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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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HOMSXACT (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. - Homosexual acts

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always wrong	2819	92.2%	92.2%
Sometimes wrong	152	5%	97.2%
Never wrong	12	.4%	97.6%
Uncertain	73	2.4%	100%
Missing	31	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always wrong	90.1% 1242	89.8% 738	97.5% 539	98.8% 250	100.0% 50	92.2% 2819
Sometimes wrong	6.8% 94	6.2% 51	1.1% 6	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	5.0% 152
Never wrong	0.4% 5	0.7% 6	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 13
Uncertain	2.8% 38	3.3% 27	1.1% 6	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	2.4% 73
Missing	16	6	7	2	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 1379	100.0% 822	100.0% 553	100.0% 253	100.0% 50	3057

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	91.7% 1298	92.7% 1504	18	92.2% 2802
Sometimes wrong	5.6% 79	4.5% 73	0	5.0% 152
Never wrong	0.4% 6	0.4% 6	0	0.4% 12
Uncertain	2.3% 32	2.5% 40	0	2.4% 72
Missing	16	13	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 1415	100.0% 1623	18	3038

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	88.4% 487	91.5% 625	92.9% 483	92.8% 680	95.6% 524	19	92.2% 2799
Sometimes wrong	7.6% 42	6.0% 41	4.4% 23	4.9% 36	1.8% 10	0	5.0% 152
Never wrong	0.7% 4	0.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.4% 2	0	0.4% 12
Uncertain	3.3% 18	1.8% 12	2.7% 14	2.2% 16	2.2% 12	1	2.4% 72
Missing	1	2	2	11	16	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 683	100.0% 520	100.0% 733	100.0% 548	20	3035

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	87.6% 369	92.8% 2262	97.9% 137	88.9% 48	4	92.2% 2816
Sometimes wrong	7.8% 33	4.7% 114	0.7% 1	7.4% 4	0	5.0% 152
Never wrong	0.2% 1	0.4% 10	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 12
Uncertain	4.3% 18	2.1% 52	0.7% 1	3.7% 2	0	2.4% 73
Missing	3	26	2	0	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2438	100.0% 140	100.0% 54	4	3053

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	96.7% 665	95.6% 805	91.2% 507	90.3% 280	84.9% 550	13	92.2% 2807
Sometimes wrong	1.3% 9	2.6% 22	5.6% 31	6.1% 19	11.0% 71	0	5.0% 152
Never wrong	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 6	0.3% 1	0.6% 4	0	0.4% 12
Uncertain	1.9% 13	1.8% 15	2.2% 12	3.2% 10	3.5% 23	0	2.4% 73
Missing	19	4	7	0	2	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 688	100.0% 842	100.0% 556	100.0% 310	100.0% 648	13	3044

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	91.4% 1894	94.1% 880	92.9% 13	32	92.2% 2787
Sometimes wrong	5.7% 118	3.4% 32	0.0% 0	2	5.0% 150
Never wrong	0.4% 8	0.4% 4	7.1% 1	0	0.4% 13
Uncertain	2.6% 53	2.0% 19	0.0% 0	0	2.4% 72
Missing	20	11	0	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 2073	100.0% 935	100.0% 14	34	3022

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	91.1% 1039	93.4% 1279	97.5% 119	88.6% 202	181	92.2% 2639
Sometimes wrong	6.6% 75	3.8% 52	0.0% 0	7.9% 18	7	5.1% 145
Never wrong	0.3% 3	0.4% 5	2.5% 3	0.4% 1	0	0.4% 12
Uncertain	2.1% 24	2.5% 34	0.0% 0	3.1% 7	8	2.3% 65
Missing	14	10	0	2	0	26
TOTAL	100.0% 1141	100.0% 1370	100.0% 122	100.0% 228	196	2861

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	95.0% 591	94.0% 677	90.1% 473	91.2% 363	89.6% 482	233	92.3% 2586
Sometimes wrong	2.7% 17	3.8% 27	7.0% 37	6.3% 25	6.7% 36	11	5.1% 142
Never wrong	0.3% 2	0.6% 4	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 4	0	0.4% 12
Uncertain	1.9% 12	1.7% 12	2.5% 13	2.5% 10	3.0% 16	10	2.2% 63
Missing	5	8	5	2	4	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 622	100.0% 720	100.0% 525	100.0% 398	100.0% 538	254	2803

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	76.8% 308	96.0% 1079	91.4% 64	1368	91.0% 1451
Sometimes wrong	16.2% 65	2.1% 24	8.6% 6	57	6.0% 95
Never wrong	1.2% 5	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	5	0.5% 8
Uncertain	5.7% 23	1.6% 18	0.0% 0	31	2.6% 41
Missing	1	7	2	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1124	100.0% 70	1461	1595