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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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MARRSEX (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. - Sexual intercourse

	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	387	16%	16%
Almost always agree	1174	48.6%	64.6%
Occasionally disagree	634	26.2%	90.8%
Frequently disagree	188	7.8%	98.6%
Almost always disagree	27	1.1%	99.7%
Always disagree	8	.3%	100%
Missing	668	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always agree	15.9% 171	14.2% 94	16.4% 71	20.9% 43	18.6% 8	16.0% 387
Almost always agree	48.1% 517	48.9% 324	50.8% 220	45.1% 93	48.8% 21	48.6% 1175
Occasionally disagree	25.7% 276	27.3% 181	26.1% 113	26.2% 54	23.3% 10	26.2% 634
Frequently disagree	8.2% 88	8.7% 58	5.8% 25	6.8% 14	7.0% 3	7.8% 188
Almost always disagree	1.5% 16	0.9% 6	0.5% 2	1.0% 2	2.3% 1	1.1% 27
Always disagree	0.6% 6	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 8
Missing	320	165	126	49	9	669
TOTAL	100.0% 1074	100.0% 663	100.0% 433	100.0% 206	100.0% 43	2419

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	14.5% 172	17.5% 213	2	16.0% 385
Almost always agree	48.4% 576	48.7% 593	6	48.6% 1169
Occasionally disagree	26.4% 314	26.0% 317	4	26.2% 631
Frequently disagree	8.7% 103	7.0% 85	0	7.8% 188
Almost always disagree	1.7% 20	0.5% 6	0	1.1% 26
Always disagree	0.4% 5	0.2% 3	0	0.3% 8
Missing	241	419	0	660
TOTAL	100.0% 1190	100.0% 1217	12	2407

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	19.0% 50	11.2% 67	14.0% 67	17.1% 114	22.4% 89	0	16.1% 387
Almost always agree	46.8% 123	50.8% 304	50.3% 241	46.9% 313	46.3% 184	9	48.4% 1165
Occasionally disagree	27.4% 72	27.5% 165	23.6% 113	27.5% 184	24.4% 97	4	26.2% 631
Frequently disagree	6.8% 18	8.5% 51	10.2% 49	7.3% 49	5.3% 21	1	7.8% 188
Almost always disagree	0.0% 0	1.5% 9	1.7% 8	1.0% 7	0.8% 3	0	1.1% 27
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.8% 3	0	0.3% 8
Missing	290	87	42	76	168	0	663
TOTAL	100.0% 263	100.0% 599	100.0% 479	100.0% 668	100.0% 397	14	2406

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	28.6% 2	15.9% 379	23.1% 6	0.0% 0	1	16.0% 387
Almost always agree	28.6% 2	48.6% 1156	50.0% 13	33.3% 2	2	48.5% 1173
Occasionally disagree	42.9% 3	26.3% 625	15.4% 4	33.3% 2	0	26.2% 634
Frequently disagree	0.0% 0	7.7% 184	11.5% 3	33.3% 2	0	7.8% 189
Almost always disagree	0.0% 0	1.1% 27	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	1.1% 27
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.3% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 8
Missing	418	86	116	48	0	668
TOTAL	100.0% 7	100.0% 2379	100.0% 26	100.0% 6	3	2418

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	20.4% 102	19.5% 131	14.5% 64	7.4% 18	12.6% 70	2	16.0% 385
Almost always agree	47.8% 239	47.7% 320	50.2% 221	55.4% 134	46.1% 257	4	48.6% 1171
Occasionally disagree	24.2% 121	23.7% 159	24.8% 109	27.7% 67	31.6% 176	2	26.2% 632
Frequently disagree	5.6% 28	7.6% 51	8.4% 37	9.5% 23	8.6% 48	0	7.8% 187
Almost always disagree	1.0% 5	1.2% 8	1.8% 8	0.0% 0	0.9% 5	0	1.1% 26
Always disagree	1.0% 5	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0	0.4% 9
Missing	208	174	123	68	92	0	665
TOTAL	100.0% 500	100.0% 671	100.0% 440	100.0% 242	100.0% 557	8	2410

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	16.6% 274	14.9% 110	0.0% 0	3	16.0% 384
Almost always agree	48.0% 793	49.7% 368	71.4% 5	8	48.6% 1166
Occasionally disagree	25.7% 425	27.2% 201	28.6% 2	5	26.2% 628
Frequently disagree	8.1% 133	7.2% 53	0.0% 0	2	7.8% 186
Almost always disagree	1.1% 18	1.1% 8	0.0% 0	0	1.1% 26
Always disagree	0.5% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 8
Missing	443	205	5	0	653
TOTAL	100.0% 1651	100.0% 740	100.0% 7	18	2398

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	13.3% 123	16.4% 175	16.5% 17	20.1% 36	36	15.4% 351
Almost always agree	50.9% 471	47.2% 505	52.4% 54	49.7% 89	55	49.1% 1119
Occasionally disagree	25.8% 239	27.9% 298	24.3% 25	22.3% 40	32	26.4% 602
Frequently disagree	7.9% 73	7.7% 82	6.8% 7	7.8% 14	13	7.7% 176
Almost always disagree	1.6% 15	0.8% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	1.1% 24
Always disagree	0.5% 5	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	0.3% 6
Missing	227	311	18	50	0	606
TOTAL	100.0% 926	100.0% 1070	100.0% 103	100.0% 179	140	2278

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	17.1% 71	18.2% 114	14.5% 68	12.2% 41	13.5% 63	30	15.4% 357
Almost always agree	51.4% 214	44.8% 281	46.8% 219	50.6% 170	52.5% 245	44	48.8% 1129
Occasionally disagree	24.3% 101	27.3% 171	28.2% 132	25.6% 86	25.5% 119	26	26.3% 609
Frequently disagree	6.7% 28	8.6% 54	8.8% 41	9.8% 33	6.9% 32	0	8.1% 188
Almost always disagree	0.0% 0	1.1% 7	1.3% 6	1.8% 6	1.3% 6	3	1.1% 25
Always disagree	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	3	0.3% 6
Missing	210	100	63	64	77	0	514
TOTAL	100.0% 416	100.0% 627	100.0% 468	100.0% 336	100.0% 467	106	2314

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	15.0% 49	15.9% 145	6.9% 4	189	15.3% 198
Almost always agree	40.7% 133	51.1% 465	43.1% 25	551	48.1% 623
Occasionally disagree	33.0% 108	24.0% 218	36.2% 21	288	26.8% 347
Frequently disagree	11.0% 36	7.4% 67	6.9% 4	81	8.3% 107
Almost always disagree	0.3% 1	1.2% 11	6.9% 4	11	1.2% 16
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	4	0.3% 4
Missing	76	223	13	0	312
TOTAL	100.0% 327	100.0% 910	100.0% 58	1124	1295