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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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OTHRDVRC (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 other causes)

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always wrong	1050	34.7%	34.7%
Sometimes wrong	1609	53.1%	87.8%
Never wrong	51	1.7%	89.5%
Uncertain	318	10.5%	100%
Missing	59	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always wrong	34.8% 477	27.5% 223	41.3% 226	40.8% 102	43.1% 22	34.7% 1050
Sometimes wrong	53.1% 727	58.8% 476	47.3% 259	48.8% 122	49.0% 25	53.2% 1609
Never wrong	1.8% 25	1.9% 15	0.9% 5	1.6% 4	2.0% 1	1.7% 50
Uncertain	10.2% 140	11.9% 96	10.4% 57	8.8% 22	5.9% 3	10.5% 318
Missing	25	17	12	4	1	59
TOTAL	100.0% 1369	100.0% 810	100.0% 547	100.0% 250	100.0% 51	3027

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	37.2% 525	32.5% 520	5	34.7% 1045
Sometimes wrong	53.4% 754	53.1% 849	6	53.2% 1603
Never wrong	1.0% 14	2.3% 37	0	1.7% 51
Uncertain	8.5% 120	12.0% 192	6	10.4% 312
Missing	18	39	0	57
TOTAL	100.0% 1413	100.0% 1598	17	3011

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	37.2% 204	31.3% 213	32.4% 167	37.9% 278	34.6% 183	5	34.8% 1045
Sometimes wrong	53.7% 295	59.4% 404	58.3% 300	49.5% 363	44.4% 235	11	53.1% 1597
Never wrong	1.5% 8	3.1% 21	1.6% 8	1.1% 8	1.3% 7	0	1.7% 52
Uncertain	7.7% 42	6.2% 42	7.8% 40	11.6% 85	19.7% 104	4	10.4% 313
Missing	3	6	6	9	35	0	59
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 680	100.0% 515	100.0% 734	100.0% 529	20	3007

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	38.0% 159	34.7% 841	34.9% 45	6.0% 3	1	34.7% 1048
Sometimes wrong	52.2% 218	53.5% 1297	46.5% 60	66.0% 33	1	53.2% 1608
Never wrong	1.2% 5	1.6% 38	0.8% 1	12.0% 6	0	1.7% 50
Uncertain	8.6% 36	10.3% 250	17.8% 23	16.0% 8	1	10.5% 317
Missing	6	37	13	3	0	59
TOTAL	100.0% 418	100.0% 2426	100.0% 129	100.0% 50	3	3023

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	45.2% 302	35.6% 297	33.0% 184	27.8% 86	27.4% 177	4	34.7% 1046
Sometimes wrong	36.8% 246	52.0% 434	55.2% 308	63.1% 195	64.8% 419	6	53.1% 1602
Never wrong	0.9% 6	1.7% 14	2.5% 14	1.6% 5	1.9% 12	0	1.7% 51
Uncertain	17.1% 114	10.7% 89	9.3% 52	7.4% 23	6.0% 39	2	10.5% 317
Missing	39	11	4	2	4	0	60
TOTAL	100.0% 668	100.0% 834	100.0% 558	100.0% 309	100.0% 647	12	3016

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	34.7% 714	34.7% 321	14.3% 2	13	34.6% 1037
Sometimes wrong	53.9% 1108	51.5% 476	78.6% 11	14	53.3% 1595
Never wrong	1.6% 32	1.9% 18	0.0% 0	0	1.7% 50
Uncertain	9.8% 201	11.8% 109	7.1% 1	7	10.4% 311
Missing	37	22	0	0	59
TOTAL	100.0% 2055	100.0% 924	100.0% 14	34	2993

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	35.6% 404	35.4% 480	25.6% 31	30.4% 68	66	34.6% 983
Sometimes wrong	53.2% 604	53.0% 719	60.3% 73	57.1% 128	84	53.7% 1524
Never wrong	1.2% 14	1.8% 24	3.3% 4	1.3% 3	5	1.6% 45
Uncertain	10.0% 113	9.9% 134	10.7% 13	11.2% 25	33	10.0% 285
Missing	19	23	1	4	0	47
TOTAL	100.0% 1135	100.0% 1357	100.0% 121	100.0% 224	188	2837

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	37.5% 226	36.7% 265	34.3% 179	34.6% 138	28.7% 154	89	34.6% 962
Sometimes wrong	46.0% 277	51.3% 371	55.6% 290	55.4% 221	62.4% 335	115	53.7% 1494
Never wrong	1.2% 7	2.4% 17	1.7% 9	1.8% 7	1.5% 8	2	1.7% 48
Uncertain	15.3% 92	9.7% 70	8.4% 44	8.3% 33	7.4% 40	38	10.0% 279
Missing	25	6	7	1	4	0	43
TOTAL	100.0% 602	100.0% 723	100.0% 522	100.0% 399	100.0% 537	244	2783

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	17.8% 71	38.4% 428	32.9% 23	528	33.0% 522
Sometimes wrong	71.2% 284	50.4% 562	62.9% 44	718	56.2% 890
Never wrong	2.8% 11	1.3% 15	1.4% 1	24	1.7% 27
Uncertain	8.3% 33	9.9% 110	2.9% 2	173	9.2% 145
Missing	3	16	2	0	21
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1115	100.0% 70	1443	1584