	1.2% 1	4.5% 4	4.7% 4	2.3% 2	3.2% 11
Don't know	0.0% 0	3.4% 3	2.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.5% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 83	100.0% 88	100.0% 85	100.0% 88	344

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	None	Other/DK	TOTAL
Never	61.5% 24	60.9% 148	56.5% 26	65.0% 26	22.2% 2	59.9% 226
Once or twice	28.2% 11	26.3% 64	26.1% 12	22.5% 9	33.3% 3	26.3% 99
Several times	5.1% 2	7.8% 19	13.0% 6	10.0% 4	33.3% 3	9.0% 34
Often	2.6% 1	2.5% 6	4.3% 2	2.5% 1	11.1% 1	2.9% 11
Don't know	2.6% 1	2.5% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 39	100.0% 243	100.0% 46	100.0% 40	100.0% 9	377