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Middletown Area Study, 1994

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

RELEDUC(Percentages are unweighted)

'One purpose of religious education should be to gain a better understanding of non-Christian religions such as Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism.' Do you:

	4) Disagree
	3) Are you neutral
	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	6) Don't know
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Disagree	134	23.7%	23.7%	0.87
Are you neutral	100	17.7%	41.3%	0.10
Strongly agree	67	11.8%	53.2%	-1.45
Agree	209	36.9%	90.1%	-0.67
Don't know	24	4.2%	94.3%	2.42
Strongly disagree	32	5.7%	100.0%	1.65

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Disagree	18.1% 40	27.2% 94	23.7% 134
Are you neutral	18.1% 40	17.4% 60	17.7% 100
Strongly agree	13.6% 30	10.7% 37	11.8% 67
Agree	42.1% 93	33.6% 116	36.9% 209
Don't know	2.3% 5	5.5% 19	4.2% 24
Strongly disagree	5.9% 13	5.5% 19	5.7% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 345	566

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced or Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Disagree	25.8% 80	22.4% 19	20.6% 14	19.6% 20	23.5% 133
Are you neutral	18.1% 56	20.0% 17	19.1% 13	13.7% 14	17.7% 100
Strongly agree	8.7% 27	10.6% 9	13.2% 9	21.6% 22	11.9% 67
Agree	37.4% 116	32.9% 28	35.3% 24	40.2% 41	37.0% 209
Don't know	4.2% 13	8.2% 7	2.9% 2	2.0% 2	4.2% 24
Strongly disagree	5.8% 18	5.9% 5	8.8% 6	2.9% 3	5.7% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 310	100.0% 85	100.0% 68	100.0% 102	565

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/Trade school	College graduate	Graduate school	TOTAL
Disagree	20.2% 20	27.2% 50	23.2% 36	23.7% 18	20.0% 10	23.8% 134
Are you neutral	22.2% 22	23.9% 44	16.1% 25	7.9% 6	6.0% 3	17.7% 100
Strongly agree	12.1% 12	7.1% 13	13.5% 21	19.7% 15	12.0% 6	11.9% 67
Agree	24.2% 24	32.1% 59	41.9% 65	47.4% 36	48.0% 24	36.9% 208
Don't know	10.1% 10	4.3% 8	1.9% 3	0.0% 0	6.0% 3	4.3% 24
Strongly disagree	11.1% 11	5.4% 10	3.2% 5	1.3% 1	8.0% 4	5.5% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 184	100.0% 155	100.0% 76	100.0% 50	564

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65 & over	TOTAL
Disagree	18.8% 22	30.8% 28	20.3% 15	27.7% 31	22.4% 38	23.8% 134
Are you neutral	17.9% 21	19.8% 18	14.9% 11	10.7% 12	21.8% 37	17.6% 99
Strongly agree	16.2% 19	7.7% 7	17.6% 13	17.0% 19	5.3% 9	11.9% 67
Agree	42.7% 50	35.2% 32	43.2% 32	31.3% 35	34.7% 59	36.9% 208
Don't know	1.7% 2	2.2% 2	1.4% 1	4.5% 5	8.2% 14	4.3% 24
Strongly disagree	2.6% 3	4.4% 4	2.7% 2	8.9% 10	7.6% 13	5.7% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 117	100.0% 91	100.0% 74	100.0% 112	100.0% 170	564

Household income (I-INCOME)

	10K & less	10-20K	20-30K	30-50K	50K & up	TOTAL
Disagree	14.5% 16	20.8% 21	33.3% 27	33.9% 37	19.0% 19	24.0% 120
Are you neutral	20.0% 22	21.8% 22	12.3% 10	19.3% 21	17.0% 17	18.4% 92
Strongly agree	17.3% 19	11.9% 12	4.9% 4	9.2% 10	13.0% 13	11.6% 58
Agree	30.9% 34	35.6% 36	38.3% 31	33.0% 36	44.0% 44	36.1% 181
Don't know	8.2% 9	5.0% 5	6.2% 5	0.9% 1	1.0% 1	4.2% 21
Strongly disagree	9.1% 10	5.0% 5	4.9% 4	3.7% 4	6.0% 6	5.8% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 101	100.0% 81	100.0% 109	100.0% 100	501

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	None	Other/Don't know	TOTAL
Disagree	25.0% 10	24.4% 60	26.4% 55	10.6% 5	13.0% 3	23.6% 133
Are you neutral	20.0% 8	19.1% 47	17.3% 36	8.5% 4	21.7% 5	17.7% 100
Strongly agree	15.0% 6	9.3% 23	10.6% 22	29.8% 14	8.7% 2	11.9% 67
Agree	35.0% 14	37.8% 93	33.2% 69	42.6% 20	52.2% 12	36.9% 208
Don't know	0.0% 0	4.5% 11	5.8% 12	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	4.3% 24
Strongly disagree	5.0% 2	4.9% 12	6.7% 14	6.4% 3	4.3% 1	5.7% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 40	100.0% 246	100.0% 208	100.0% 47	100.0% 23	564