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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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DANCING (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. - Social dancing

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always wrong	654	21.4%	21.4%
Sometimes wrong	1574	51.4%	72.8%
Never wrong	526	17.2%	90%
Uncertain	307	10%	100%
Missing	26	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always wrong	23.5% 325	13.8% 113	25.3% 141	26.1% 66	17.6% 9	21.4% 654
Sometimes wrong	49.5% 685	50.5% 413	56.7% 316	52.2% 132	54.9% 28	51.4% 1574
Never wrong	15.5% 214	26.5% 217	9.5% 53	13.4% 34	17.6% 9	17.2% 527
Uncertain	11.5% 159	9.2% 75	8.4% 47	8.3% 21	9.8% 5	10.0% 307
Missing	13	9	2	2	0	26
TOTAL	100.0% 1383	100.0% 818	100.0% 557	100.0% 253	100.0% 51	3062

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	20.0% 285	22.1% 357	12	21.1% 642
Sometimes wrong	55.1% 785	48.5% 785	4	51.6% 1570
Never wrong	17.1% 243	17.4% 282	1	17.3% 525
Uncertain	7.8% 111	11.9% 193	2	10.0% 304
Missing	8	19	0	27
TOTAL	100.0% 1424	100.0% 1617	19	3041

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	9.8% 54	11.1% 76	12.1% 63	28.4% 209	44.9% 248	3	21.4% 650
Sometimes wrong	52.3% 288	60.6% 413	61.7% 321	49.8% 366	31.3% 173	13	51.3% 1561
Never wrong	31.4% 173	21.6% 147	16.3% 85	9.9% 73	8.2% 45	2	17.2% 523
Uncertain	6.5% 36	6.7% 46	9.8% 51	11.8% 87	15.6% 86	1	10.1% 306
Missing	1	3	2	9	12	0	27
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 682	100.0% 520	100.0% 735	100.0% 552	19	3040

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	14.3% 60	21.6% 529	44.1% 60	5.6% 3	2	21.3% 652
Sometimes wrong	48.5% 204	53.1% 1298	34.6% 47	46.3% 25	1	51.5% 1574
Never wrong	30.2% 127	15.2% 371	6.6% 9	33.3% 18	0	17.2% 525
Uncertain	7.1% 30	10.1% 248	14.7% 20	14.8% 8	1	10.0% 306
Missing	3	17	7	0	0	27
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2446	100.0% 136	100.0% 54	4	3057

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	43.0% 296	21.9% 185	14.8% 83	8.0% 25	9.6% 62	3	21.4% 651
Sometimes wrong	32.7% 225	47.1% 397	58.8% 329	65.9% 205	64.4% 416	3	51.6% 1572
Never wrong	10.4% 72	17.2% 145	18.6% 104	21.5% 67	20.7% 134	4	17.1% 522
Uncertain	13.9% 96	13.8% 116	7.9% 44	4.5% 14	5.3% 34	3	10.0% 304
Missing	19	2	2	0	3	0	26
TOTAL	100.0% 689	100.0% 843	100.0% 560	100.0% 311	100.0% 646	13	3049

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	22.5% 468	18.7% 175	7.1% 1	10	21.2% 644
Sometimes wrong	51.4% 1070	51.4% 482	57.1% 8	14	51.5% 1560
Never wrong	16.0% 332	20.0% 187	28.6% 4	3	17.3% 523
Uncertain	10.1% 210	9.9% 93	7.1% 1	3	10.0% 304
Missing	14	10	0	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 2080	100.0% 937	100.0% 14	30	3031

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	21.7% 249	21.9% 300	10.7% 13	10.6% 24	67	20.4% 586
Sometimes wrong	55.1% 631	49.1% 674	54.1% 66	58.6% 133	70	52.5% 1504
Never wrong	14.0% 160	18.7% 257	26.2% 32	21.6% 49	28	17.4% 498
Uncertain	9.2% 106	10.3% 141	9.0% 11	9.3% 21	29	9.7% 279
Missing	9	9	0	1	0	19
TOTAL	100.0% 1146	100.0% 1372	100.0% 122	100.0% 227	194	2867

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	35.9% 222	19.4% 141	15.6% 82	10.8% 43	12.6% 68	99	19.8% 556
Sometimes wrong	37.9% 234	57.9% 420	57.7% 303	56.5% 226	57.7% 311	80	53.2% 1494
Never wrong	12.3% 76	12.5% 91	18.5% 97	22.5% 90	23.2% 125	47	17.1% 479
Uncertain	13.9% 86	10.2% 74	8.2% 43	10.3% 41	6.5% 35	28	9.9% 279
Missing	9	2	5	0	4	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 618	100.0% 726	100.0% 525	100.0% 400	100.0% 539	254	2808

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	8.3% 33	24.1% 271	8.5% 6	344	19.4% 310
Sometimes wrong	55.1% 220	53.7% 605	57.7% 41	708	54.3% 866
Never wrong	28.8% 115	12.4% 140	29.6% 21	249	17.3% 276
Uncertain	7.8% 31	9.8% 110	4.2% 3	163	9.0% 144
Missing	3	6	0	0	9
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1126	100.0% 71	1464	1596