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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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RECREATN (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. - Matters of recreation

	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	285	11.8%	11.8%
Almost always agree	1216	50.3%	62.1%
Occasionally disagree	773	32%	94.1%
Frequently disagree	127	5.3%	99.4%
Almost always disagree	16	.7%	100.1%
Always disagree	2	.1%	100.2%
Missing	667	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always agree	11.4% 122	12.7% 84	11.4% 50	12.3% 25	11.6% 5	11.8% 286
Almost always agree	49.4% 531	48.0% 319	52.4% 229	55.9% 114	55.8% 24	50.2% 1217
Occasionally disagree	32.9% 353	32.8% 218	31.6% 138	26.5% 54	23.3% 10	31.9% 773
Frequently disagree	5.3% 57	6.2% 41	4.1% 18	4.9% 10	7.0% 3	5.3% 129
Almost always disagree	0.8% 9	0.3% 2	0.5% 2	0.5% 1	2.3% 1	0.6% 15
Always disagree	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Missing	320	164	123	51	9	667
TOTAL	100.0% 1074	100.0% 664	100.0% 437	100.0% 204	100.0% 43	2422

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	10.9% 130	12.6% 154	1	11.8% 284
Almost always agree	51.5% 612	48.9% 596	8	50.2% 1208
Occasionally disagree	32.7% 388	31.3% 382	4	32.0% 770
Frequently disagree	4.7% 56	5.8% 71	0	5.3% 127
Almost always disagree	0.2% 2	1.1% 14	0	0.7% 16
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0	0.1% 2
Missing	243	418	0	661
TOTAL	100.0% 1188	100.0% 1219	13	2407

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	12.2% 32	8.9% 53	7.1% 34	12.5% 84	20.8% 82	0	11.8% 285
Almost always agree	50.6% 133	51.0% 304	52.9% 255	49.6% 333	47.0% 185	7	50.3% 1210
Occasionally disagree	30.4% 80	32.2% 192	33.6% 162	33.9% 228	26.9% 106	6	31.9% 768
Frequently disagree	6.1% 16	6.7% 40	5.6% 27	3.6% 24	4.8% 19	2	5.2% 126
Almost always disagree	0.8% 2	1.2% 7	0.8% 4	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0	0.7% 16
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0	0.1% 2
Missing	290	90	39	71	172	0	662
TOTAL	100.0% 263	100.0% 596	100.0% 482	100.0% 672	100.0% 394	15	2407

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	28.6% 2	11.7% 278	21.7% 5	0.0% 0	1	11.8% 285
Almost always agree	28.6% 2	50.5% 1204	39.1% 9	0.0% 0	2	50.2% 1215
Occasionally disagree	42.9% 3	31.9% 761	30.4% 7	40.0% 2	0	32.0% 773
Frequently disagree	0.0% 0	5.1% 122	8.7% 2	60.0% 3	0	5.3% 127
Almost always disagree	0.0% 0	0.7% 16	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.7% 16
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
Missing	418	81	119	48	0	666
TOTAL	100.0% 7	100.0% 2383	100.0% 23	100.0% 5	3	2418

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	15.7% 77	15.0% 102	10.7% 47	6.5% 16	7.9% 44	0	11.9% 286
Almost always agree	46.4% 228	50.7% 344	50.6% 222	50.4% 124	52.5% 293	4	50.2% 1211
Occasionally disagree	28.5% 140	29.5% 200	33.0% 145	36.6% 90	35.3% 197	2	32.0% 772
Frequently disagree	8.1% 40	4.4% 30	4.8% 21	5.7% 14	3.9% 22	1	5.3% 127
Almost always disagree	0.8% 4	0.4% 3	0.9% 4	0.8% 2	0.4% 2	0	0.6% 15
Always disagree	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
Missing	217	166	123	65	91	0	662
TOTAL	100.0% 491	100.0% 679	100.0% 439	100.0% 246	100.0% 558	7	2413

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	11.4% 189	12.5% 93	0.0% 0	4	11.7% 282
Almost always agree	51.6% 853	46.8% 348	77.8% 7	8	50.2% 1208
Occasionally disagree	31.1% 514	34.1% 253	22.2% 2	5	32.0% 769
Frequently disagree	4.9% 81	6.2% 46	0.0% 0	1	5.3% 127
Almost always disagree	0.8% 13	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0	0.7% 16
Always disagree	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
Missing	443	203	5	0	651
TOTAL	100.0% 1652	100.0% 743	100.0% 9	18	2404

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	10.3% 95	11.8% 127	11.4% 12	18.6% 34	18	11.7% 268
Almost always agree	50.4% 466	50.0% 537	50.5% 53	51.4% 94	66	50.3% 1150
Occasionally disagree	33.9% 314	32.7% 352	26.7% 28	21.9% 40	39	32.1% 734
Frequently disagree	4.6% 43	4.9% 53	8.6% 9	7.7% 14	8	5.2% 119
Almost always disagree	0.5% 5	0.6% 6	2.9% 3	0.5% 1	2	0.7% 15
Always disagree	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
Missing	230	306	17	46	0	599
TOTAL	100.0% 925	100.0% 1075	100.0% 105	100.0% 183	133	2288

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	14.9% 62	11.0% 69	9.9% 46	11.2% 38	10.1% 47	23	11.3% 262
Almost always agree	52.3% 217	49.8% 312	46.1% 214	48.8% 166	56.9% 264	43	50.8% 1173
Occasionally disagree	27.2% 113	32.5% 204	38.1% 177	34.4% 117	28.7% 133	28	32.2% 744
Frequently disagree	5.1% 21	5.4% 34	5.6% 26	5.3% 18	3.9% 18	10	5.1% 117
Almost always disagree	0.5% 2	1.3% 8	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.4% 2	1	0.6% 14
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	0.0% 0
Missing	211	100	66	59	78	0	514
TOTAL	100.0% 415	100.0% 627	100.0% 464	100.0% 340	100.0% 464	107	2310

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	8.6% 28	10.4% 95	10.3% 6	157	9.9% 129
Almost always agree	52.6% 172	53.3% 487	44.8% 26	532	52.7% 685
Occasionally disagree	33.9% 111	30.4% 278	36.2% 21	363	31.6% 410
Frequently disagree	4.3% 14	5.0% 46	8.6% 5	63	5.0% 65
Almost always disagree	0.6% 2	0.9% 8	0.0% 0	6	0.8% 10
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	0.0% 0
Missing	76	218	13	0	307
TOTAL	100.0% 327	100.0% 914	100.0% 58	1123	1299