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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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DRINKING (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. - Drinking alcoholic beverages (moderately)

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always wrong	1302	42.5%	42.5%
Sometimes wrong	1334	43.5%	86%
Never wrong	282	9.2%	95.2%
Uncertain	148	4.8%	100%
Missing	21	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always wrong	50.0% 691	30.7% 252	36.7% 205	51.6% 130	47.1% 24	42.5% 1302
Sometimes wrong	37.1% 513	50.9% 418	51.1% 285	37.7% 95	45.1% 23	43.5% 1334
Never wrong	7.2% 100	13.4% 110	9.1% 51	7.1% 18	3.9% 2	9.2% 281
Uncertain	5.7% 79	5.1% 42	3.0% 17	3.6% 9	3.9% 2	4.9% 149
Missing	11	6	2	2	0	21
TOTAL	100.0% 1383	100.0% 822	100.0% 558	100.0% 252	100.0% 51	3066

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	37.4% 532	46.7% 758	12	42.3% 1290
Sometimes wrong	49.4% 704	38.4% 624	6	43.6% 1328
Never wrong	8.8% 126	9.6% 156	0	9.3% 282
Uncertain	4.4% 62	5.2% 85	2	4.8% 147
Missing	8	14	0	22
TOTAL	100.0% 1424	100.0% 1623	20	3047

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	30.1% 166	30.3% 207	40.0% 208	49.0% 361	63.8% 354	6	42.5% 1296
Sometimes wrong	50.0% 276	52.3% 357	47.3% 246	41.1% 303	25.6% 142	11	43.5% 1324
Never wrong	15.0% 83	13.9% 95	8.3% 43	5.7% 42	3.1% 17	1	9.2% 280
Uncertain	4.9% 27	3.5% 24	4.4% 23	4.2% 31	7.6% 42	2	4.8% 147
Missing	1	2	1	8	10	0	22
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 683	100.0% 520	100.0% 737	100.0% 555	20	3047

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	34.7% 146	42.9% 1051	65.9% 91	23.1% 12	2	42.5% 1300
Sometimes wrong	48.9% 206	43.7% 1072	21.7% 30	50.0% 26	1	43.6% 1334
Never wrong	12.1% 51	9.0% 220	1.4% 2	15.4% 8	0	9.2% 281
Uncertain	4.3% 18	4.4% 108	10.9% 15	11.5% 6	1	4.8% 147
Missing	3	14	4	1	0	22
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2451	100.0% 138	100.0% 52	4	3062

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	59.6% 415	49.3% 413	36.0% 202	30.9% 96	26.3% 170	5	42.5% 1296
Sometimes wrong	28.6% 199	37.4% 313	44.7% 251	54.0% 168	61.7% 399	4	43.6% 1330
Never wrong	4.5% 31	8.1% 68	14.4% 81	11.3% 35	10.2% 66	1	9.2% 281
Uncertain	7.3% 51	5.3% 44	4.8% 27	3.9% 12	1.9% 12	3	4.8% 146
Missing	11	7	1	0	3	0	22
TOTAL	100.0% 696	100.0% 838	100.0% 561	100.0% 311	100.0% 647	13	3053

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	48.1% 1000	30.1% 283	14.3% 2	18	42.4% 1285
Sometimes wrong	40.2% 836	50.8% 478	71.4% 10	10	43.7% 1324
Never wrong	7.4% 153	13.2% 124	14.3% 2	3	9.2% 279
Uncertain	4.3% 89	6.0% 56	0.0% 0	3	4.8% 145
Missing	16	6	0	0	22
TOTAL	100.0% 2078	100.0% 941	100.0% 14	34	3033

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	49.5% 566	36.9% 506	31.1% 38	38.2% 87	105	41.8% 1197
Sometimes wrong	38.1% 436	48.5% 666	49.2% 60	48.7% 111	61	44.4% 1273
Never wrong	7.3% 83	10.6% 145	15.6% 19	8.8% 20	15	9.3% 267
Uncertain	5.1% 58	4.1% 56	4.1% 5	4.4% 10	19	4.5% 129
Missing	11	8	0	1	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 1143	100.0% 1373	100.0% 122	100.0% 228	200	2866

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	57.3% 355	43.0% 311	38.6% 204	33.2% 132	29.7% 161	140	41.4% 1163
Sometimes wrong	32.6% 202	42.5% 307	47.2% 249	53.3% 212	53.5% 290	74	44.8% 1260
Never wrong	4.7% 29	9.3% 67	10.6% 56	10.3% 41	12.9% 70	18	9.4% 263
Uncertain	5.5% 34	5.3% 38	3.6% 19	3.3% 13	3.9% 21	24	4.4% 125
Missing	5	5	2	2	2	0	16
TOTAL	100.0% 620	100.0% 723	100.0% 528	100.0% 398	100.0% 542	256	2811

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	30.2% 122	49.3% 554	39.4% 28	598	44.0% 704
Sometimes wrong	55.7% 225	39.1% 440	49.3% 35	634	43.8% 700
Never wrong	11.6% 47	6.8% 76	9.9% 7	152	8.1% 130
Uncertain	2.5% 10	4.8% 54	1.4% 1	83	4.1% 65
Missing	0	7	0	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 404	100.0% 1124	100.0% 71	1467	1599