Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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MARRPROB (Weighted by WTFACTOR) How easy or difficult is it to talk over marriage problems with your mate?   1) Very easy   2) Easy   3) Fairly easy   4) Somewhat difficult   5) Difficult   6) Very difficult

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very easy	435	17.6%	17.6%
Easy	603	24.4%	42%
Fairly easy	756	30.6%	72.6%
Somewhat difficult	525	21.2%	93.8%
Difficult	107	4.3%	98.1%
Very difficult	48	1.9%	100%
Missing	613	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church Sex Age Marital status Education Place of residence Nationality Household income Political party

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Very easy	18.5% 203	15.3% 104	17.3% 77	19.9% 41	23.3% 10	17.6% 435
Easy	23.6% 259	23.5% 160	26.7% 119	25.7% 53	25.6% 11	24.3% 602
Fairly easy	30.4% 334	30.5% 208	30.6% 136	32.5% 67	25.6% 11	30.6% 756
Somewhat difficult	20.6% 226	25.4% 173	19.6% 87	15.0% 31	18.6% 8	21.2% 525
Difficult	4.7% 52	3.8% 26	4.3% 19	3.9% 8	4.7% 2	4.3% 107
Very difficult	2.2% 24	1.5% 10	1.6% 7	2.9% 6	2.3% 1	1.9% 48
Missing	297	146	115	48	8	614
TOTAL	100.0% 1098	100.0% 681	100.0% 445	100.0% 206	100.0% 43	2473

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very easy	17.8% 215	17.3% 216	4	17.5% 431
Easy	27.9% 337	20.9% 261	5	24.3% 598
Fairly easy	30.1% 364	31.1% 389	3	30.6% 753
Somewhat difficult	19.9% 240	22.6% 282	3	21.2% 522
Difficult	3.1% 38	5.4% 68	0	4.3% 106
Very difficult	1.2% 14	2.7% 34	0	2.0% 48
Missing	223	386	0	609
TOTAL	100.0% 1208	100.0% 1250	15	2458

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very easy	28.2% 74	19.8% 119	14.3% 69	12.5% 85	20.3% 87	1	17.7% 434
Easy	27.9% 73	25.8% 155	21.8% 105	21.9% 149	26.6% 114	5	24.3% 596
Fairly easy	26.3% 69	28.3% 170	33.8% 163	32.7% 223	29.4% 126	5	30.6% 751
Somewhat difficult	14.9% 39	20.3% 122	21.4% 103	25.1% 171	19.4% 83	6	21.1% 518
Difficult	1.9% 5	3.8% 23	5.2% 25	5.7% 39	3.3% 14	0	4.3% 106
Very difficult	0.8% 2	1.8% 11	3.5% 17	2.1% 14	0.9% 4	1	2.0% 48
Missing	289	86	38	62	136	0	611
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 600	100.0% 482	100.0% 681	100.0% 428	18	2453

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Very easy	71.4% 5	17.3% 421	37.5% 9	0.0% 0	0	17.6% 435
Easy	0.0% 0	24.4% 595	20.8% 5	0.0% 0	2	24.3% 600
Fairly easy	28.6% 2	30.7% 747	29.2% 7	0.0% 0	1	30.6% 756
Somewhat difficult	0.0% 0	21.4% 522	12.5% 3	0.0% 0	0	21.3% 525
Difficult	0.0% 0	4.4% 106	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	0	4.3% 107
Very difficult	0.0% 0	1.8% 43	0.0% 0	80.0% 4	0	1.9% 47
Missing	418	29	117	48	0	612
TOTAL	100.0% 7	100.0% 2434	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	3	2470

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Very easy	15.6% 83	17.9% 124	18.6% 82	16.3% 40	18.9% 105	1	17.6% 434
Easy	26.0% 138	23.0% 159	24.9% 110	24.5% 60	24.1% 134	2	24.4% 601
Fairly easy	29.8% 158	31.4% 217	27.2% 120	33.5% 82	31.8% 177	2	30.6% 754
Somewhat difficult	21.8% 116	21.7% 150	20.0% 88	21.6% 53	20.8% 116	3	21.2% 523
Difficult	5.3% 28	3.8% 26	6.8% 30	2.9% 7	2.9% 16	0	4.3% 107
Very difficult	1.5% 8	2.3% 16	2.5% 11	1.2% 3	1.6% 9	0	1.9% 47
Missing	177	155	120	65	91	0	608
TOTAL	100.0% 531	100.0% 692	100.0% 441	100.0% 245	100.0% 557	8	2466

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very easy	18.5% 312	15.5% 118	22.2% 2	4	17.6% 432
Easy	24.6% 414	23.5% 179	0.0% 0	9	24.2% 593
Fairly easy	30.8% 519	30.2% 230	55.6% 5	3	30.7% 754
Somewhat difficult	19.8% 333	24.6% 187	22.2% 2	4	21.3% 522
Difficult	4.4% 74	4.2% 32	0.0% 0	1	4.3% 106
Very difficult	1.9% 32	2.0% 15	0.0% 0	1	1.9% 47
Missing	410	186	5	0	601
TOTAL	100.0% 1684	100.0% 761	100.0% 9	22	2454

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very easy	17.8% 168	15.8% 174	21.2% 22	25.8% 48	24	17.7% 412
Easy	23.2% 219	25.3% 278	14.4% 15	27.4% 51	39	24.2% 563
Fairly easy	30.0% 283	31.1% 341	38.5% 40	24.7% 46	46	30.5% 710
Somewhat difficult	22.2% 209	22.4% 246	12.5% 13	18.3% 34	23	21.5% 502
Difficult	4.4% 41	4.4% 48	8.7% 9	1.6% 3	7	4.3% 101
Very difficult	2.3% 22	1.0% 11	4.8% 5	2.2% 4	6	1.8% 42
Missing	213	283	19	43	0	558
TOTAL	100.0% 942	100.0% 1098	100.0% 104	100.0% 186	145	2330

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Very easy	17.5% 76	18.3% 117	16.3% 77	18.7% 64	16.5% 77	25	17.5% 411
Easy	28.6% 124	24.1% 154	22.5% 106	21.9% 75	24.6% 115	30	24.4% 574
Fairly easy	29.0% 126	31.8% 203	29.7% 140	31.0% 106	31.4% 147	34	30.7% 722
Somewhat difficult	21.2% 92	19.1% 122	25.9% 122	21.3% 73	20.3% 95	22	21.4% 504
Difficult	2.3% 10	4.7% 30	4.0% 19	4.4% 15	5.1% 24	8	4.2% 98
Very difficult	1.4% 6	2.0% 13	1.5% 7	2.6% 9	2.1% 10	3	1.9% 45
Missing	193	90	59	58	75	0	475
TOTAL	100.0% 434	100.0% 639	100.0% 471	100.0% 342	100.0% 468	122	2354

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Very easy	17.2% 57	19.0% 177	16.9% 10	191	18.5% 244
Easy	23.6% 78	24.2% 225	27.1% 16	284	24.1% 319
Fairly easy	33.2% 110	31.0% 289	18.6% 11	345	31.0% 410
Somewhat difficult	21.5% 71	19.1% 178	25.4% 15	261	20.0% 264
Difficult	2.4% 8	4.7% 44	6.8% 4	51	4.2% 56
Very difficult	2.1% 7	1.9% 18	5.1% 3	21	2.1% 28
Missing	71	201	13	0	285
TOTAL	100.0% 331	100.0% 931	100.0% 59	1153	1321