Middletown Area Study, 1994 - Analysis
RELCHANG
Compared to when you were a teen-ager, are your religious beliefs and values now more liberal, more conservative, or about the same?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) More liberal | 99 | 17.5% | 17.5% | -1.58 |
2) Same | 338 | 59.7% | 77.2% | -0.11 |
3) More conservative | 117 | 20.7% | 97.9% | 1.36 |
4) Don't know | 12 | 2.1% | 100.0% | 2.83 |
Missing | 10 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 566 |
Sex (I-SEX)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
More liberal | 17.8%39 | 17.3%60 | 0 | 17.5%99 |
Same | 58.9%129 | 60.2%209 | 0 | 59.7%338 |
More conservative | 21.0%46 | 20.5%71 | 0 | 20.7%117 |
Don't know | 2.3%5 | 2.0%7 | 0 | 2.1%12 |
Missing | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
Total | 100%219 | 100%347 | 566 |
Marital status (I-MARITAL)
Married | Widowed | Divorced or Separated | Never married | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More liberal | 14.1%44 | 12.9%11 | 25.4%17 | 26.7%27 | 0 | 17.5%99 |
Same | 58.7%183 | 64.7%55 | 50.7%34 | 64.4%65 | 1 | 59.6%337 |
More conservative | 25.0%78 | 18.8%16 | 22.4%15 | 7.9%8 | 0 | 20.7%117 |
Don't know | 2.2%7 | 3.5%3 | 1.5%1 | 1.0%1 | 0 | 2.1%12 |
Missing | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
Total | 100%312 | 100%85 | 100%67 | 100%101 | 565 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than high school | High school graduate | Some college/Trade school | College graduate | Graduate school | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More liberal | 20.2%20 | 13.7%25 | 15.8%25 | 25.0%19 | 20.0%10 | 0 | 17.5%99 |
Same | 57.6%57 | 57.1%104 | 64.6%102 | 63.2%48 | 52.0%26 | 1 | 59.6%337 |
More conservative | 17.2%17 | 28.6%52 | 17.7%28 | 10.5%8 | 24.0%12 | 0 | 20.7%117 |
Don't know | 5.1%5 | 0.5%1 | 1.9%3 | 1.3%1 | 4.0%2 | 0 | 2.1%12 |
Missing | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
Total | 100%99 | 100%182 | 100%158 | 100%76 | 100%50 | 565 |
Age (I-AGE)
18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65 & over | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More liberal | 20.5%24 | 12.1%11 | 18.9%14 | 18.0%20 | 17.0%29 | 1 | 17.4%98 |
Same | 64.1%75 | 50.5%46 | 55.4%41 | 58.6%65 | 64.3%110 | 1 | 59.8%337 |
More conservative | 14.5%17 | 36.3%33 | 24.3%18 | 18.9%21 | 16.4%28 | 0 | 20.7%117 |
Don't know | 0.9%1 | 1.1%1 | 1.4%1 | 4.5%5 | 2.3%4 | 0 | 2.1%12 |
Missing | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
Total | 100%117 | 100%91 | 100%74 | 100%111 | 100%171 | 564 |
Household income (I-INCOME)
10K & less | 10-20K | 20-30K | 30-50K | 50K & up | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More liberal | 22.7%25 | 17.3%18 | 16.0%13 | 19.4%21 | 11.0%11 | 11 | 17.5%88 |
Same | 59.1%65 | 60.6%63 | 59.3%48 | 52.8%57 | 65.0%65 | 40 | 59.2%298 |
More conservative | 12.7%14 | 22.1%23 | 24.7%20 | 25.9%28 | 22.0%22 | 10 | 21.3%107 |
Don't know | 5.5%6 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 1.9%2 | 2.0%2 | 2 | 2.0%10 |
Missing | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 3 |
Total | 100%110 | 100%104 | 100%81 | 100%108 | 100%100 | 503 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Catholic | Protestant | Christian | None | Other/Don't know | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More liberal | 30.0%12 | 13.9%34 | 18.4%39 | 22.7%10 | 17.4%4 | 0 | 17.6%99 |
Same | 55.0%22 | 63.7%156 | 54.2%115 | 61.4%27 | 69.6%16 | 2 | 59.6%336 |
More conservative | 15.0%6 | 21.2%52 | 24.1%51 | 11.4%5 | 13.0%3 | 0 | 20.7%117 |
Don't know | 0.0%0 | 1.2%3 | 3.3%7 | 4.5%2 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 2.1%12 |
Missing | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Total | 100%40 | 100%245 | 100%212 | 100%44 | 100%23 | 564 |