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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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SWEARING (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. - Profanity (swearing)

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always wrong	2613	85%	85%
Sometimes wrong	412	13.4%	98.4%
Never wrong	16	.5%	98.9%
Uncertain	33	1.1%	100%
Missing	13	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always wrong	83.3% 1154	82.7% 683	89.2% 498	90.9% 230	92.2% 47	85.0% 2612
Sometimes wrong	15.1% 209	15.0% 124	9.7% 54	8.3% 21	7.8% 4	13.4% 412
Never wrong	0.6% 8	0.6% 5	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 16
Uncertain	1.0% 14	1.7% 14	0.5% 3	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	1.1% 33
Missing	9	1	2	1	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 1385	100.0% 826	100.0% 558	100.0% 253	100.0% 51	3073

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	80.9% 1156	88.6% 1440	17	85.0% 2596
Sometimes wrong	17.4% 248	10.0% 163	1	13.5% 411
Never wrong	0.5% 7	0.6% 9	0	0.5% 16
Uncertain	1.3% 18	0.9% 14	2	1.0% 32
Missing	2	11	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 1429	100.0% 1626	20	3055

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	72.8% 401	78.6% 536	83.7% 435	92.7% 688	95.7% 534	19	85.0% 2594
Sometimes wrong	24.5% 135	19.8% 135	14.6% 76	6.3% 47	3.0% 17	1	13.4% 410
Never wrong	0.9% 5	0.3% 2	0.4% 2	0.3% 2	0.9% 5	0	0.5% 16
Uncertain	1.8% 10	1.3% 9	1.3% 7	0.7% 5	0.4% 2	0	1.1% 33
Missing	1	4	2	1	7	0	15
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 682	100.0% 520	100.0% 742	100.0% 558	20	3053

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	71.0% 299	87.1% 2138	95.0% 134	70.4% 38	4	85.0% 2609
Sometimes wrong	26.1% 110	11.5% 283	2.8% 4	27.8% 15	0	13.4% 412
Never wrong	0.0% 0	0.5% 13	2.1% 3	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 16
Uncertain	2.9% 12	0.9% 21	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	0	1.1% 34
Missing	3	9	2	0	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2455	100.0% 141	100.0% 54	4	3071

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	93.7% 656	87.9% 743	83.2% 466	80.6% 250	75.2% 486	12	85.0% 2601
Sometimes wrong	4.4% 31	10.9% 92	15.5% 87	17.1% 53	22.9% 148	1	13.4% 411
Never wrong	0.6% 4	0.2% 2	0.7% 4	0.6% 2	0.8% 5	0	0.6% 17
Uncertain	1.3% 9	0.9% 8	0.5% 3	1.6% 5	1.1% 7	0	1.0% 32
Missing	8	0	2	0	3	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 700	100.0% 845	100.0% 560	100.0% 310	100.0% 646	13	3061

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	84.2% 1754	87.3% 823	71.4% 10	27	85.1% 2587
Sometimes wrong	14.3% 297	11.5% 108	21.4% 3	4	13.4% 408
Never wrong	0.5% 11	0.4% 4	7.1% 1	0	0.5% 16
Uncertain	1.1% 22	0.8% 8	0.0% 0	4	1.0% 30
Missing	11	3	0	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 2084	100.0% 943	100.0% 14	35	3041

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	85.4% 980	85.2% 1175	84.3% 102	78.0% 177	179	84.7% 2434
Sometimes wrong	13.7% 157	13.3% 183	12.4% 15	18.9% 43	14	13.8% 398
Never wrong	0.5% 6	0.7% 9	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0	0.6% 16
Uncertain	0.4% 5	0.9% 12	3.3% 4	2.6% 6	6	0.9% 27
Missing	6	2	2	2	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 1148	100.0% 1379	100.0% 121	100.0% 227	199	2875

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	91.3% 568	87.2% 632	80.8% 426	79.8% 320	81.7% 442	225	84.8% 2388
Sometimes wrong	7.4% 46	10.6% 77	17.6% 93	19.2% 77	17.4% 94	24	13.7% 387
Never wrong	0.3% 2	0.8% 6	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	4	0.4% 11
Uncertain	1.0% 6	1.4% 10	1.3% 7	1.0% 4	0.6% 3	4	1.1% 30
Missing	5	2	2	0	2	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 622	100.0% 725	100.0% 527	100.0% 401	100.0% 541	257	2816

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	67.6% 273	89.3% 1007	73.6% 53	1281	83.1% 1333
Sometimes wrong	29.2% 118	9.8% 110	23.6% 17	166	15.3% 245
Never wrong	1.0% 4	0.4% 5	0.0% 0	7	0.6% 9
Uncertain	2.2% 9	0.5% 6	2.8% 2	17	1.1% 17
Missing	0	3	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 404	100.0% 1128	100.0% 72	1471	1604