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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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REMARRY (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. - Remarriage while the first spouse is still living

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always wrong	958	31.5%	31.5%
Sometimes wrong	1352	44.4%	75.9%
Never wrong	257	8.4%	84.3%
Uncertain	476	15.6%	99.9%
Missing	43	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always wrong	34.8% 479	25.2% 205	32.2% 178	31.9% 80	32.0% 16	31.5% 958
Sometimes wrong	42.0% 578	43.8% 357	48.8% 270	48.6% 122	52.0% 26	44.4% 1353
Never wrong	7.4% 102	12.6% 103	5.1% 28	8.4% 21	6.0% 3	8.4% 257
Uncertain	15.8% 217	18.4% 150	13.9% 77	11.2% 28	10.0% 5	15.7% 477
Missing	19	12	8	4	1	44
TOTAL	100.0% 1376	100.0% 815	100.0% 553	100.0% 251	100.0% 50	3045

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	30.3% 430	32.2% 517	11	31.3% 947
Sometimes wrong	50.1% 710	39.7% 639	3	44.6% 1349
Never wrong	7.1% 100	9.8% 157	1	8.5% 257
Uncertain	12.6% 178	18.3% 295	4	15.6% 473
Missing	14	29	0	43
TOTAL	100.0% 1418	100.0% 1608	19	3026

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	31.5% 172	22.8% 155	25.8% 134	32.7% 240	45.4% 248	9	31.4% 949
Sometimes wrong	44.0% 240	51.3% 349	52.5% 273	45.6% 335	27.3% 149	7	44.5% 1346
Never wrong	9.5% 52	14.0% 95	9.0% 47	3.7% 27	6.8% 37	0	8.5% 258
Uncertain	15.0% 82	11.9% 81	12.7% 66	18.0% 132	20.5% 112	4	15.6% 473
Missing	5	6	2	10	19	0	42
TOTAL	100.0% 546	100.0% 680	100.0% 520	100.0% 734	100.0% 546	20	3026

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	35.2% 147	30.9% 752	39.6% 55	5.7% 3	2	31.5% 957
Sometimes wrong	43.3% 181	45.7% 1112	25.9% 36	39.6% 21	1	44.4% 1350
Never wrong	8.1% 34	7.9% 192	7.9% 11	39.6% 21	0	8.5% 258
Uncertain	13.4% 56	15.5% 376	26.6% 37	15.1% 8	0	15.7% 477
Missing	6	31	4	0	0	41
TOTAL	100.0% 418	100.0% 2432	100.0% 139	100.0% 53	3	3042

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	51.7% 356	35.2% 292	23.6% 132	20.6% 64	16.6% 107	7	31.4% 951
Sometimes wrong	28.2% 194	38.9% 323	46.0% 257	55.8% 173	62.4% 403	3	44.5% 1350
Never wrong	2.8% 19	8.7% 72	12.5% 70	10.6% 33	9.8% 63	1	8.5% 257
Uncertain	17.3% 119	17.2% 143	17.9% 100	12.9% 40	11.3% 73	2	15.7% 475
Missing	19	16	3	1	4	0	43
TOTAL	100.0% 688	100.0% 830	100.0% 559	100.0% 310	100.0% 646	13	3033

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	31.3% 647	31.0% 288	50.0% 7	17	31.3% 942
Sometimes wrong	43.7% 904	46.5% 432	35.7% 5	11	44.5% 1341
Never wrong	9.4% 195	6.5% 60	14.3% 2	1	8.5% 257
Uncertain	15.5% 321	16.1% 150	0.0% 0	5	15.6% 471
Missing	26	16	0	0	42
TOTAL	100.0% 2067	100.0% 930	100.0% 14	34	3011

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	33.2% 379	31.6% 429	18.2% 22	20.4% 46	82	30.8% 876
Sometimes wrong	45.4% 518	45.8% 623	52.1% 63	47.3% 107	40	46.0% 1311
Never wrong	7.0% 80	7.7% 105	16.5% 20	9.7% 22	31	8.0% 227
Uncertain	14.4% 164	14.9% 202	13.2% 16	22.6% 51	43	15.2% 433
Missing	14	22	1	2	0	39
TOTAL	100.0% 1141	100.0% 1359	100.0% 121	100.0% 226	196	2847

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	43.6% 268	30.3% 217	26.4% 138	23.3% 93	24.7% 133	110	30.4% 849
Sometimes wrong	32.4% 199	47.7% 342	47.6% 249	53.1% 212	50.1% 270	80	45.5% 1272
Never wrong	6.5% 40	6.7% 48	10.9% 57	9.3% 37	11.3% 61	15	8.7% 243
Uncertain	17.6% 108	15.3% 110	15.1% 79	14.3% 57	13.9% 75	47	15.4% 429
Missing	11	10	6	2	5	0	34
TOTAL	100.0% 615	100.0% 717	100.0% 523	100.0% 399	100.0% 539	252	2793

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	16.4% 66	32.8% 367	23.9% 17	509	28.2% 450
Sometimes wrong	51.9% 209	44.8% 501	60.6% 43	600	47.3% 753
Never wrong	18.9% 76	7.1% 79	9.9% 7	96	10.2% 162
Uncertain	12.9% 52	15.4% 172	5.6% 4	247	14.3% 228
Missing	0	13	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 403	100.0% 1119	100.0% 71	1452	1593