Middletown Area Study, 1985

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POLVIEWS How would you describe your overall political views? Are they:   1) Very liberal   2) Liberal   3) Middle of the road   4) Conservative   5) Very conservative   6) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very liberal	22	5.9%	5.9%	-1.94
Liberal	70	18.8%	24.7%	-1.09
Middle of the road	130	34.9%	59.5%	-.24
Conservative	100	26.8%	86.3%	.61
Very conservative	34	9.1%	95.4%	1.46
Don't know	17	4.6%	100%	2.31

Variable Comparisons

Sex Marital status Education Race Age Household income Religion

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very liberal	7.4% 12	4.7% 10	5.9% 22
Liberal	18.5% 30	19.0% 40	18.8% 70
Middle of the road	32.7% 53	36.5% 77	34.9% 130
Conservative	28.4% 46	25.6% 54	26.8% 100
Very conservative	9.9% 16	8.5% 18	9.1% 34
Don't know	3.1% 5	5.7% 12	4.6% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 162	100.0% 211	373

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Marr/Lv w	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Never marr	TOTAL
Very liberal	5.2% 12	4.9% 2	7.3% 3	8.5% 5	5.9% 22
Liberal	19.4% 45	7.3% 3	26.8% 11	18.6% 11	18.8% 70
Middle of the road	37.1% 86	31.7% 13	24.4% 10	35.6% 21	34.9% 130
Conservative	25.9% 60	39.0% 16	24.4% 10	23.7% 14	26.8% 100
Very conservative	9.5% 22	7.3% 3	7.3% 3	10.2% 6	9.1% 34
Don't know	3.0% 7	9.8% 4	9.8% 4	3.4% 2	4.6% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 232	100.0% 41	100.0% 41	100.0% 59	373

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS	HS grad	SmeCol/Trd	Coll grad	Grad schl	TOTAL
Very liberal	4.5% 3	5.4% 7	7.5% 7	5.4% 2	6.4% 3	5.9% 22
Liberal	21.2% 14	14.7% 19	20.4% 19	24.3% 9	19.1% 9	18.8% 70
Middle of the road	40.9% 27	38.0% 49	31.2% 29	27.0% 10	29.8% 14	34.7% 129
Conservative	13.6% 9	25.6% 33	32.3% 30	29.7% 11	36.2% 17	26.9% 100
Very conservative	10.6% 7	10.9% 14	6.5% 6	13.5% 5	4.3% 2	9.1% 34
Don't know	9.1% 6	5.4% 7	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	4.3% 2	4.6% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 129	100.0% 93	100.0% 37	100.0% 47	372

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very liberal	6.3% 22	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.9% 22
Liberal	19.0% 67	12.5% 2	20.0% 1	18.8% 70
Middle of the road	34.4% 121	37.5% 6	60.0% 3	34.9% 130
Conservative	27.0% 95	31.3% 5	0.0% 0	26.8% 100
Very conservative	9.4% 33	6.3% 1	0.0% 0	9.1% 34
Don't know	4.0% 14	12.5% 2	20.0% 1	4.6% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 352	100.0% 16	100.0% 5	373

Age (I-AGE)

	17-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65 & older	TOTAL
Very liberal	5.0% 5	7.7% 6	3.3% 2	8.7% 6	4.7% 3	5.9% 22
Liberal	24.0% 24	20.5% 16	21.3% 13	14.5% 10	10.9% 7	18.8% 70
Middle of the road	35.0% 35	30.8% 24	41.0% 25	39.1% 27	29.7% 19	34.9% 130
Conservative	26.0% 26	26.9% 21	21.3% 13	27.5% 19	31.3% 20	26.6% 99
Very conservative	6.0% 6	9.0% 7	9.8% 6	5.8% 4	17.2% 11	9.1% 34
Don't know	4.0% 4	5.1% 4	3.3% 2	4.3% 3	6.3% 4	4.6% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 78	100.0% 61	100.0% 69	100.0% 64	372

Household income (I-INCOME)

	10K & less	20K & less	30K & less	Over 30K	TOTAL
Very liberal	4.9% 4	2.3% 2	9.6% 8	8.0% 7	6.2% 21
Liberal	17.1% 14	23.9% 21	21.7% 18	16.1% 14	19.7% 67
Middle of the road	42.7% 35	28.4% 25	32.5% 27	35.6% 31	34.7% 118
Conservative	19.5% 16	33.0% 29	26.5% 22	25.3% 22	26.2% 89
Very conservative	8.5% 7	11.4% 10	4.8% 4	11.5% 10	9.1% 31
Don't know	7.3% 6	1.1% 1	4.8% 4	3.4% 3	4.1% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 82	100.0% 88	100.0% 83	100.0% 87	340

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	None	Other/DK	TOTAL
Very liberal	2.6% 1	2.9% 7	6.7% 3	17.5% 7	33.3% 3	5.6% 21
Liberal	25.6% 10	18.0% 43	17.8% 8	20.0% 8	11.1% 1	18.8% 70
Middle of the road	25.6% 10	36.4% 87	33.3% 15	37.5% 15	33.3% 3	34.9% 130
Conservative	33.3% 13	27.2% 65	26.7% 12	20.0% 8	22.2% 2	26.9% 100
Very conservative	7.7% 3	10.9% 26	6.7% 3	5.0% 2	0.0% 0	9.1% 34
Don't know	5.1% 2	4.6% 11	8.9% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.6% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 39	100.0% 239	100.0% 45	100.0% 40	100.0% 9	372