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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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SMOKING (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. - Smoking tobacco

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always wrong	2119	69.1%	69.1%
Sometimes wrong	709	23.1%	92.2%
Never wrong	100	3.3%	95.5%
Uncertain	138	4.5%	100%
Missing	20	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always wrong	72.4% 1005	60.1% 492	71.9% 400	73.5% 186	70.6% 36	69.1% 2119
Sometimes wrong	20.9% 290	28.3% 232	22.7% 126	19.0% 48	25.5% 13	23.1% 709
Never wrong	3.0% 41	5.1% 42	2.0% 11	2.4% 6	2.0% 1	3.3% 101
Uncertain	3.7% 52	6.5% 53	3.4% 19	5.1% 13	2.0% 1	4.5% 138
Missing	6	8	3	2	0	19
TOTAL	100.0% 1388	100.0% 819	100.0% 556	100.0% 253	100.0% 51	3067

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	63.1% 896	74.1% 1206	17	69.0% 2102
Sometimes wrong	29.1% 413	18.2% 296	1	23.3% 709
Never wrong	3.0% 43	3.5% 57	0	3.3% 100
Uncertain	4.8% 68	4.2% 69	2	4.5% 137
Missing	11	9	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 1420	100.0% 1628	20	3048

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	56.2% 309	63.0% 430	70.1% 364	75.1% 551	80.7% 453	13	69.1% 2107
Sometimes wrong	30.7% 169	28.6% 195	23.1% 120	20.0% 147	12.8% 72	7	23.1% 703
Never wrong	7.3% 40	4.4% 30	2.9% 15	0.7% 5	1.6% 9	0	3.2% 99
Uncertain	5.8% 32	4.1% 28	3.9% 20	4.2% 31	4.8% 27	0	4.5% 138
Missing	3	2	2	10	4	0	21
TOTAL	100.0% 550	100.0% 683	100.0% 519	100.0% 734	100.0% 561	20	3047

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	58.4% 246	70.6% 1729	81.4% 114	50.0% 27	3	69.0% 2116
Sometimes wrong	29.9% 126	22.4% 549	12.9% 18	31.5% 17	0	23.2% 710
Never wrong	6.9% 29	2.6% 63	1.4% 2	11.1% 6	0	3.3% 100
Uncertain	4.8% 20	4.4% 109	4.3% 6	7.4% 4	1	4.5% 139
Missing	4	13	3	0	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2450	100.0% 140	100.0% 54	4	3065

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	76.7% 533	69.9% 589	66.8% 375	68.3% 211	62.8% 406	5	69.2% 2114
Sometimes wrong	15.3% 106	21.0% 177	24.8% 139	25.2% 78	31.6% 204	5	23.1% 704
Never wrong	2.2% 15	3.9% 33	4.6% 26	1.9% 6	2.9% 19	1	3.2% 99
Uncertain	5.9% 41	5.2% 44	3.7% 21	4.5% 14	2.6% 17	2	4.5% 137
Missing	12	2	2	2	2	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 695	100.0% 843	100.0% 561	100.0% 309	100.0% 646	13	3054

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	70.4% 1467	66.3% 621	64.3% 9	23	69.1% 2097
Sometimes wrong	22.7% 474	24.3% 228	21.4% 3	5	23.2% 705
Never wrong	2.9% 61	3.6% 34	14.3% 2	3	3.2% 97
Uncertain	4.0% 83	5.8% 54	0.0% 0	2	4.5% 137
Missing	9	9	0	0	18
TOTAL	100.0% 2085	100.0% 937	100.0% 14	33	3036

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	71.9% 827	66.8% 915	68.9% 84	67.8% 154	140	69.0% 1980
Sometimes wrong	21.7% 249	24.5% 335	25.4% 31	23.3% 53	42	23.3% 668
Never wrong	2.7% 31	3.8% 52	4.1% 5	2.6% 6	6	3.3% 94
Uncertain	3.7% 43	4.9% 67	1.6% 2	6.2% 14	12	4.4% 126
Missing	5	12	0	2	0	19
TOTAL	100.0% 1150	100.0% 1369	100.0% 122	100.0% 227	200	2868

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	75.7% 470	70.9% 513	62.4% 328	66.4% 265	64.6% 347	195	68.5% 1923
Sometimes wrong	15.8% 98	22.7% 164	29.1% 153	25.8% 103	27.7% 149	41	23.8% 667
Never wrong	1.9% 12	2.3% 17	4.6% 24	3.5% 14	4.1% 22	10	3.2% 89
Uncertain	6.6% 41	4.1% 30	4.0% 21	4.3% 17	3.5% 19	11	4.6% 128
Missing	4	3	3	1	5	0	16
TOTAL	100.0% 621	100.0% 724	100.0% 526	100.0% 399	100.0% 537	257	2807

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	59.1% 237	73.4% 826	70.4% 50	1007	69.6% 1113
Sometimes wrong	33.7% 135	20.2% 228	21.1% 15	331	23.7% 378
Never wrong	3.5% 14	2.6% 29	7.0% 5	52	3.0% 48
Uncertain	3.7% 15	3.8% 43	1.4% 1	79	3.7% 59
Missing	2	5	0	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1126	100.0% 71	1469	1598