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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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LOTTERY (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. - Buying state (government) lottery tickets

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always wrong	1370	44.8%	44.8%
Sometimes wrong	948	31%	75.8%
Never wrong	223	7.3%	83.1%
Uncertain	516	16.9%	100%
Missing	29	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always wrong	51.4% 711	35.3% 288	36.4% 202	56.1% 142	52.9% 27	44.8% 1370
Sometimes wrong	29.1% 403	32.3% 263	37.1% 206	24.1% 61	27.5% 14	31.0% 947
Never wrong	5.8% 80	11.4% 93	5.6% 31	6.3% 16	7.8% 4	7.3% 224
Uncertain	13.7% 190	21.0% 171	20.9% 116	13.4% 34	11.8% 6	16.9% 517
Missing	9	13	5	2	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 1384	100.0% 815	100.0% 555	100.0% 253	100.0% 51	3058

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	44.1% 629	45.4% 732	9	44.8% 1361
Sometimes wrong	34.7% 494	27.8% 448	6	31.0% 942
Never wrong	7.5% 107	7.1% 115	1	7.3% 222
Uncertain	13.7% 195	19.7% 318	3	16.9% 513
Missing	6	23	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 1425	100.0% 1613	19	3038

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	29.9% 164	39.6% 271	40.2% 209	49.0% 360	65.0% 358	8	44.8% 1362
Sometimes wrong	41.9% 230	35.5% 243	38.7% 201	27.2% 200	12.7% 70	4	31.1% 944
Never wrong	14.8% 81	9.6% 66	6.3% 33	3.4% 25	3.1% 17	1	7.3% 222
Uncertain	13.5% 74	15.2% 104	14.8% 77	20.3% 149	19.2% 106	6	16.8% 510
Missing	3	3	1	9	14	0	30
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 684	100.0% 520	100.0% 734	100.0% 551	19	3038

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	32.1% 135	46.6% 1138	58.8% 80	24.5% 13	3	44.7% 1366
Sometimes wrong	40.9% 172	30.3% 740	14.0% 19	34.0% 18	0	31.1% 949
Never wrong	12.6% 53	6.6% 161	0.7% 1	15.1% 8	0	7.3% 223
Uncertain	14.5% 61	16.6% 405	26.5% 36	26.4% 14	1	16.9% 516
Missing	4	20	6	0	0	30
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2444	100.0% 136	100.0% 53	4	3054

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	54.1% 372	42.7% 359	38.1% 214	43.1% 134	44.1% 285	6	44.8% 1364
Sometimes wrong	19.7% 135	31.4% 264	34.4% 193	37.0% 115	36.7% 237	4	31.0% 944
Never wrong	5.7% 39	7.8% 66	9.3% 52	6.8% 21	7.0% 45	0	7.3% 223
Uncertain	20.5% 141	18.1% 152	18.2% 102	13.2% 41	12.2% 79	2	16.9% 515
Missing	21	4	2	0	2	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 687	100.0% 841	100.0% 561	100.0% 311	100.0% 646	12	3046

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	49.4% 1028	34.1% 317	50.0% 7	18	44.7% 1352
Sometimes wrong	29.4% 612	35.1% 326	28.6% 4	6	31.1% 942
Never wrong	6.2% 130	9.8% 91	7.1% 1	1	7.3% 222
Uncertain	15.0% 312	21.1% 196	14.3% 2	7	16.9% 510
Missing	12	16	0	0	28
TOTAL	100.0% 2082	100.0% 930	100.0% 14	32	3026

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	52.8% 607	38.3% 522	39.3% 48	41.7% 95	98	44.5% 1272
Sometimes wrong	26.7% 307	34.0% 463	38.5% 47	35.5% 81	50	31.4% 898
Never wrong	6.4% 73	8.7% 119	7.4% 9	6.6% 15	8	7.5% 216
Uncertain	14.1% 162	18.9% 258	14.8% 18	16.2% 37	41	16.6% 475
Missing	6	18	0	1	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 1149	100.0% 1362	100.0% 122	100.0% 228	197	2861

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	56.6% 349	47.0% 339	43.6% 230	35.5% 142	34.9% 188	122	44.5% 1248
Sometimes wrong	21.4% 132	31.6% 228	30.9% 163	37.3% 149	39.9% 215	61	31.6% 887
Never wrong	5.2% 32	5.4% 39	8.9% 47	10.5% 42	8.9% 48	15	7.4% 208
Uncertain	16.9% 104	16.1% 116	16.5% 87	16.8% 67	16.3% 88	55	16.5% 462
Missing	9	6	2	0	4	0	21
TOTAL	100.0% 617	100.0% 722	100.0% 527	100.0% 400	100.0% 539	253	2805

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	41.9% 168	50.5% 569	40.8% 29	603	47.9% 766
Sometimes wrong	36.9% 148	28.0% 316	43.7% 31	454	31.0% 495
Never wrong	6.7% 27	6.5% 73	2.8% 2	121	6.4% 102
Uncertain	14.5% 58	15.0% 169	12.7% 9	279	14.8% 236
Missing	2	4	0	0	6
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1127	100.0% 71	1457	1599