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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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WARSTOCK (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. - Owning stock in companies producing war goods

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always wrong	1353	44.4%	44.4%
Sometimes wrong	994	32.6%	77%
Never wrong	119	3.9%	80.9%
Uncertain	582	19.1%	100%
Missing	40	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always wrong	51.8% 716	45.1% 367	35.9% 198	26.8% 67	12.0% 6	44.4% 1354
Sometimes wrong	29.7% 411	32.8% 267	36.3% 200	37.6% 94	44.0% 22	32.6% 994
Never wrong	2.8% 39	2.3% 19	5.6% 31	9.2% 23	14.0% 7	3.9% 119
Uncertain	15.7% 217	19.8% 161	22.1% 122	26.4% 66	30.0% 15	19.1% 581
Missing	11	14	8	6	1	40
TOTAL	100.0% 1383	100.0% 814	100.0% 551	100.0% 250	100.0% 50	3048

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	36.7% 519	51.2% 826	8	44.4% 1345
Sometimes wrong	42.5% 602	24.0% 387	4	32.6% 989
Never wrong	5.4% 76	2.7% 43	0	3.9% 119
Uncertain	15.5% 219	22.2% 358	5	19.0% 577
Missing	15	23	0	38
TOTAL	100.0% 1416	100.0% 1614	17	3030

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	38.5% 212	43.5% 296	43.3% 225	47.5% 349	48.1% 261	9	44.4% 1343
Sometimes wrong	32.2% 177	36.9% 251	37.7% 196	31.6% 232	24.7% 134	4	32.7% 990
Never wrong	8.0% 44	4.4% 30	3.5% 18	2.7% 20	1.1% 6	1	3.9% 118
Uncertain	21.3% 117	15.3% 104	15.6% 81	18.1% 133	26.2% 142	5	19.1% 577
Missing	2	5	2	10	20	0	39
TOTAL	100.0% 550	100.0% 681	100.0% 520	100.0% 734	100.0% 543	19	3028

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	43.2% 181	44.4% 1083	53.7% 73	27.5% 14	2	44.4% 1351
Sometimes wrong	33.4% 140	33.1% 807	19.1% 26	39.2% 20	1	32.6% 993
Never wrong	6.7% 28	3.6% 88	0.7% 1	3.9% 2	0	3.9% 119
Uncertain	16.7% 70	18.9% 460	26.5% 36	29.4% 15	1	19.1% 581
Missing	4	25	7	3	0	39
TOTAL	100.0% 419	100.0% 2438	100.0% 136	100.0% 51	4	3044

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	52.3% 356	39.8% 334	37.5% 209	43.4% 134	48.4% 313	7	44.3% 1346
Sometimes wrong	22.9% 156	33.3% 280	36.4% 203	35.3% 109	37.9% 245	1	32.7% 993
Never wrong	2.3% 16	4.5% 38	5.9% 33	4.5% 14	2.6% 17	0	3.9% 118
Uncertain	22.5% 153	22.4% 188	20.3% 113	16.8% 52	11.1% 72	4	19.0% 578
Missing	26	5	5	1	2	0	39
TOTAL	100.0% 681	100.0% 840	100.0% 558	100.0% 309	100.0% 647	12	3035

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	40.4% 837	52.7% 490	64.3% 9	17	44.3% 1336
Sometimes wrong	35.6% 739	26.1% 243	35.7% 5	8	32.7% 987
Never wrong	4.7% 98	2.3% 21	0.0% 0	1	3.9% 119
Uncertain	19.3% 400	18.9% 176	0.0% 0	5	19.1% 576
Missing	20	17	0	0	37
TOTAL	100.0% 2074	100.0% 930	100.0% 14	31	3018

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	48.0% 549	43.7% 596	33.9% 41	36.9% 83	84	44.5% 1269
Sometimes wrong	34.9% 399	32.2% 439	35.5% 43	33.3% 75	37	33.5% 956
Never wrong	2.5% 29	4.0% 54	9.9% 12	9.8% 22	1	4.1% 117
Uncertain	14.6% 167	20.2% 275	20.7% 25	20.0% 45	70	17.9% 512
Missing	12	16	0	3	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 1144	100.0% 1364	100.0% 121	100.0% 225	192	2854

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	48.6% 298	45.2% 326	42.7% 225	38.0% 151	41.2% 222	131	43.7% 1222
Sometimes wrong	29.0% 178	33.9% 245	34.0% 179	37.5% 149	36.0% 194	50	33.8% 945
Never wrong	2.1% 13	2.5% 18	4.6% 24	6.3% 25	5.6% 30	9	3.9% 110
Uncertain	20.2% 124	18.4% 133	18.8% 99	18.1% 72	17.3% 93	61	18.6% 521
Missing	14	6	3	3	3	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 613	100.0% 722	100.0% 527	100.0% 397	100.0% 539	251	2798

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	51.8% 207	31.0% 347	32.9% 23	775	36.3% 577
Sometimes wrong	31.8% 127	40.0% 448	47.1% 33	387	38.2% 608
Never wrong	2.5% 10	7.1% 80	1.4% 1	28	5.7% 91
Uncertain	14.0% 56	21.9% 245	18.6% 13	267	19.7% 314
Missing	2	12	1	0	15
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1120	100.0% 70	1457	1590