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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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FAMILY$ (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

Persons currently married: Research indicates that a certain amount of disagreement is apt to be found in all marriages, even in the best of them. Indicate the approximate agreement or disagreement you and your mate have experienced on the items listed. - Handling family finances

	1) Always agree
	2) Almost always agree
	3) Occasionally disagree
	4) Frequently disagree
	5) Almost always disagree
	6) Always disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always agree	330	13.4%	13.4%
Almost always agree	1231	50.1%	63.5%
Occasionally disagree	762	31%	94.5%
Frequently disagree	121	4.9%	99.4%
Almost always disagree	11	.4%	99.8%
Always disagree	4	.2%	100%
Missing	628	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always agree	13.2% 144	14.8% 99	13.1% 58	10.6% 22	16.7% 7	13.4% 330
Almost always agree	49.4% 540	46.5% 312	55.2% 245	54.8% 114	47.6% 20	50.1% 1231
Occasionally disagree	31.2% 341	33.7% 226	27.5% 122	28.8% 60	31.0% 13	31.0% 762
Frequently disagree	5.6% 61	4.6% 31	4.1% 18	3.8% 8	4.8% 2	4.9% 120
Almost always disagree	0.5% 5	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	1.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 11
Always disagree	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
Missing	300	155	117	48	8	628
TOTAL	100.0% 1094	100.0% 671	100.0% 444	100.0% 208	100.0% 42	2459

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	12.5% 150	14.2% 177	2	13.4% 327
Almost always agree	51.1% 614	49.1% 610	7	50.1% 1224
Occasionally disagree	31.5% 379	30.6% 380	3	31.0% 759
Frequently disagree	4.6% 55	5.1% 64	2	4.9% 119
Almost always disagree	0.2% 3	0.6% 8	0	0.4% 11
Always disagree	0.1% 1	0.3% 4	0	0.2% 5
Missing	230	393	0	623
TOTAL	100.0% 1202	100.0% 1243	14	2445

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	14.1% 37	7.8% 47	9.7% 47	13.3% 90	25.4% 106	3	13.4% 327
Almost always agree	50.0% 131	49.6% 297	47.8% 232	52.1% 353	49.9% 208	9	50.0% 1221
Occasionally disagree	29.4% 77	35.9% 215	33.6% 163	30.2% 205	23.0% 96	6	31.0% 756
Frequently disagree	5.3% 14	5.7% 34	8.2% 40	4.1% 28	1.2% 5	0	5.0% 121
Almost always disagree	1.1% 3	0.7% 4	0.4% 2	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 10
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.5% 2	0	0.2% 6
Missing	289	87	36	66	149	0	627
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 599	100.0% 485	100.0% 678	100.0% 417	18	2441

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	42.9% 3	13.4% 323	11.5% 3	0.0% 0	1	13.4% 329
Almost always agree	28.6% 2	50.1% 1211	53.8% 14	33.3% 2	2	50.0% 1229
Occasionally disagree	28.6% 2	31.0% 749	34.6% 9	33.3% 2	0	31.0% 762
Frequently disagree	0.0% 0	5.0% 121	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	4.9% 121
Almost always disagree	0.0% 0	0.5% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 11
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.1% 3	0.0% 0	33.3% 2	0	0.2% 5
Missing	418	46	116	48	0	628
TOTAL	100.0% 7	100.0% 2418	100.0% 26	100.0% 6	3	2457

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	17.9% 93	17.7% 122	10.0% 44	9.3% 23	8.6% 48	0	13.5% 330
Almost always agree	50.5% 262	48.4% 334	51.4% 226	46.3% 114	52.0% 290	5	50.0% 1226
Occasionally disagree	26.0% 135	29.3% 202	32.3% 142	37.4% 92	33.9% 189	2	31.0% 760
Frequently disagree	4.6% 24	4.1% 28	5.2% 23	6.1% 15	5.4% 30	0	4.9% 120
Almost always disagree	0.6% 3	0.6% 4	0.7% 3	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0	0.5% 12
Always disagree	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 5
Missing	190	156	121	65	91	0	623
TOTAL	100.0% 519	100.0% 690	100.0% 440	100.0% 246	100.0% 558	7	2453

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	13.4% 225	13.4% 101	0.0% 0	4	13.4% 326
Almost always agree	50.5% 848	49.4% 372	50.0% 4	8	50.2% 1224
Occasionally disagree	30.5% 511	31.9% 240	50.0% 4	6	31.0% 755
Frequently disagree	4.8% 81	5.0% 38	0.0% 0	2	4.9% 119
Almost always disagree	0.5% 9	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 11
Always disagree	0.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 4
Missing	415	193	5	0	613
TOTAL	100.0% 1678	100.0% 753	100.0% 8	20	2439

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	11.5% 108	13.8% 150	10.4% 11	17.8% 33	28	13.0% 302
Almost always agree	49.1% 461	52.0% 565	41.5% 44	50.8% 94	67	50.3% 1164
Occasionally disagree	33.7% 316	29.6% 321	35.8% 38	25.4% 47	40	31.2% 722
Frequently disagree	5.0% 47	4.4% 48	9.4% 10	4.3% 8	7	4.9% 113
Almost always disagree	0.5% 5	0.2% 2	1.9% 2	1.6% 3	0	0.5% 12
Always disagree	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	2	0.1% 3
Missing	215	294	17	44	0	570
TOTAL	100.0% 939	100.0% 1086	100.0% 106	100.0% 185	144	2316

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	16.9% 72	13.9% 88	11.1% 52	10.6% 36	11.3% 53	30	12.9% 301
Almost always agree	49.4% 211	47.1% 299	52.3% 246	48.5% 165	53.2% 250	60	50.0% 1171
Occasionally disagree	30.4% 130	32.4% 206	29.8% 140	35.9% 122	29.4% 138	26	31.4% 736
Frequently disagree	3.0% 13	5.2% 33	6.6% 31	4.4% 15	6.0% 28	1	5.1% 120
Almost always disagree	0.2% 1	1.1% 7	0.2% 1	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 11
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	2	0.1% 3
Missing	198	93	61	60	73	0	485
TOTAL	100.0% 427	100.0% 635	100.0% 470	100.0% 340	100.0% 470	119	2342

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	11.2% 37	13.5% 125	11.7% 7	161	12.8% 169
Almost always agree	46.2% 152	51.8% 480	48.3% 29	569	50.2% 661
Occasionally disagree	35.0% 115	29.4% 273	35.0% 21	353	31.1% 409
Frequently disagree	6.4% 21	4.6% 43	5.0% 3	54	5.1% 67
Almost always disagree	0.6% 2	0.5% 5	0.0% 0	4	0.5% 7
Always disagree	0.6% 2	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	2	0.2% 3
Missing	73	204	13	0	290
TOTAL	100.0% 329	100.0% 927	100.0% 60	1143	1316