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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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MASTRBTN (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. - Masturbation

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always wrong	1019	33.7%	33.7%
Sometimes wrong	1250	41.3%	75%
Never wrong	240	7.9%	82.9%
Uncertain	517	17.1%	100%
Missing	61	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always wrong	35.6% 485	29.2% 238	34.1% 186	36.0% 90	39.2% 20	33.7% 1019
Sometimes wrong	39.8% 543	42.8% 349	42.9% 234	40.8% 102	41.2% 21	41.3% 1249
Never wrong	8.7% 118	9.0% 73	5.9% 32	6.0% 15	3.9% 2	7.9% 240
Uncertain	16.0% 218	19.0% 155	17.1% 93	17.2% 43	15.7% 8	17.1% 517
Missing	30	12	15	4	1	62
TOTAL	100.0% 1364	100.0% 815	100.0% 545	100.0% 250	100.0% 51	3025

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	30.4% 427	36.2% 582	9	33.5% 1009
Sometimes wrong	48.7% 685	35.1% 564	1	41.5% 1249
Never wrong	7.5% 105	8.4% 135	0	8.0% 240
Uncertain	13.4% 189	20.2% 325	3	17.1% 514
Missing	25	30	0	55
TOTAL	100.0% 1406	100.0% 1606	13	3012

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	36.5% 200	23.1% 158	23.5% 122	34.6% 250	52.1% 277	12	33.5% 1007
Sometimes wrong	38.9% 213	52.9% 362	50.7% 263	38.7% 280	24.2% 129	3	41.5% 1247
Never wrong	8.0% 44	11.8% 81	10.8% 56	6.5% 47	2.3% 12	0	8.0% 240
Uncertain	16.6% 91	12.1% 83	15.0% 78	20.2% 146	21.4% 114	4	17.0% 512
Missing	4	2	2	21	32	0	61
TOTAL	100.0% 548	100.0% 684	100.0% 519	100.0% 723	100.0% 532	19	3006

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	39.0% 163	31.9% 771	55.4% 72	20.8% 11	2	33.7% 1017
Sometimes wrong	34.7% 145	44.2% 1070	12.3% 16	34.0% 18	0	41.3% 1249
Never wrong	8.9% 37	7.9% 191	0.8% 1	18.9% 10	0	7.9% 239
Uncertain	17.5% 73	16.0% 388	31.5% 41	26.4% 14	1	17.1% 516
Missing	5	43	12	0	0	60
TOTAL	100.0% 418	100.0% 2420	100.0% 130	100.0% 53	3	3021

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	51.2% 342	41.3% 345	29.9% 166	19.6% 61	15.7% 101	4	33.7% 1015
Sometimes wrong	25.1% 168	32.7% 273	42.2% 234	56.3% 175	61.4% 396	4	41.3% 1246
Never wrong	1.8% 12	7.5% 63	9.4% 52	9.6% 30	12.7% 82	0	7.9% 239
Uncertain	21.9% 146	18.4% 154	18.6% 103	14.5% 45	10.2% 66	3	17.1% 514
Missing	39	10	7	0	3	0	59
TOTAL	100.0% 668	100.0% 835	100.0% 555	100.0% 311	100.0% 645	11	3014

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	35.0% 720	30.3% 281	21.4% 3	15	33.5% 1004
Sometimes wrong	40.4% 831	43.7% 405	35.7% 5	9	41.4% 1241
Never wrong	8.4% 172	7.0% 65	21.4% 3	0	8.0% 240
Uncertain	16.2% 333	18.9% 175	21.4% 3	6	17.1% 511
Missing	38	20	0	0	58
TOTAL	100.0% 2056	100.0% 926	100.0% 14	30	2996

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	30.8% 350	33.9% 460	27.3% 33	36.7% 83	94	32.6% 926
Sometimes wrong	44.0% 499	41.0% 556	46.3% 56	41.6% 94	45	42.4% 1205
Never wrong	9.2% 104	6.9% 93	12.4% 15	6.6% 15	12	8.0% 227
Uncertain	16.0% 182	18.3% 248	14.0% 17	15.0% 34	36	16.9% 481
Missing	21	23	1	2	0	47
TOTAL	100.0% 1135	100.0% 1357	100.0% 121	100.0% 226	187	2839

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	48.0% 293	32.4% 231	25.4% 133	25.9% 103	24.6% 132	126	32.1% 892
Sometimes wrong	30.2% 184	43.0% 307	50.2% 263	47.7% 190	47.9% 257	49	43.2% 1201
Never wrong	4.3% 26	7.4% 53	9.5% 50	9.5% 38	12.5% 67	6	8.4% 234
Uncertain	17.5% 107	17.2% 123	14.9% 78	16.8% 67	14.9% 80	63	16.4% 455
Missing	17	13	6	2	6	0	44
TOTAL	100.0% 610	100.0% 714	100.0% 524	100.0% 398	100.0% 536	244	2782

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	18.8% 75	37.8% 421	21.4% 15	508	32.2% 511
Sometimes wrong	53.8% 215	38.7% 431	54.3% 38	565	43.2% 684
Never wrong	16.8% 67	6.6% 74	14.3% 10	89	9.5% 151
Uncertain	10.8% 43	17.0% 189	10.0% 7	278	15.1% 239
Missing	2	16	2	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1115	100.0% 70	1440	1585