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Middletown Area Study, 1995

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

YOUNG(Percentages are unweighted)

It is wonderful that young people today have greater freedom to protest against things they don't like and 'do their own thing.' Do you:

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly disagree	40	9.6%	9.6%	1.49
Don't know	15	3.6%	13.2%	2.28
Disagree	117	28.1%	41.3%	0.71
Agree	138	33.2%	74.5%	-0.86
Are you neutral	74	17.8%	92.3%	-0.08
Strongly agree with the statement	32	7.7%	100.0%	-1.64

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	9.8% 18	9.4% 22	9.6% 40
Don't know	1.6% 3	5.2% 12	3.6% 15
Disagree	24.0% 44	31.3% 73	28.1% 117
Agree	40.4% 74	27.5% 64	33.2% 138
Are you neutral	16.9% 31	18.5% 43	17.8% 74
Strongly agree with the statement	7.1% 13	8.2% 19	7.7% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 183	100.0% 233	416

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced or separated	Never married	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	9.6% 23	8.0% 10	17.1% 6	0.0% 0	9.5% 39
Don't know	1.7% 4	8.8% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.6% 15
Disagree	30.0% 72	26.4% 33	14.3% 5	50.0% 6	28.2% 116
Agree	33.3% 80	29.6% 37	48.6% 17	25.0% 3	33.3% 137
Are you neutral	17.9% 43	19.2% 24	11.4% 4	16.7% 2	17.7% 73
Strongly agree with the statement	7.5% 18	8.0% 10	8.6% 3	8.3% 1	7.8% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 240	100.0% 125	100.0% 35	100.0% 12	412

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade school	College graduate	Graduate school	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	11.2% 11	12.3% 22	4.8% 3	6.3% 2	4.5% 2	9.6% 40
Don't know	6.1% 6	3.4% 6	3.2% 2	0.0% 0	2.3% 1	3.6% 15
Disagree	26.5% 26	27.4% 49	29.0% 18	25.0% 8	34.1% 15	28.0% 116
Agree	27.6% 27	32.4% 58	33.9% 21	40.6% 13	43.2% 19	33.3% 138
Are you neutral	20.4% 20	16.8% 30	24.2% 15	15.6% 5	9.1% 4	17.8% 74
Strongly agree with the statement	8.2% 8	7.8% 14	4.8% 3	12.5% 4	6.8% 3	7.7% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 98	100.0% 179	100.0% 62	100.0% 32	100.0% 44	415

Age (I-AGE)

	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80 & up	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	11.1% 12	5.7% 6	15.6% 14	10.7% 6	0.0% 0	9.2% 38
Don't know	0.9% 1	1.9% 2	6.7% 6	3.6% 2	7.5% 4	3.6% 15
Disagree	26.9% 29	29.2% 31	22.2% 20	30.4% 17	35.8% 19	28.1% 116
Agree	33.3% 36	35.8% 38	27.8% 25	33.9% 19	37.7% 20	33.4% 138
Are you neutral	17.6% 19	17.0% 18	21.1% 19	16.1% 9	17.0% 9	17.9% 74
Strongly agree with the statement	10.2% 11	10.4% 11	6.7% 6	5.4% 3	1.9% 1	7.7% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 108	100.0% 106	100.0% 90	100.0% 56	100.0% 53	413

Household income (I-INCOME)

	$10,000 & less	$10,000-$20,000	$20,000-$30,000	$30,000-$50,000	$50,000 & up	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	8.5% 7	7.5% 8	11.5% 7	17.0% 8	7.1% 3	9.7% 33
Don't know	7.3% 6	2.8% 3	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	3.2% 11
Disagree	26.8% 22	27.1% 29	29.5% 18	25.5% 12	35.7% 15	28.3% 96
Agree	31.7% 26	34.6% 37	29.5% 18	31.9% 15	42.9% 18	33.6% 114
Are you neutral	22.0% 18	15.9% 17	23.0% 14	10.6% 5	7.1% 3	16.8% 57
Strongly agree with the statement	3.7% 3	12.1% 13	4.9% 3	14.9% 7	4.8% 2	8.3% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 82	100.0% 107	100.0% 61	100.0% 47	100.0% 42	339

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	None	Other/Don't know	TOTAL
Strongly disagree	11.4% 4	10.4% 27	5.3% 4	11.1% 3	13.3% 2	9.7% 40
Don't know	0.0% 0	2.3% 6	8.0% 6	0.0% 0	20.0% 3	3.6% 15
Disagree	20.0% 7	26.9% 70	34.7% 26	29.6% 8	20.0% 3	27.7% 114
Agree	37.1% 13	34.2% 89	33.3% 25	33.3% 9	13.3% 2	33.5% 138
Are you neutral	22.9% 8	18.8% 49	13.3% 10	14.8% 4	13.3% 2	17.7% 73
Strongly agree with the statement	8.6% 3	7.3% 19	5.3% 4	11.1% 3	20.0% 3	7.8% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 260	100.0% 75	100.0% 27	100.0% 15	412