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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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GAMBLING (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. - Gambling (betting, gambling machines, etc.)

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always wrong	1878	61.3%	61.3%
Sometimes wrong	893	29.2%	90.5%
Never wrong	69	2.3%	92.8%
Uncertain	223	7.3%	100.1%
Missing	24	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always wrong	65.0% 900	54.9% 451	56.2% 312	71.5% 181	67.3% 35	61.3% 1879
Sometimes wrong	26.1% 361	33.3% 274	33.7% 187	22.9% 58	25.0% 13	29.1% 893
Never wrong	2.2% 30	3.2% 26	2.0% 11	0.8% 2	1.9% 1	2.3% 70
Uncertain	6.7% 93	8.6% 71	8.1% 45	4.7% 12	5.8% 3	7.3% 224
Missing	11	6	5	2	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 1384	100.0% 822	100.0% 555	100.0% 253	100.0% 52	3066

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	58.7% 836	63.4% 1027	15	61.2% 1863
Sometimes wrong	32.3% 460	26.6% 430	4	29.2% 890
Never wrong	2.6% 37	1.9% 31	0	2.2% 68
Uncertain	6.4% 91	8.1% 131	1	7.3% 222
Missing	7	18	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 1424	100.0% 1619	20	3043

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	44.6% 246	54.5% 372	57.2% 298	68.8% 508	80.6% 444	11	61.4% 1868
Sometimes wrong	44.1% 243	33.4% 228	36.5% 190	22.5% 166	10.7% 59	7	29.1% 886
Never wrong	4.4% 24	3.8% 26	1.5% 8	0.7% 5	0.9% 5	0	2.2% 68
Uncertain	6.9% 38	8.3% 57	4.8% 25	8.0% 59	7.8% 43	2	7.3% 222
Missing	1	3	0	7	14	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 683	100.0% 521	100.0% 738	100.0% 551	20	3044

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	48.2% 203	62.8% 1538	79.9% 107	50.0% 27	3	61.3% 1875
Sometimes wrong	40.6% 171	28.3% 694	9.0% 12	27.8% 15	0	29.2% 892
Never wrong	4.5% 19	2.0% 48	0.0% 0	3.7% 2	0	2.3% 69
Uncertain	6.7% 28	6.9% 169	11.2% 15	18.5% 10	1	7.3% 222
Missing	2	15	8	0	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2449	100.0% 134	100.0% 54	4	3058

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	73.9% 508	61.3% 517	54.5% 306	53.9% 167	57.6% 372	8	61.4% 1870
Sometimes wrong	17.0% 117	27.6% 233	34.6% 194	37.1% 115	36.1% 233	1	29.3% 892
Never wrong	1.2% 8	2.5% 21	3.4% 19	2.3% 7	1.9% 12	0	2.2% 67
Uncertain	7.9% 54	8.5% 72	7.5% 42	6.8% 21	4.5% 29	3	7.2% 218
Missing	19	2	1	0	2	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 687	100.0% 843	100.0% 561	100.0% 310	100.0% 646	12	3047

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	62.6% 1302	58.5% 546	57.1% 8	22	61.3% 1856
Sometimes wrong	28.1% 585	31.7% 296	35.7% 5	7	29.3% 886
Never wrong	2.4% 50	1.8% 17	7.1% 1	0	2.2% 68
Uncertain	6.9% 144	8.0% 75	0.0% 0	3	7.2% 219
Missing	12	11	0	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 2081	100.0% 934	100.0% 14	32	3029

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	65.6% 754	57.4% 786	62.3% 76	56.3% 129	134	60.8% 1745
Sometimes wrong	26.1% 300	32.4% 443	27.9% 34	32.8% 75	42	29.7% 852
Never wrong	2.2% 25	2.6% 36	1.6% 2	1.7% 4	2	2.3% 67
Uncertain	6.1% 70	7.6% 104	8.2% 10	9.2% 21	18	7.1% 205
Missing	7	12	0	0	0	19
TOTAL	100.0% 1149	100.0% 1369	100.0% 122	100.0% 229	196	2869

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	75.4% 465	62.1% 451	58.6% 309	53.1% 212	48.4% 261	180	60.5% 1698
Sometimes wrong	17.3% 107	27.0% 196	31.5% 166	38.8% 155	40.8% 220	50	30.1% 844
Never wrong	1.5% 9	2.1% 15	4.0% 21	0.8% 3	3.2% 17	4	2.3% 65
Uncertain	5.8% 36	8.8% 64	5.9% 31	7.3% 29	7.6% 41	22	7.2% 201
Missing	10	2	3	1	3	0	19
TOTAL	100.0% 617	100.0% 726	100.0% 527	100.0% 399	100.0% 539	256	2808

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	54.0% 217	62.8% 707	64.8% 46	908	60.7% 970
Sometimes wrong	34.3% 138	27.8% 313	31.0% 22	420	29.6% 473
Never wrong	2.7% 11	2.9% 33	0.0% 0	25	2.8% 44
Uncertain	9.0% 36	6.5% 73	4.2% 3	111	7.0% 112
Missing	2	5	0	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 1126	100.0% 71	1464	1599