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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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DISCKIDS (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. - Disciplining the children (when they are/were young)

	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	308	13.2%	13.2%
Almost always agree	1084	46.4%	59.6%
Occasionally disagree	781	33.4%	93%
Frequently disagree	139	6%	99%
Almost always disagree	18	.8%	99.8%
Always disagree	5	.2%	100%
Missing	750	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always agree	10.8% 111	14.9% 97	13.7% 57	18.1% 36	14.3% 6	13.1% 307
Almost always agree	44.4% 457	46.5% 302	52.0% 216	43.7% 87	52.4% 22	46.4% 1084
Occasionally disagree	37.5% 386	31.1% 202	29.4% 122	30.2% 60	26.2% 11	33.4% 781
Frequently disagree	6.2% 64	6.3% 41	4.3% 18	7.0% 14	4.8% 2	6.0% 139
Almost always disagree	0.9% 9	0.8% 5	0.5% 2	1.0% 2	2.4% 1	0.8% 19
Always disagree	0.3% 3	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
Missing	363	179	144	55	10	751
TOTAL	100.0% 1030	100.0% 649	100.0% 415	100.0% 199	100.0% 42	2335

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	14.1% 163	12.0% 141	3	13.1% 304
Almost always agree	50.0% 576	43.1% 505	4	46.5% 1081
Occasionally disagree	31.0% 357	35.8% 419	5	33.4% 776
Frequently disagree	4.3% 50	7.6% 89	0	6.0% 139
Almost always disagree	0.3% 4	1.2% 14	0	0.8% 18
Always disagree	0.2% 2	0.3% 4	0	0.3% 6
Missing	279	464	0	743
TOTAL	100.0% 1152	100.0% 1172	12	2324

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	21.3% 45	9.1% 52	8.2% 39	13.3% 89	21.3% 84	0	13.3% 309
Almost always agree	47.4% 100	49.6% 284	42.9% 205	46.0% 308	47.0% 185	4	46.5% 1082
Occasionally disagree	24.6% 52	34.4% 197	40.4% 193	33.3% 223	27.4% 108	9	33.2% 773
Frequently disagree	6.6% 14	5.8% 33	6.9% 33	7.0% 47	2.8% 11	1	5.9% 138
Almost always disagree	0.0% 0	0.9% 5	1.5% 7	0.3% 2	0.8% 3	0	0.7% 17
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 3	0	0.3% 6
Missing	342	113	43	75	171	0	744
TOTAL	100.0% 211	100.0% 573	100.0% 478	100.0% 669	100.0% 394	14	2325

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	28.6% 2	13.0% 299	26.9% 7	0.0% 0	2	13.2% 308
Almost always agree	42.9% 3	46.6% 1070	34.6% 9	40.0% 2	0	46.4% 1084
Occasionally disagree	28.6% 2	33.4% 768	30.8% 8	60.0% 3	1	33.4% 781
Frequently disagree	0.0% 0	6.1% 139	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	6.0% 139
Almost always disagree	0.0% 0	0.7% 16	7.7% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.8% 18
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 5
Missing	418	166	117	48	0	749
TOTAL	100.0% 7	100.0% 2297	100.0% 26	100.0% 5	3	2335

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	19.0% 94	13.4% 88	13.5% 58	8.3% 18	9.5% 50	0	13.2% 308
Almost always agree	45.1% 223	46.6% 307	43.5% 187	50.7% 110	47.6% 252	6	46.3% 1079
Occasionally disagree	27.5% 136	32.9% 217	34.7% 149	34.6% 75	38.4% 203	2	33.5% 780
Frequently disagree	6.3% 31	6.2% 41	7.0% 30	5.5% 12	4.5% 24	0	5.9% 138
Almost always disagree	1.4% 7	0.6% 4	1.2% 5	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.8% 18
Always disagree	0.6% 3	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 6
Missing	213	187	133	93	120	0	746
TOTAL	100.0% 494	100.0% 659	100.0% 430	100.0% 217	100.0% 529	8	2329

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	12.6% 202	14.1% 100	16.7% 1	5	13.1% 303
Almost always agree	47.2% 757	44.7% 317	66.7% 4	7	46.5% 1078
Occasionally disagree	33.4% 535	34.0% 241	16.7% 1	4	33.5% 777
Frequently disagree	5.7% 91	6.8% 48	0.0% 0	1	6.0% 139
Almost always disagree	0.9% 14	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	2	0.7% 16
Always disagree	0.2% 4	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 5
Missing	490	238	7	0	735
TOTAL	100.0% 1603	100.0% 709	100.0% 6	19	2318

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	11.2% 101	14.1% 146	15.5% 16	13.1% 22	23	12.9% 285
Almost always agree	45.8% 411	47.2% 488	38.8% 40	51.8% 87	58	46.6% 1026
Occasionally disagree	35.7% 321	31.7% 328	35.9% 37	32.1% 54	41	33.6% 740
Frequently disagree	5.9% 53	6.5% 67	6.8% 7	1.8% 3	10	5.9% 130
Almost always disagree	1.0% 9	0.4% 4	2.9% 3	0.0% 0	2	0.7% 16
Always disagree	0.3% 3	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0	0.3% 6
Missing	256	347	19	61	0	683
TOTAL	100.0% 898	100.0% 1034	100.0% 103	100.0% 168	134	2203

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	20.0% 80	12.3% 74	10.9% 49	10.5% 34	11.0% 49	22	12.9% 286
Almost always agree	45.9% 184	47.4% 286	52.0% 233	41.8% 135	42.9% 191	54	46.4% 1029
Occasionally disagree	26.9% 108	35.0% 211	30.4% 136	37.8% 122	39.1% 174	31	33.8% 751
Frequently disagree	6.2% 25	4.8% 29	6.3% 28	9.3% 30	5.4% 24	3	6.1% 136
Almost always disagree	0.5% 2	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0.6% 2	1.6% 7	3	0.6% 14
Always disagree	0.5% 2	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	0.2% 4
Missing	225	124	82	77	96	0	604
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 603	100.0% 448	100.0% 323	100.0% 445	115	2220

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	11.4% 35	13.5% 120	7.4% 4	150	12.7% 159
Almost always agree	41.6% 128	48.3% 431	70.4% 38	486	47.6% 597
Occasionally disagree	41.9% 129	31.4% 280	20.4% 11	360	33.5% 420
Frequently disagree	4.5% 14	5.6% 50	0.0% 0	76	5.1% 64
Almost always disagree	0.6% 2	1.0% 9	0.0% 0	7	0.9% 11
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	1.9% 1	3	0.2% 3
Missing	95	239	16	0	350
TOTAL	100.0% 308	100.0% 892	100.0% 54	1082	1254