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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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PREMARSX (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. - Premarital sexual intercourse

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always wrong	2599	84.8%	84.8%
Sometimes wrong	369	12%	96.8%
Never wrong	11	.4%	97.2%
Uncertain	87	2.8%	100%
Missing	20	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always wrong	83.9% 1162	78.1% 641	93.0% 518	90.6% 230	92.3% 48	84.7% 2599
Sometimes wrong	12.7% 176	17.1% 140	5.7% 32	7.1% 18	5.8% 3	12.0% 369
Never wrong	0.4% 5	0.6% 5	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 13
Uncertain	3.0% 42	4.3% 35	0.9% 5	2.0% 5	1.9% 1	2.9% 88
Missing	9	6	3	2	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 1385	100.0% 821	100.0% 557	100.0% 254	100.0% 52	3069

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	83.8% 1193	85.5% 1389	17	84.7% 2582
Sometimes wrong	12.6% 179	11.6% 189	1	12.1% 368
Never wrong	0.6% 9	0.1% 2	0	0.4% 11
Uncertain	3.0% 42	2.7% 44	2	2.8% 86
Missing	8	12	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 1423	100.0% 1624	20	3047

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	78.2% 431	77.8% 530	84.0% 437	89.2% 661	93.9% 520	19	84.6% 2579
Sometimes wrong	17.4% 96	18.2% 124	13.1% 68	8.4% 62	3.4% 19	1	12.1% 369
Never wrong	0.7% 4	0.9% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0	0.4% 11
Uncertain	3.6% 20	3.1% 21	2.9% 15	2.4% 18	2.5% 14	0	2.9% 88
Missing	1	4	2	3	10	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 681	100.0% 520	100.0% 741	100.0% 554	20	3047

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	80.0% 337	85.5% 2094	93.6% 131	62.3% 33	4	84.7% 2595
Sometimes wrong	16.2% 68	11.6% 283	4.3% 6	20.8% 11	0	12.0% 368
Never wrong	0.5% 2	0.4% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 12
Uncertain	3.3% 14	2.5% 61	2.1% 3	17.0% 9	0	2.8% 87
Missing	3	15	2	0	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2448	100.0% 140	100.0% 53	4	3062

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	91.5% 635	85.0% 718	83.3% 464	82.0% 255	79.4% 514	13	84.7% 2586
Sometimes wrong	5.5% 38	11.5% 97	13.5% 75	15.1% 47	17.5% 113	0	12.1% 370
Never wrong	0.1% 1	0.2% 2	0.5% 3	0.6% 2	0.6% 4	0	0.4% 12
Uncertain	2.9% 20	3.3% 28	2.7% 15	2.3% 7	2.5% 16	0	2.8% 86
Missing	13	0	5	0	2	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 694	100.0% 845	100.0% 557	100.0% 311	100.0% 647	13	3054

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	85.3% 1775	83.9% 787	76.9% 10	27	84.8% 2572
Sometimes wrong	11.9% 248	12.6% 118	0.0% 0	3	12.1% 366
Never wrong	0.3% 6	0.5% 5	7.7% 1	0	0.4% 12
Uncertain	2.5% 53	3.0% 28	15.4% 2	4	2.7% 83
Missing	12	8	0	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 2082	100.0% 938	100.0% 13	34	3033

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	85.6% 982	85.4% 1174	81.5% 97	78.4% 178	168	84.8% 2431
Sometimes wrong	12.1% 139	11.3% 155	16.0% 19	16.7% 38	18	12.2% 351
Never wrong	0.3% 3	0.5% 7	0.8% 1	0.4% 1	0	0.4% 12
Uncertain	2.0% 23	2.8% 39	1.7% 2	4.4% 10	14	2.6% 74
Missing	8	6	2	2	0	18
TOTAL	100.0% 1147	100.0% 1375	100.0% 119	100.0% 227	200	2868

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	88.7% 551	85.9% 622	83.5% 439	81.9% 326	80.7% 438	223	84.5% 2376
Sometimes wrong	8.5% 53	10.4% 75	12.4% 65	16.3% 65	17.1% 93	19	12.5% 351
Never wrong	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	1.0% 5	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 11
Uncertain	2.6% 16	3.5% 25	3.2% 17	1.0% 4	2.2% 12	13	2.6% 74
Missing	5	3	4	2	0	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 621	100.0% 724	100.0% 526	100.0% 398	100.0% 543	255	2812

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	68.5% 276	90.1% 1014	84.5% 60	1249	84.4% 1350
Sometimes wrong	26.1% 105	7.8% 88	15.5% 11	165	12.8% 204
Never wrong	0.5% 2	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	7	0.3% 5
Uncertain	5.0% 20	1.9% 21	0.0% 0	47	2.6% 41
Missing	0	5	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 403	100.0% 1126	100.0% 71	1468	1600