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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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COHABIT (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. - Living together intimately prior to marriage

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always wrong	2582	84.5%	84.5%
Sometimes wrong	389	12.7%	97.2%
Never wrong	22	.7%	97.9%
Uncertain	63	2.1%	100%
Missing	32	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always wrong	83.2% 1152	79.0% 644	92.3% 512	90.4% 227	92.2% 47	84.5% 2582
Sometimes wrong	14.1% 195	16.6% 135	6.3% 35	8.8% 22	5.9% 3	12.8% 390
Never wrong	0.6% 8	1.2% 10	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 21
Uncertain	2.2% 30	3.2% 26	0.9% 5	0.8% 2	2.0% 1	2.1% 64
Missing	9	13	5	3	1	31
TOTAL	100.0% 1385	100.0% 815	100.0% 555	100.0% 251	100.0% 51	3057

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	82.7% 1176	86.0% 1390	16	84.4% 2566
Sometimes wrong	14.3% 204	11.4% 184	1	12.8% 388
Never wrong	0.8% 12	0.6% 10	0	0.7% 22
Uncertain	2.1% 30	2.0% 33	0	2.1% 63
Missing	10	20	0	30
TOTAL	100.0% 1422	100.0% 1617	17	3039

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	76.4% 421	80.0% 547	83.5% 435	90.9% 672	89.9% 488	19	84.4% 2563
Sometimes wrong	19.1% 105	16.4% 112	14.4% 75	7.8% 58	7.4% 40	0	12.8% 390
Never wrong	1.8% 10	1.5% 10	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0	0.7% 22
Uncertain	2.7% 15	2.2% 15	2.1% 11	1.1% 8	2.6% 14	0	2.1% 63
Missing	2	2	0	5	22	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 684	100.0% 521	100.0% 739	100.0% 543	19	3038

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	75.8% 320	86.1% 2101	90.4% 123	63.0% 34	4	84.4% 2578
Sometimes wrong	18.5% 78	11.7% 286	6.6% 9	29.6% 16	0	12.7% 389
Never wrong	2.1% 9	0.5% 13	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.7% 22
Uncertain	3.6% 15	1.7% 41	2.9% 4	7.4% 4	0	2.1% 64
Missing	3	23	6	0	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 422	100.0% 2441	100.0% 136	100.0% 54	4	3053

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	90.2% 619	85.9% 722	83.4% 467	81.9% 253	78.5% 508	13	84.4% 2569
Sometimes wrong	7.6% 52	10.1% 85	14.3% 80	14.9% 46	19.5% 126	0	12.8% 389
Never wrong	0.3% 2	1.0% 8	0.7% 4	1.3% 4	0.6% 4	0	0.7% 22
Uncertain	1.9% 13	3.1% 26	1.6% 9	1.9% 6	1.4% 9	0	2.1% 63
Missing	21	4	2	1	2	0	30
TOTAL	100.0% 686	100.0% 841	100.0% 560	100.0% 309	100.0% 647	13	3043

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	84.4% 1754	85.0% 793	64.3% 9	26	84.5% 2556
Sometimes wrong	13.0% 271	12.2% 114	7.1% 1	3	12.8% 386
Never wrong	0.6% 12	1.0% 9	7.1% 1	0	0.7% 22
Uncertain	1.9% 40	1.8% 17	21.4% 3	3	2.0% 60
Missing	16	13	0	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 2077	100.0% 933	100.0% 14	32	3024

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	86.2% 989	84.5% 1154	82.8% 101	79.3% 180	157	84.7% 2424
Sometimes wrong	11.7% 134	12.7% 174	13.9% 17	16.3% 37	27	12.7% 362
Never wrong	0.7% 8	0.7% 9	0.8% 1	0.4% 1	3	0.7% 19
Uncertain	1.4% 16	2.1% 28	2.5% 3	4.0% 9	7	2.0% 56
Missing	7	15	0	2	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 1147	100.0% 1365	100.0% 122	100.0% 227	194	2861

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	87.0% 534	86.7% 625	81.6% 429	84.6% 336	82.5% 448	210	84.7% 2372
Sometimes wrong	10.1% 62	10.3% 74	15.0% 79	14.4% 57	15.1% 82	35	12.6% 354
Never wrong	0.3% 2	0.8% 6	0.8% 4	0.5% 2	0.9% 5	2	0.7% 19
Uncertain	2.6% 16	2.2% 16	2.7% 14	0.5% 2	1.5% 8	8	2.0% 56
Missing	12	7	4	2	1	0	26
TOTAL	100.0% 614	100.0% 721	100.0% 526	100.0% 397	100.0% 543	255	2801

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	71.0% 286	89.5% 1005	79.2% 57	1235	84.4% 1348
Sometimes wrong	23.3% 94	8.8% 99	19.4% 14	183	13.0% 207
Never wrong	1.7% 7	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	12	0.6% 10
Uncertain	4.0% 16	1.4% 16	1.4% 1	29	2.1% 33
Missing	0	8	0	0	8
TOTAL	100.0% 403	100.0% 1123	100.0% 72	1459	1598