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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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AFFECTIO (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. - Demonstration of affection

	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	463	19.3%	19.3%
Almost always agree	1210	50.3%	69.6%
Occasionally disagree	566	23.5%	93.1%
Frequently disagree	140	5.8%	98.9%
Almost always disagree	18	.7%	99.6%
Always disagree	8	.3%	99.9%
Missing	682	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always agree	18.4% 196	18.5% 123	22.1% 95	19.7% 40	20.9% 9	19.3% 463
Almost always agree	51.0% 543	49.0% 326	49.9% 214	51.2% 104	53.5% 23	50.3% 1210
Occasionally disagree	22.7% 242	25.9% 172	22.8% 98	23.2% 47	18.6% 8	23.6% 567
Frequently disagree	6.5% 69	6.3% 42	3.5% 15	5.4% 11	7.0% 3	5.8% 140
Almost always disagree	0.8% 9	0.2% 1	1.4% 6	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 17
Always disagree	0.6% 6	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 8
Missing	328	162	131	52	9	682
TOTAL	100.0% 1065	100.0% 665	100.0% 429	100.0% 203	100.0% 43	2405

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	15.6% 184	22.7% 276	3	19.2% 460
Almost always agree	51.6% 608	49.1% 596	6	50.3% 1204
Occasionally disagree	25.6% 301	21.6% 263	2	23.6% 564
Frequently disagree	6.3% 74	5.3% 65	1	5.8% 139
Almost always disagree	0.8% 9	0.7% 9	0	0.8% 18
Always disagree	0.2% 2	0.5% 6	0	0.3% 8
Missing	253	422	0	675
TOTAL	100.0% 1178	100.0% 1215	12	2393

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	18.7% 49	16.5% 98	15.1% 73	21.1% 140	26.7% 103	0	19.4% 463
Almost always agree	51.9% 136	51.0% 303	50.5% 244	49.5% 328	48.2% 186	13	50.1% 1197
Occasionally disagree	22.5% 59	24.9% 148	26.1% 126	24.0% 159	18.7% 72	2	23.6% 564
Frequently disagree	6.1% 16	6.1% 36	7.5% 36	4.8% 32	4.7% 18	1	5.8% 138
Almost always disagree	0.8% 2	1.0% 6	0.4% 2	0.5% 3	1.0% 4	0	0.7% 17
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 3	0	0.3% 8
Missing	290	92	37	81	178	0	678
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 594	100.0% 483	100.0% 662	100.0% 386	16	2387

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	50.0% 3	18.9% 448	39.1% 9	40.0% 2	1	19.2% 462
Almost always agree	50.0% 3	50.4% 1194	47.8% 11	0.0% 0	2	50.3% 1208
Occasionally disagree	0.0% 0	23.7% 561	13.0% 3	40.0% 2	0	23.6% 566
Frequently disagree	0.0% 0	5.8% 138	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	0	5.8% 139
Almost always disagree	0.0% 0	0.8% 18	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.7% 18
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.3% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 8
Missing	418	95	120	48	0	681
TOTAL	100.0% 6	100.0% 2367	100.0% 23	100.0% 5	3	2401

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	22.4% 109	21.7% 147	19.6% 85	14.6% 36	15.1% 84	2	19.2% 461
Almost always agree	47.2% 230	47.9% 324	51.0% 221	55.1% 136	52.9% 295	4	50.2% 1206
Occasionally disagree	23.8% 116	23.5% 159	21.9% 95	24.7% 61	24.2% 135	1	23.6% 566
Frequently disagree	4.9% 24	5.8% 39	6.0% 26	4.9% 12	7.0% 39	1	5.8% 140
Almost always disagree	1.0% 5	0.6% 4	1.2% 5	0.8% 2	0.5% 3	0	0.8% 19
Always disagree	0.6% 3	0.4% 3	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0	0.4% 9
Missing	221	169	130	65	92	0	677
TOTAL	100.0% 487	100.0% 676	100.0% 433	100.0% 247	100.0% 558	8	2401

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	19.9% 328	17.7% 130	0.0% 0	5	19.2% 458
Almost always agree	49.6% 816	51.6% 379	75.0% 6	9	50.3% 1201
Occasionally disagree	23.0% 378	25.1% 184	25.0% 2	1	23.6% 564
Frequently disagree	6.2% 102	4.9% 36	0.0% 0	2	5.8% 138
Almost always disagree	0.8% 13	0.7% 5	0.0% 0	0	0.8% 18
Always disagree	0.5% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 8
Missing	448	213	5	0	666
TOTAL	100.0% 1645	100.0% 734	100.0% 8	17	2387

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	17.6% 161	19.3% 206	17.1% 18	27.2% 49	29	19.1% 434
Almost always agree	50.7% 464	50.9% 544	51.4% 54	45.6% 82	66	50.4% 1144
Occasionally disagree	22.7% 208	24.9% 266	21.9% 23	20.0% 36	34	23.5% 533
Frequently disagree	7.8% 71	4.0% 43	8.6% 9	5.0% 9	7	5.8% 132
Almost always disagree	0.7% 6	0.8% 9	1.0% 1	1.1% 2	0	0.8% 18
Always disagree	0.5% 5	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	0	0.4% 8
Missing	238	312	17	49	0	616
TOTAL	100.0% 915	100.0% 1069	100.0% 105	100.0% 180	136	2269

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	22.3% 92	20.9% 130	13.0% 61	17.9% 59	19.0% 89	32	18.7% 431
Almost always agree	49.9% 206	46.7% 290	53.6% 251	48.3% 159	54.3% 254	50	50.5% 1160
Occasionally disagree	22.8% 94	25.0% 155	24.6% 115	26.4% 87	21.2% 99	17	23.9% 550
Frequently disagree	4.6% 19	6.6% 41	8.1% 38	5.8% 19	4.5% 21	1	6.0% 138
Almost always disagree	0.5% 2	0.3% 2	0.6% 3	1.5% 5	0.9% 4	2	0.7% 16
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	4	0.2% 4
Missing	213	106	63	70	75	0	527
TOTAL	100.0% 413	100.0% 621	100.0% 468	100.0% 329	100.0% 468	106	2299

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	15.9% 52	20.3% 184	13.6% 8	219	18.9% 244
Almost always agree	52.3% 171	49.0% 445	42.4% 25	569	49.5% 641
Occasionally disagree	23.9% 78	23.0% 209	35.6% 21	258	23.8% 308
Frequently disagree	7.3% 24	6.3% 57	5.1% 3	56	6.5% 84
Almost always disagree	0.0% 0	1.0% 9	3.4% 2	7	0.9% 11
Always disagree	0.6% 2	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	3	0.5% 6
Missing	76	224	13	0	313
TOTAL	100.0% 327	100.0% 908	100.0% 59	1112	1294