Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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SCHLSTAN (Weighted by WTFACTOR) In your opinion, are our church colleges (the one or ones you know best) too strict or too lenient in their enforcement of behavior standards for students?   1) Too strict   2) Too lenient   3) About right   4) Uncertain   5) No opinion

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Too strict	54	1.8%	1.8%
Too lenient	843	27.5%	29.3%
About right	1085	35.4%	64.7%
Uncertain	692	22.6%	87.3%
No opinion	389	12.7%	100%
Missing	23	%	%

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
Too strict	1.7% 24	1.5% 12	2.3% 13	1.6% 4	2.0% 1	1.8% 54
Too lenient	30.0% 414	29.6% 244	23.7% 132	17.2% 43	18.0% 9	27.5% 842
About right	33.2% 458	34.0% 280	43.6% 243	37.6% 94	22.0% 11	35.5% 1086
Uncertain	21.9% 303	22.1% 182	20.8% 116	29.6% 74	32.0% 16	22.6% 691
No opinion	13.2% 182	12.9% 106	9.5% 53	14.0% 35	26.0% 13	12.7% 389
Missing	13	5	2	4	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 1381	100.0% 824	100.0% 557	100.0% 250	100.0% 50	3062

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Too strict	2.3% 33	1.3% 21	1	1.8% 54
Too lenient	27.5% 391	27.4% 445	7	27.4% 836
About right	40.4% 575	31.2% 506	4	35.5% 1081
Uncertain	20.0% 285	24.8% 403	4	22.6% 688
No opinion	9.8% 140	15.3% 249	1	12.8% 389
Missing	8	13	0	21
TOTAL	100.0% 1424	100.0% 1624	17	3048

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Too strict	5.7% 31	1.3% 9	1.2% 6	0.7% 5	0.7% 4	0	1.8% 55
Too lenient	19.6% 107	20.5% 141	26.2% 136	32.8% 242	37.7% 209	7	27.4% 835
About right	37.0% 202	38.1% 262	38.5% 200	37.0% 273	25.5% 141	7	35.4% 1078
Uncertain	22.7% 124	25.3% 174	21.5% 112	19.5% 144	24.0% 133	5	22.6% 687
No opinion	15.0% 82	14.7% 101	12.7% 66	9.9% 73	12.1% 67	0	12.8% 389
Missing	6	0	1	6	11	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 546	100.0% 687	100.0% 520	100.0% 737	100.0% 554	19	3044

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Too strict	5.5% 23	1.2% 29	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0	1.8% 54
Too lenient	19.7% 83	28.8% 705	34.1% 47	13.5% 7	1	27.5% 842
About right	34.0% 143	36.0% 881	29.7% 41	38.5% 20	2	35.5% 1085
Uncertain	25.7% 108	21.7% 532	26.1% 36	28.8% 15	1	22.6% 691
No opinion	15.2% 64	12.3% 302	8.7% 12	19.2% 10	1	12.7% 388
Missing	3	14	5	1	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2449	100.0% 138	100.0% 52	5	3060

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Too strict	1.6% 11	2.0% 17	1.8% 10	1.0% 3	2.2% 14	0	1.8% 55
Too lenient	31.2% 217	28.2% 237	29.9% 167	22.2% 68	23.2% 151	3	27.5% 840
About right	22.6% 157	29.1% 245	35.8% 200	46.4% 142	51.5% 335	7	35.4% 1079
Uncertain	30.0% 209	24.1% 203	21.3% 119	19.3% 59	15.7% 102	0	22.7% 692
No opinion	14.7% 102	16.5% 139	11.3% 63	11.1% 34	7.4% 48	3	12.6% 386
Missing	10	5	4	4	1	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 696	100.0% 841	100.0% 559	100.0% 306	100.0% 650	13	3052

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Too strict	1.7% 35	1.8% 17	14.3% 2	0	1.8% 54
Too lenient	30.2% 627	21.9% 206	21.4% 3	7	27.6% 836
About right	33.4% 694	39.4% 371	50.0% 7	14	35.3% 1072
Uncertain	22.9% 476	22.1% 208	14.3% 2	6	22.6% 686
No opinion	11.8% 246	14.8% 139	0.0% 0	4	12.7% 385
Missing	15	6	0	0	21
TOTAL	100.0% 2078	100.0% 941	100.0% 14	31	3033

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Too strict	1.5% 17	1.8% 25	0.8% 1	3.1% 7	4	1.7% 50
Too lenient	31.3% 360	27.8% 382	11.6% 14	15.2% 34	53	27.6% 790
About right	38.3% 441	37.3% 512	22.3% 27	28.3% 63	42	36.4% 1043
Uncertain	18.8% 216	22.4% 308	38.8% 47	34.1% 76	44	22.6% 647
No opinion	10.2% 117	10.6% 145	26.4% 32	19.3% 43	53	11.8% 337
Missing	4	8	1	6	0	19
TOTAL	100.0% 1151	100.0% 1372	100.0% 121	100.0% 223	196	2867

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Too strict	1.1% 7	1.4% 10	1.3% 7	2.0% 8	2.2% 12	11	1.6% 44
Too lenient	34.5% 214	29.4% 212	24.4% 129	23.4% 93	23.5% 127	68	27.6% 775
About right	26.7% 166	34.7% 250	43.9% 232	40.8% 162	43.0% 232	43	37.1% 1042
Uncertain	25.8% 160	21.6% 156	20.0% 106	21.4% 85	19.1% 103	81	21.7% 610
No opinion	11.9% 74	12.9% 93	10.4% 55	12.3% 49	12.2% 66	52	12.0% 337
Missing	5	6	1	2	3	0	17
TOTAL	100.0% 621	100.0% 721	100.0% 529	100.0% 397	100.0% 540	255	2808

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Too strict	3.5% 14	1.0% 11	1.4% 1	28	1.6% 26
Too lenient	15.0% 60	34.8% 391	19.7% 14	378	29.2% 465
About right	50.3% 201	31.9% 358	40.8% 29	498	36.9% 588
Uncertain	19.8% 79	22.5% 253	23.9% 17	343	21.9% 349
No opinion	11.5% 46	9.9% 111	14.1% 10	223	10.5% 167
Missing	2	8	1	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1124	100.0% 71	1470	1595