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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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EXMARSX (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. - Extra-marital sexual intercourse

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always wrong	2961	96.8%	96.8%
Sometimes wrong	53	1.7%	98.5%
Never wrong	10	.3%	98.8%
Uncertain	36	1.2%	100%
Missing	27	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always wrong	96.6% 1338	95.6% 780	97.5% 541	99.6% 253	98.0% 50	96.8% 2962
Sometimes wrong	2.0% 28	2.0% 16	1.4% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 52
Never wrong	0.4% 6	0.1% 1	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 10
Uncertain	0.9% 13	2.3% 19	0.7% 4	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	1.2% 37
Missing	9	12	4	2	0	27
TOTAL	100.0% 1385	100.0% 816	100.0% 555	100.0% 254	100.0% 51	3061

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	96.3% 1370	97.4% 1577	14	96.9% 2947
Sometimes wrong	2.2% 31	1.3% 21	1	1.7% 52
Never wrong	0.5% 7	0.2% 3	0	0.3% 10
Uncertain	1.1% 15	1.1% 18	2	1.1% 33
Missing	7	17	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 1423	100.0% 1619	17	3042

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	94.9% 521	96.2% 657	97.5% 509	98.0% 723	96.5% 530	20	96.7% 2940
Sometimes wrong	2.9% 16	2.5% 17	2.1% 11	0.5% 4	0.9% 5	0	1.7% 53
Never wrong	0.7% 4	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	0.5% 3	0	0.4% 12
Uncertain	1.5% 8	1.0% 7	0.2% 1	1.2% 9	2.0% 11	0	1.2% 36
Missing	3	3	0	6	16	0	28
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 683	100.0% 522	100.0% 738	100.0% 549	20	3041

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	95.0% 401	97.2% 2377	97.1% 133	87.0% 47	4	96.7% 2958
Sometimes wrong	2.6% 11	1.5% 37	0.7% 1	9.3% 5	0	1.8% 54
Never wrong	0.2% 1	0.4% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 11
Uncertain	2.1% 9	0.9% 22	2.2% 3	3.7% 2	0	1.2% 36
Missing	4	18	5	0	0	27
TOTAL	100.0% 422	100.0% 2446	100.0% 137	100.0% 54	4	3059

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	95.5% 656	97.3% 821	97.3% 545	97.4% 301	96.6% 625	13	96.8% 2948
Sometimes wrong	1.9% 13	0.9% 8	1.6% 9	2.3% 7	2.5% 16	0	1.7% 53
Never wrong	0.6% 4	0.4% 3	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0	0.4% 11
Uncertain	2.0% 14	1.4% 12	0.7% 4	0.3% 1	0.6% 4	0	1.1% 35
Missing	20	1	3	1	2	0	27
TOTAL	100.0% 687	100.0% 844	100.0% 560	100.0% 309	100.0% 647	13	3047

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	97.2% 2019	96.3% 900	85.7% 12	30	96.8% 2931
Sometimes wrong	1.6% 33	2.0% 19	7.1% 1	0	1.8% 53
Never wrong	0.2% 5	0.6% 6	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 11
Uncertain	1.0% 21	1.1% 10	7.1% 1	4	1.1% 32
Missing	15	11	0	0	26
TOTAL	100.0% 2078	100.0% 935	100.0% 14	34	3027

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	98.1% 1126	95.8% 1308	98.4% 120	93.9% 215	192	96.7% 2769
Sometimes wrong	1.4% 16	2.0% 27	0.8% 1	3.1% 7	2	1.8% 51
Never wrong	0.2% 2	0.6% 8	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 11
Uncertain	0.3% 4	1.6% 22	0.0% 0	3.1% 7	3	1.2% 33
Missing	6	15	1	0	0	22
TOTAL	100.0% 1148	100.0% 1365	100.0% 122	100.0% 229	197	2864

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	97.1% 601	97.1% 702	97.5% 514	96.7% 385	96.7% 523	236	97.0% 2725
Sometimes wrong	0.6% 4	1.4% 10	1.7% 9	1.8% 7	3.0% 16	7	1.6% 46
Never wrong	0.6% 4	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.2% 1	1	0.4% 10
Uncertain	1.6% 10	1.1% 8	0.8% 4	1.0% 4	0.2% 1	9	1.0% 27
Missing	7	4	3	2	2	0	18
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 723	100.0% 527	100.0% 398	100.0% 541	253	2808

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	96.3% 388	98.0% 1104	97.2% 70	1399	97.5% 1562
Sometimes wrong	2.7% 11	1.2% 14	2.8% 2	27	1.7% 27
Never wrong	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	9	0.1% 2
Uncertain	1.0% 4	0.6% 7	0.0% 0	25	0.7% 11
Missing	0	5	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 403	100.0% 1127	100.0% 72	1460	1602