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Middletown Area Study, 1994

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APPEAR(Percentages are unweighted)

It may be considered old-fashioned by some, but having a decent, respectable appearance is still the mark of a gentleman and, especially, a lady. Do you:

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	234	40.6%	40.6%	-0.89
Strongly disagree	6	1.0%	41.7%	3.34
Agree	258	44.8%	86.5%	0.17
Disagree	39	6.8%	93.2%	2.28
Are you neutral	36	6.3%	99.5%	1.22
Don't know	3	.5%	100.0%	4.40

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	32.6% 73	45.7% 161	40.6% 234
Strongly disagree	1.3% 3	0.9% 3	1.0% 6
Agree	49.6% 111	41.8% 147	44.8% 258
Disagree	6.7% 15	6.8% 24	6.8% 39
Are you neutral	9.4% 21	4.3% 15	6.3% 36
Don't know	0.4% 1	0.6% 2	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 352	576

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced or Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	42.1% 133	48.8% 42	42.9% 30	27.2% 28	40.5% 233
Strongly disagree	0.3% 1	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	3.9% 4	1.0% 6
Agree	45.3% 143	37.2% 32	42.9% 30	51.5% 53	44.9% 258
Disagree	6.0% 19	7.0% 6	7.1% 5	8.7% 9	6.8% 39
Are you neutral	5.7% 18	4.7% 4	7.1% 5	8.7% 9	6.3% 36
Don't know	0.6% 2	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 316	100.0% 86	100.0% 70	100.0% 103	575

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/Trade school	College graduate	Graduate school	TOTAL
Strongly agree	53.5% 54	46.5% 87	36.3% 58	30.3% 23	22.0% 11	40.6% 233
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.1% 5	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	1.0% 6
Agree	34.7% 35	45.5% 85	44.4% 71	50.0% 38	56.0% 28	44.8% 257
Disagree	5.9% 6	3.2% 6	8.8% 14	11.8% 9	8.0% 4	6.8% 39
Are you neutral	5.9% 6	4.8% 9	5.6% 9	7.9% 6	12.0% 6	6.3% 36
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 101	100.0% 187	100.0% 160	100.0% 76	100.0% 50	574

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65 & over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	27.5% 33	27.5% 25	38.7% 29	47.8% 54	52.6% 92	40.6% 233
Strongly disagree	3.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	1.0% 6
Agree	53.3% 64	60.4% 55	41.3% 31	38.9% 44	36.0% 63	44.8% 257
Disagree	7.5% 9	4.4% 4	13.3% 10	6.2% 7	5.1% 9	6.8% 39
Are you neutral	8.3% 10	7.7% 7	6.7% 5	7.1% 8	3.4% 6	6.3% 36
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 3	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 91	100.0% 75	100.0% 113	100.0% 175	574

Household income (I-INCOME)

	10K & less	10-20K	20-30K	30-50K	50K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	42.5% 48	41.9% 44	42.7% 35	32.1% 35	37.6% 38	39.2% 200
Strongly disagree	1.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 2	0.8% 4
Agree	42.5% 48	44.8% 47	47.6% 39	49.5% 54	46.5% 47	46.1% 235
Disagree	7.1% 8	4.8% 5	4.9% 4	11.0% 12	6.9% 7	7.1% 36
Are you neutral	6.2% 7	8.6% 9	3.7% 3	7.3% 8	6.9% 7	6.7% 34
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 105	100.0% 82	100.0% 109	100.0% 101	510

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	None	Other/Don't know	TOTAL
Strongly agree	37.5% 15	40.3% 100	46.3% 99	28.6% 14	21.7% 5	40.6% 233
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	13.0% 3	1.0% 6
Agree	37.5% 15	46.0% 114	44.9% 96	49.0% 24	34.8% 8	44.8% 257
Disagree	12.5% 5	6.5% 16	3.7% 8	14.3% 7	13.0% 3	6.8% 39
Are you neutral	12.5% 5	6.0% 15	4.2% 9	8.2% 4	13.0% 3	6.3% 36
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.3% 1	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 40	100.0% 248	100.0% 214	100.0% 49	100.0% 23	574