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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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RACEMARR (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

Church members have often disagreed on the morality or immorality (rightness or wrongness) of certain kinds of activities or behaviors. For every item listed, circle the number of the appropriate response column, thus indicating whether you consider the behavior to be "always wrong" (i.e. under all conditions), "sometimes wrong" (i.e. under some conditions, whether few or many), or "never wrong." If quite uncertain circle the 4. - Marriage between Christians of different races if otherwise compatible

	1) Always wrong
	2) Sometimes wrong
	3) Never wrong
	4) Uncertain

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always wrong	185	6%	6%
Sometimes wrong	1033	33.8%	39.8%
Never wrong	1284	42%	81.8%
Uncertain	558	18.2%	100%
Missing	26	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always wrong	5.8% 80	5.6% 46	5.0% 28	9.9% 25	11.8% 6	6.0% 185
Sometimes wrong	31.8% 440	35.0% 287	33.9% 188	38.1% 96	45.1% 23	33.8% 1034
Never wrong	42.3% 586	42.6% 349	45.8% 254	32.9% 83	23.5% 12	41.9% 1284
Uncertain	20.1% 278	16.8% 138	15.3% 85	19.0% 48	19.6% 10	18.3% 559
Missing	11	7	5	3	0	26
TOTAL	100.0% 1384	100.0% 820	100.0% 555	100.0% 252	100.0% 51	3062

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	5.5% 79	6.4% 103	3	6.0% 182
Sometimes wrong	34.6% 493	33.0% 534	7	33.8% 1027
Never wrong	44.0% 627	40.5% 655	2	42.2% 1282
Uncertain	15.8% 225	20.0% 324	9	18.1% 549
Missing	6	20	0	26
TOTAL	100.0% 1424	100.0% 1616	21	3040

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	4.0% 22	4.7% 32	6.2% 32	6.2% 46	9.6% 53	1	6.1% 185
Sometimes wrong	26.8% 147	30.1% 205	30.8% 160	38.5% 285	40.3% 223	14	33.5% 1020
Never wrong	54.3% 298	52.2% 356	44.9% 233	36.4% 269	23.0% 127	1	42.2% 1283
Uncertain	14.9% 82	13.0% 89	18.1% 94	18.9% 140	27.1% 150	3	18.2% 555
Missing	3	4	3	3	11	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 682	100.0% 519	100.0% 740	100.0% 553	19	3043

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	3.3% 14	6.4% 156	7.2% 10	5.7% 3	1	6.0% 183
Sometimes wrong	27.8% 117	34.4% 840	41.3% 57	34.0% 18	2	33.8% 1032
Never wrong	49.6% 209	41.8% 1022	22.5% 31	41.5% 22	1	42.0% 1284
Uncertain	19.2% 81	17.4% 426	29.0% 40	18.9% 10	0	18.2% 557
Missing	3	20	4	0	0	27
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2444	100.0% 138	100.0% 53	4	3056

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	10.2% 71	7.3% 61	4.5% 25	3.5% 11	2.6% 17	0	6.1% 185
Sometimes wrong	36.6% 255	39.4% 331	31.4% 176	30.6% 95	26.8% 173	5	33.8% 1030
Never wrong	23.1% 161	31.3% 263	48.6% 272	56.1% 174	63.4% 409	5	41.9% 1279
Uncertain	30.0% 209	22.0% 185	15.5% 87	9.7% 30	7.1% 46	3	18.3% 557
Missing	12	5	3	2	4	0	26
TOTAL	100.0% 696	100.0% 840	100.0% 560	100.0% 310	100.0% 645	13	3051

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	7.0% 146	3.8% 36	0.0% 0	3	6.0% 182
Sometimes wrong	35.5% 738	30.4% 285	7.1% 1	9	33.8% 1024
Never wrong	38.0% 791	50.3% 471	78.6% 11	11	42.0% 1273
Uncertain	19.4% 404	15.5% 145	14.3% 2	8	18.2% 551
Missing	14	9	0	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 2079	100.0% 937	100.0% 14	31	3030

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	4.8% 55	5.5% 76	3.4% 4	8.8% 20	30	5.4% 155
Sometimes wrong	31.7% 363	35.9% 492	32.2% 38	31.1% 71	70	33.7% 964
Never wrong	46.0% 527	40.6% 557	49.2% 58	38.6% 88	54	43.0% 1230
Uncertain	17.5% 201	17.9% 246	15.3% 18	21.5% 49	45	18.0% 514
Missing	9	9	4	1	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 1146	100.0% 1371	100.0% 118	100.0% 228	199	2863

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	10.6% 66	5.0% 36	5.5% 29	3.0% 12	3.7% 20	23	5.8% 163
Sometimes wrong	37.5% 234	33.7% 243	32.6% 172	32.2% 128	32.9% 177	79	34.0% 954
Never wrong	28.2% 176	44.7% 323	45.9% 242	48.5% 193	50.4% 271	79	42.9% 1205
Uncertain	23.7% 148	16.6% 120	15.9% 84	16.3% 65	13.0% 70	73	17.3% 487
Missing	3	6	3	2	5	0	19
TOTAL	100.0% 624	100.0% 722	100.0% 527	100.0% 398	100.0% 538	254	2809

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	3.5% 14	7.3% 82	2.9% 2	87	6.1% 98
Sometimes wrong	25.1% 101	39.4% 443	27.1% 19	471	35.3% 563
Never wrong	61.9% 249	31.6% 355	55.7% 39	642	40.3% 643
Uncertain	9.5% 38	21.7% 244	14.3% 10	266	18.3% 292
Missing	1	8	1	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 1124	100.0% 70	1466	1596