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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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ADLTDVRC (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. - Divorce (for cause of adultery)

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always wrong	602	19.7%	19.7%
Sometimes wrong	1504	49.2%	68.9%
Never wrong	599	19.6%	88.5%
Uncertain	349	11.4%	99.9%
Missing	32	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always wrong	21.3% 295	17.6% 144	18.3% 101	22.5% 57	10.0% 5	19.7% 602
Sometimes wrong	48.0% 663	50.9% 416	51.2% 282	46.2% 117	52.0% 26	49.3% 1504
Never wrong	17.7% 245	19.7% 161	20.3% 112	25.3% 64	32.0% 16	19.6% 598
Uncertain	13.0% 179	11.8% 96	10.2% 56	5.9% 15	6.0% 3	11.4% 349
Missing	13	9	8	2	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 1382	100.0% 817	100.0% 551	100.0% 253	100.0% 50	3053

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	20.2% 287	19.1% 308	6	19.6% 595
Sometimes wrong	52.7% 749	46.4% 750	6	49.4% 1499
Never wrong	17.6% 250	21.5% 348	1	19.7% 598
Uncertain	9.5% 135	12.9% 209	6	11.3% 344
Missing	10	22	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 1421	100.0% 1615	19	3036

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	18.2% 100	12.9% 88	15.8% 82	23.0% 170	29.3% 160	1	19.8% 600
Sometimes wrong	49.1% 269	57.7% 393	52.1% 270	49.4% 365	35.6% 195	11	49.2% 1492
Never wrong	24.5% 134	21.1% 144	21.6% 112	14.5% 107	17.9% 98	3	19.6% 595
Uncertain	8.2% 45	8.2% 56	10.4% 54	13.1% 97	17.2% 94	3	11.4% 346
Missing	3	4	3	4	18	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 548	100.0% 681	100.0% 518	100.0% 739	100.0% 547	18	3033

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	19.0% 80	19.6% 478	27.4% 37	11.5% 6	1	19.7% 601
Sometimes wrong	44.0% 185	51.2% 1251	35.6% 48	34.6% 18	2	49.2% 1502
Never wrong	26.7% 112	18.1% 442	18.5% 25	36.5% 19	1	19.6% 598
Uncertain	10.2% 43	11.1% 272	18.5% 25	17.3% 9	0	11.4% 349
Missing	4	20	7	2	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 420	100.0% 2443	100.0% 135	100.0% 52	4	3050

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	34.8% 240	22.6% 190	12.7% 71	10.3% 32	10.1% 65	4	19.7% 598
Sometimes wrong	31.9% 220	44.0% 369	52.6% 293	62.9% 195	65.3% 421	5	49.3% 1498
Never wrong	15.1% 104	20.7% 174	25.0% 139	19.7% 61	18.4% 119	1	19.6% 597
Uncertain	18.1% 125	12.6% 106	9.7% 54	7.1% 22	6.2% 40	2	11.4% 347
Missing	18	6	5	0	3	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 689	100.0% 839	100.0% 557	100.0% 310	100.0% 645	12	3040

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	19.2% 398	20.9% 196	0.0% 0	9	19.7% 594
Sometimes wrong	49.3% 1023	49.3% 461	61.5% 8	12	49.4% 1492
Never wrong	20.3% 420	18.3% 171	15.4% 2	6	19.6% 593
Uncertain	11.2% 232	11.5% 108	23.1% 3	7	11.4% 343
Missing	20	11	0	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 2073	100.0% 936	100.0% 13	34	3022

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	18.7% 215	21.5% 292	16.4% 20	13.2% 30	45	19.5% 557
Sometimes wrong	51.2% 588	48.5% 660	56.6% 69	52.9% 120	68	50.3% 1437
Never wrong	18.4% 211	20.2% 275	18.9% 23	21.1% 48	42	19.5% 557
Uncertain	11.7% 135	9.8% 134	8.2% 10	12.8% 29	42	10.8% 308
Missing	6	19	1	1	0	27
TOTAL	100.0% 1149	100.0% 1361	100.0% 122	100.0% 227	197	2859

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	27.4% 169	19.1% 138	18.6% 98	13.3% 53	14.2% 77	68	19.1% 535
Sometimes wrong	39.0% 240	50.3% 363	53.8% 283	52.9% 211	60.0% 325	82	50.7% 1422
Never wrong	18.7% 115	19.4% 140	17.7% 93	21.6% 86	20.1% 109	56	19.4% 543
Uncertain	14.9% 92	11.1% 80	9.9% 52	12.3% 49	5.7% 31	46	10.8% 304
Missing	10	6	4	1	1	0	22
TOTAL	100.0% 616	100.0% 721	100.0% 526	100.0% 399	100.0% 542	252	2804

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	15.5% 62	17.2% 193	13.9% 10	337	16.6% 265
Sometimes wrong	58.1% 233	50.8% 571	54.2% 39	661	52.8% 843
Never wrong	18.0% 72	21.4% 240	26.4% 19	269	20.7% 331
Uncertain	8.5% 34	10.6% 119	5.6% 4	191	9.8% 157
Missing	1	8	0	0	9
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1123	100.0% 72	1458	1596