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Middletown Area Study, 1999

Data Archive > U.S. Surveys > General Population > Local/Regional > Middletown Data > Summary

Data for the Middletown Area Studies were collected every year from 1978 to 2000 and every other year afterward. The purpose of these studies was to assess the views and lifestyles of citizens on a diverse range of subjects. The major topics included questions on life satisfaction, education, income, family, religion, and politics. The 1999 study was designed to assess computer and internet use and adult caregiving responsibilities.

Data File

Cases: 408
Variables: 107
Weight Variable: None

Data Collection

Date Collected: 1999

Funded By

Dean’s office of the College of Sciences and Humanities at Ball State University

Collection Procedures

Data were collected by means of telephone interview surveys. Telephone numbers of people who lived within Delaware County, Indiana, were randomly generated by a computer program in such a way that the proportion of telephone numbers within each of the active exchanges in Delaware County was the same in the sample as it was in the population.

Sampling Procedures
The sample consists of people who live in the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area of Muncie, Indiana, or Delaware County. The 1999 study also included an oversample of individuals age 60 and over.

Principal Investigators

Jerry G. Bode
Ronald Burton
John G. Condran
Stephen D. Johnson
David C. Morris
William Morris
Harry Nelson
Joseph B. Tamney

Related Publications

John Condran and Jerry Bode. 1992. "Rashomon, Working Wives, and Family Division of Labor." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 44:421-426.

Johnson, Stephen D., and Joseph B. Tamney. 1986. The Political Role of Religion in the United States. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, (Frederick A. Praeger, publisher).

Johnson, Stephen D., and Joseph B. Tamney. 1998. "The Popularity of Strict Churches." Review of Religious Research, 38(3):209-223.

Tamney, Joseph B., and Stephen D. Johnson. 1997. "Christianity and Public Book Banning." Review of Religious Research, 38(3):263-71.

Tamney, Joseph B., and Stephen D. Johnson. 1997. "A Test of the Free-Rider Issue." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 36(1):104-8.

Johnson, Stephen D., and Joseph B. Tamney. 1996. "The Election of a Traditional-Family-Values Candidate." Review of Religious Research, 38(2):97-110.

Johnson, Stephen D., and Joseph B. Tamney. 1996. "The Political Impact of Traditional Family Values." Sociological Focus, 29(2):125-34.

Johnson, Stephen D. 1995. "Model of Factors Related to Tendencies to Discriminate Against People with AIDS." Psychological Reports, 76:563-572.

Johnson, Stephen D., Joseph B. Tamney, and Ronald Burton. 1994. "Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Issue Voting." Southeastern Political Review, 22(3):409-26.

Johnson, Stephen D. 1994. "What Relates to Vote for Three Religious Categories?" Sociology of Religion, 55(3):291-305.

Tamney, Joseph B., Stephen D. Johnson, and Ronald Burton. 1994. "The Abortion Controversy: Conflicting Beliefs and Values in American Society and within Religious Subgroups." Abortion Politics in the United States and Canada: Studies in Public Opinion, Ted Jelen and Marthe A. Chandler (eds.). New York: Praeger.

Johnson, Stephen D. 1992. "Not Seeing the Trees for the Forest: A Reply to Baggaley." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 31(4):35-36.

Johnson, Stephen D. 1992. "Anti-Arabic Prejudice in 'Middletown'." Psychological Reports, 70:811-18.

Tamney, Joseph B., Jennifer Mertens, Stephen D. Johnson, Ronald Burton, and Rita Caccamo. 1992. "Personal Experience, Ideology, and Support for Feminism." Sociological Focus, 25:203-16.

Tamney, Joseph B., Stephen D. Johnson, and Ronald Burton. 1992. "The Abortion Controversy: Conflicting Beliefs and Values in American Society." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 31:32-46.