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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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ADMOVIES (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always wrong	1448	47.5%	47.5%
Sometimes wrong	1368	44.9%	92.4%
Never wrong	93	3.1%	95.5%
Uncertain	138	4.5%	100%
Missing	39	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always wrong	49.0% 675	41.6% 338	43.5% 242	64.3% 162	62.7% 32	47.5% 1449
Sometimes wrong	42.8% 590	48.3% 392	51.8% 288	32.1% 81	33.3% 17	44.9% 1368
Never wrong	3.3% 46	4.4% 36	1.4% 8	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	3.1% 93
Uncertain	4.8% 66	5.7% 46	3.2% 18	2.4% 6	3.9% 2	4.5% 138
Missing	17	15	4	3	0	39
TOTAL	100.0% 1377	100.0% 812	100.0% 556	100.0% 252	100.0% 51	3048

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	44.8% 633	49.9% 806	9	47.6% 1439
Sometimes wrong	48.6% 686	41.8% 675	7	45.0% 1361
Never wrong	2.6% 37	3.5% 56	0	3.1% 93
Uncertain	4.0% 56	4.8% 77	4	4.4% 133
Missing	18	21	0	39
TOTAL	100.0% 1412	100.0% 1614	20	3026

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	33.3% 184	41.9% 285	40.5% 210	54.8% 404	65.6% 355	10	47.5% 1438
Sometimes wrong	55.4% 306	51.1% 348	52.2% 271	40.0% 295	26.1% 141	8	44.9% 1361
Never wrong	6.2% 34	5.4% 37	2.3% 12	0.4% 3	1.5% 8	0	3.1% 94
Uncertain	5.1% 28	1.6% 11	5.0% 26	4.7% 35	6.8% 37	2	4.5% 137
Missing	1	5	2	7	24	0	39
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 681	100.0% 519	100.0% 737	100.0% 541	20	3030

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	34.4% 145	48.9% 1189	65.0% 89	42.6% 23	2	47.5% 1446
Sometimes wrong	54.4% 229	44.4% 1079	27.7% 38	38.9% 21	1	44.9% 1367
Never wrong	5.2% 22	2.7% 66	0.0% 0	9.3% 5	0	3.1% 93
Uncertain	5.9% 25	4.0% 97	7.3% 10	9.3% 5	1	4.5% 137
Missing	3	31	5	0	0	39
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2431	100.0% 137	100.0% 54	4	3043

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	65.3% 449	51.5% 431	44.3% 247	36.5% 113	31.4% 202	7	47.5% 1442
Sometimes wrong	26.9% 185	38.9% 326	47.2% 263	59.7% 185	62.6% 403	5	44.9% 1362
Never wrong	1.2% 8	3.9% 33	4.1% 23	1.9% 6	3.7% 24	1	3.1% 94
Uncertain	6.7% 46	5.6% 47	4.3% 24	1.9% 6	2.3% 15	0	4.5% 138
Missing	20	7	6	1	4	0	38
TOTAL	100.0% 688	100.0% 837	100.0% 557	100.0% 310	100.0% 644	13	3036

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	52.3% 1081	37.4% 349	21.4% 3	15	47.5% 1433
Sometimes wrong	41.0% 847	53.4% 498	71.4% 10	12	44.9% 1355
Never wrong	2.5% 52	4.3% 40	7.1% 1	1	3.1% 93
Uncertain	4.3% 88	4.9% 46	0.0% 0	4	4.4% 134
Missing	25	13	0	0	38
TOTAL	100.0% 2068	100.0% 933	100.0% 14	32	3015

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	49.9% 567	43.5% 593	47.5% 58	48.7% 111	119	46.6% 1329
Sometimes wrong	43.4% 493	49.6% 676	43.4% 53	41.2% 94	52	46.2% 1316
Never wrong	2.8% 32	2.8% 38	7.4% 9	4.4% 10	4	3.1% 89
Uncertain	3.9% 44	4.2% 57	1.6% 2	5.7% 13	21	4.1% 116
Missing	19	15	1	0	0	35
TOTAL	100.0% 1136	100.0% 1364	100.0% 122	100.0% 228	196	2850

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	61.1% 373	50.7% 364	43.1% 227	38.6% 153	34.5% 187	144	46.7% 1304
Sometimes wrong	32.1% 196	42.9% 308	47.6% 251	54.3% 215	57.7% 313	85	45.9% 1283
Never wrong	2.3% 14	1.9% 14	5.1% 27	2.5% 10	4.2% 23	6	3.2% 88
Uncertain	4.4% 27	4.5% 32	4.2% 22	4.5% 18	3.5% 19	20	4.2% 118
Missing	16	10	2	3	1	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 610	100.0% 718	100.0% 527	100.0% 396	100.0% 542	255	2793

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	32.1% 128	57.8% 646	36.1% 26	648	50.4% 800
Sometimes wrong	58.1% 232	37.2% 416	58.3% 42	679	43.5% 690
Never wrong	5.0% 20	1.4% 16	2.8% 2	55	2.4% 38
Uncertain	4.8% 19	3.5% 39	2.8% 2	79	3.8% 60
Missing	4	15	0	0	19
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1117	100.0% 72	1461	1588