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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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RELMATRS (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. - Religious matters

	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	597	24.4%	24.4%
Almost always agree	1324	54%	78.4%
Occasionally disagree	431	17.6%	96%
Frequently disagree	71	2.9%	98.9%
Almost always disagree	20	.8%	99.7%
Always disagree	7	.3%	100%
Missing	636	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always agree	22.2% 242	24.0% 161	29.4% 129	24.8% 51	33.3% 14	24.4% 597
Almost always agree	53.7% 586	51.9% 349	58.3% 256	53.9% 111	54.8% 23	54.1% 1325
Occasionally disagree	19.2% 210	20.1% 135	10.9% 48	16.5% 34	9.5% 4	17.6% 431
Frequently disagree	3.6% 39	2.8% 19	0.9% 4	3.9% 8	2.4% 1	2.9% 71
Almost always disagree	0.8% 9	0.9% 6	0.5% 2	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 19
Always disagree	0.5% 5	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 7
Missing	303	155	121	49	8	636
TOTAL	100.0% 1091	100.0% 672	100.0% 439	100.0% 206	100.0% 42	2450

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	25.0% 300	23.6% 292	5	24.3% 592
Almost always agree	56.3% 676	51.8% 641	7	54.0% 1317
Occasionally disagree	15.6% 187	19.6% 243	1	17.6% 430
Frequently disagree	2.3% 28	3.5% 43	0	2.9% 71
Almost always disagree	0.6% 7	1.1% 13	0	0.8% 20
Always disagree	0.2% 2	0.4% 5	0	0.3% 7
Missing	231	399	0	630
TOTAL	100.0% 1200	100.0% 1237	13	2437

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	21.7% 57	17.4% 104	18.2% 88	26.4% 178	40.7% 169	2	24.5% 596
Almost always agree	54.4% 143	58.1% 348	55.6% 269	53.5% 361	46.7% 194	10	54.0% 1315
Occasionally disagree	17.5% 46	19.7% 118	21.7% 105	17.2% 116	9.9% 41	5	17.5% 426
Frequently disagree	5.3% 14	3.2% 19	3.5% 17	1.8% 12	2.2% 9	1	2.9% 71
Almost always disagree	0.8% 2	0.8% 5	0.8% 4	1.2% 8	0.5% 2	0	0.9% 21
Always disagree	0.4% 1	0.8% 5	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 7
Missing	289	87	38	69	151	0	634
TOTAL	100.0% 263	100.0% 599	100.0% 484	100.0% 675	100.0% 415	18	2436

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	71.4% 5	24.2% 582	32.1% 9	0.0% 0	1	24.3% 596
Almost always agree	0.0% 0	54.3% 1307	50.0% 14	16.7% 1	2	54.0% 1322
Occasionally disagree	28.6% 2	17.6% 425	10.7% 3	33.3% 2	0	17.6% 432
Frequently disagree	0.0% 0	2.9% 69	7.1% 2	16.7% 1	0	2.9% 72
Almost always disagree	0.0% 0	0.8% 20	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.8% 20
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.2% 5	0.0% 0	33.3% 2	0	0.3% 7
Missing	418	55	115	48	0	636
TOTAL	100.0% 7	100.0% 2408	100.0% 28	100.0% 6	3	2449

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	34.3% 177	26.3% 180	22.5% 99	13.9% 34	18.8% 105	2	24.4% 595
Almost always agree	46.5% 240	52.0% 356	57.3% 252	60.7% 148	58.0% 324	3	54.0% 1320
Occasionally disagree	14.5% 75	18.0% 123	15.0% 66	23.4% 57	19.3% 108	2	17.6% 429
Frequently disagree	2.9% 15	2.9% 20	3.2% 14	1.6% 4	3.4% 19	0	2.9% 72
Almost always disagree	1.7% 9	0.4% 3	1.1% 5	0.4% 1	0.4% 2	0	0.8% 20
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.9% 4	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0	0.3% 7
Missing	192	161	121	66	90	0	630
TOTAL	100.0% 516	100.0% 684	100.0% 440	100.0% 244	100.0% 559	7	2443

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	24.1% 404	24.6% 185	11.1% 1	8	24.2% 590
Almost always agree	54.0% 904	53.9% 405	77.8% 7	9	54.1% 1316
Occasionally disagree	17.9% 299	17.3% 130	11.1% 1	2	17.7% 430
Frequently disagree	2.8% 47	3.2% 24	0.0% 0	1	2.9% 71
Almost always disagree	0.8% 14	0.7% 5	0.0% 0	0	0.8% 19
Always disagree	0.3% 5	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 7
Missing	421	195	5	0	621
TOTAL	100.0% 1673	100.0% 751	100.0% 9	20	2433

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	20.8% 194	25.6% 278	20.2% 21	30.1% 55	48	23.8% 548
Almost always agree	55.7% 520	54.4% 591	55.8% 58	50.3% 92	64	54.7% 1261
Occasionally disagree	19.1% 178	16.9% 184	15.4% 16	16.9% 31	21	17.7% 409
Frequently disagree	3.1% 29	2.5% 27	6.7% 7	1.1% 2	7	2.8% 65
Almost always disagree	1.2% 11	0.5% 5	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	2	0.8% 18
Always disagree	0.2% 2	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 3	2	0.3% 6
Missing	221	295	17	45	0	578
TOTAL	100.0% 934	100.0% 1086	100.0% 104	100.0% 183	144	2307

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	29.6% 126	24.2% 152	22.4% 105	19.9% 68	20.6% 97	48	23.5% 548
Almost always agree	52.2% 222	52.6% 331	55.6% 260	57.6% 197	56.8% 267	48	54.7% 1277
Occasionally disagree	15.3% 65	18.8% 118	17.1% 80	18.4% 63	19.4% 91	15	17.9% 417
Frequently disagree	2.8% 12	3.2% 20	3.6% 17	2.9% 10	1.9% 9	4	2.9% 68
Almost always disagree	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	0.9% 4	0.9% 3	1.3% 6	3	0.7% 17
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	0.4% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 7
Missing	201	99	63	58	73	0	494
TOTAL	100.0% 425	100.0% 629	100.0% 468	100.0% 342	100.0% 470	118	2334

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	19.8% 65	24.8% 229	6.8% 4	299	22.7% 298
Almost always agree	53.5% 176	55.6% 513	64.4% 38	597	55.5% 727
Occasionally disagree	24.9% 82	15.2% 140	23.7% 14	196	18.0% 236
Frequently disagree	1.2% 4	2.8% 26	5.1% 3	38	2.5% 33
Almost always disagree	0.0% 0	1.2% 11	0.0% 0	8	0.8% 11
Always disagree	0.6% 2	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	2	0.4% 5
Missing	74	209	13	0	296
TOTAL	100.0% 329	100.0% 922	100.0% 59	1140	1310