Middletown Area Study, 1998

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HELTHNOW Would you say that your health today is...   1) Poor   2) Fair   3) Don't know   4) Good   5) Excellent

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Poor	28	5.3%	5.3%	-2.42
Fair	81	15.4%	20.7%	-1.56
Don't know	3	.6%	21.3%	-.7
Good	263	49.9%	71.2%	.16
Excellent	152	28.8%	100%	1.02

Variable Comparisons

Sex Marital status Education Place of birth Race Age Household income Political party Religious preference

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Poor	3.3% 8	7.1% 20	5.3% 28
Fair	11.4% 28	18.9% 53	15.4% 81
Don't know	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.6% 3
Good	50.4% 124	49.3% 138	49.8% 262
Excellent	33.7% 83	24.6% 69	28.9% 152
TOTAL	100.0% 246	100.0% 280	526

Marital status (I-MARR)

	Married	Widowed	Separated	Divorced	Never been married	TOTAL
Poor	5.7% 17	6.8% 4	20.0% 1	8.5% 5	0.9% 1	5.3% 28
Fair	11.1% 33	30.5% 18	60.0% 3	23.7% 14	11.3% 12	15.2% 80
Don't know	0.7% 2	1.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 3
Good	50.8% 151	42.4% 25	20.0% 1	42.4% 25	57.5% 61	50.0% 263
Excellent	31.6% 94	18.6% 11	0.0% 0	25.4% 15	30.2% 32	28.9% 152
TOTAL	100.0% 297	100.0% 59	100.0% 5	100.0% 59	100.0% 106	526

Education (I-EDUC)

	LT HS	HS Grad	Some Coll	Coll Grad	Grad/Prof	TOTAL
Poor	22.2% 10	3.8% 7	3.3% 5	3.3% 3	5.5% 3	5.3% 28
Fair	33.3% 15	12.6% 23	19.1% 29	10.9% 10	7.3% 4	15.4% 81
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
Good	35.6% 16	53.8% 98	50.7% 77	50.0% 46	47.3% 26	50.0% 263
Excellent	8.9% 4	29.1% 53	27.0% 41	34.8% 32	40.0% 22	28.9% 152
TOTAL	100.0% 45	100.0% 182	100.0% 152	100.0% 92	100.0% 55	526

Place of birth (I-WBORN)

	Delaware county	Other county in Indiana	Outside of Indiana	TOTAL
Poor	4.2% 9	2.6% 4	9.8% 15	5.4% 28
Fair	18.2% 39	12.2% 19	15.0% 23	15.5% 81
Don't know	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.6% 3
Good	50.5% 108	53.2% 83	45.1% 69	49.7% 260
Excellent	26.2% 56	32.1% 50	29.4% 45	28.9% 151
TOTAL	100.0% 214	100.0% 156	100.0% 153	523

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Poor	5.4% 25	2.8% 1	11.1% 2	5.4% 28
Fair	14.6% 68	33.3% 12	5.6% 1	15.5% 81
Don't know	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 3
Good	49.9% 233	47.2% 17	50.0% 9	49.7% 259
Excellent	29.6% 138	16.7% 6	33.3% 6	28.8% 150
TOTAL	100.0% 467	100.0% 36	100.0% 18	521

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 24	25-39	40-54	55-64	Over 65	TOTAL
Poor	1.3% 1	1.6% 2	4.2% 6	15.1% 11	7.6% 8	5.4% 28
Fair	6.4% 5	14.4% 18	14.1% 20	15.1% 11	24.8% 26	15.3% 80
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
Good	64.1% 50	48.0% 60	50.0% 71	39.7% 29	49.5% 52	50.1% 262
Excellent	28.2% 22	36.0% 45	30.3% 43	30.1% 22	18.1% 19	28.9% 151
TOTAL	100.0% 78	100.0% 125	100.0% 142	100.0% 73	100.0% 105	523

Household income (I-INCOME)

	MT $10K	MT $30K	MT $40K	MT $50K	MT $75K	TOTAL
Poor	9.3% 13	6.9% 7	2.4% 2	2.8% 2	0.0% 0	5.2% 24
Fair	21.4% 30	12.9% 13	11.8% 10	8.3% 6	11.9% 8	14.4% 67
Don't know	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
Good	50.7% 71	50.5% 51	55.3% 47	38.9% 28	58.2% 39	50.8% 236
Excellent	17.9% 25	29.7% 30	30.6% 26	48.6% 35	29.9% 20	29.2% 136
TOTAL	100.0% 140	100.0% 101	100.0% 85	100.0% 72	100.0% 67	465

Political party (I-PARTY)

	As a Republican	As an Independent	As a Democrat	As a member of some other party	Sometimes a Republican, sometimes a Democrat	TOTAL
Poor	8.1% 10	6.5% 6	5.7% 8	0.0% 0	2.2% 3	5.3% 27
Fair	16.3% 20	16.1% 15	15.7% 22	13.3% 2	12.7% 17	15.0% 76
Don't know	0.8% 1	1.1% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 3
Good	38.2% 47	47.3% 44	53.6% 75	53.3% 8	56.7% 76	49.5% 250
Excellent	36.6% 45	29.0% 27	24.3% 34	33.3% 5	28.4% 38	29.5% 149
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 93	100.0% 140	100.0% 15	100.0% 134	505

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Catholic	Protestant (or Christian)	Jewish	Other religion	None	TOTAL
Poor	3.9% 3	5.2% 18	0.0% 0	14.8% 4	4.9% 3	5.5% 28
Fair	5.2% 4	16.0% 55	0.0% 0	14.8% 4	21.3% 13	14.8% 76
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 3
Good	62.3% 48	48.5% 167	100.0% 4	37.0% 10	44.3% 27	49.9% 256
Excellent	28.6% 22	29.4% 101	0.0% 0	33.3% 9	29.5% 18	29.2% 150
TOTAL	100.0% 77	100.0% 344	100.0% 4	100.0% 27	100.0% 61	513