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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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SXPREMAR (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

Our Christianity consists not only of our beliefs and attitudes but also the way we live our daily lives--our accomplishments and our failures. For each item, indicate how often you have experienced the item. - Had sexual intercourse before marriage

	1) Frequently
	2) Occasionally
	3) Once or a few times
	4) Never

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Frequently	140	4.7%	4.7%
Occasionally	318	10.6%	15.3%
Once or a few times	596	19.8%	35.1%
Never	1954	65%	100.1%
Missing	78	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Frequently	5.4% 74	4.5% 36	2.6% 14	5.2% 13	8.0% 4	4.7% 141
Occasionally	11.3% 154	8.9% 71	7.8% 43	17.6% 44	14.0% 7	10.6% 319
Once or a few times	19.4% 264	21.6% 173	16.8% 92	22.4% 56	22.0% 11	19.8% 596
Never	63.8% 867	65.1% 522	72.9% 400	54.8% 137	56.0% 28	64.9% 1954
Missing	36	26	10	5	1	78
TOTAL	100.0% 1359	100.0% 802	100.0% 549	100.0% 250	100.0% 50	3010

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	3.8% 53	5.5% 87	0	4.7% 140
Occasionally	10.2% 142	11.0% 176	0	10.6% 318
Once or a few times	21.3% 298	18.5% 295	3	19.8% 593
Never	64.8% 906	65.0% 1035	12	64.9% 1941
Missing	32	43	0	75
TOTAL	100.0% 1399	100.0% 1593	15	2992

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	6.2% 34	9.3% 63	5.0% 26	1.1% 8	1.5% 8	1	4.7% 139
Occasionally	11.4% 62	18.1% 123	11.7% 60	5.7% 41	6.1% 32	0	10.6% 318
Once or a few times	18.5% 101	22.5% 153	24.7% 127	17.7% 128	15.6% 82	5	19.8% 591
Never	63.9% 349	50.1% 341	58.6% 302	75.5% 545	76.8% 404	13	64.9% 1941
Missing	4	5	7	21	39	0	76
TOTAL	100.0% 546	100.0% 680	100.0% 515	100.0% 722	100.0% 526	19	2989

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	4.5% 19	4.5% 109	1.5% 2	20.4% 10	0	4.7% 140
Occasionally	6.9% 29	11.1% 267	10.8% 14	16.3% 8	0	10.6% 318
Once or a few times	10.3% 43	21.4% 514	16.9% 22	34.7% 17	0	19.8% 596
Never	78.3% 328	63.0% 1516	70.8% 92	28.6% 14	4	64.9% 1950
Missing	6	57	11	4	0	78
TOTAL	100.0% 419	100.0% 2406	100.0% 130	100.0% 49	4	3004

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	2.1% 14	7.6% 62	4.3% 24	5.8% 18	3.6% 23	0	4.7% 141
Occasionally	7.3% 49	13.8% 113	12.9% 72	9.4% 29	8.7% 56	1	10.6% 319
Once or a few times	21.5% 144	21.5% 176	21.9% 122	18.1% 56	15.2% 98	0	19.9% 596
Never	69.1% 462	57.2% 469	60.8% 338	66.7% 206	72.6% 468	12	64.8% 1943
Missing	39	25	6	3	4	0	77
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 820	100.0% 556	100.0% 309	100.0% 645	13	2999

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	5.2% 107	3.4% 31	7.7% 1	2	4.7% 139
Occasionally	11.5% 235	8.8% 81	0.0% 0	2	10.6% 316
Once or a few times	21.0% 431	17.8% 163	0.0% 0	2	19.9% 594
Never	62.3% 1276	70.0% 641	92.3% 12	25	64.8% 1929
Missing	44	30	1	0	75
TOTAL	100.0% 2049	100.0% 916	100.0% 13	31	2978

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	3.6% 41	4.3% 58	5.9% 7	7.1% 16	18	4.3% 122
Occasionally	10.8% 122	9.7% 130	14.3% 17	12.8% 29	21	10.6% 298
Once or a few times	19.4% 219	17.7% 239	28.6% 34	27.4% 62	43	19.6% 554
Never	66.2% 749	68.3% 920	51.3% 61	52.7% 119	105	65.5% 1849
Missing	24	33	2	3	0	62
TOTAL	100.0% 1131	100.0% 1347	100.0% 119	100.0% 226	187	2823

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	4.1% 24	5.6% 40	2.7% 14	5.8% 23	5.2% 28	11	4.7% 129
Occasionally	8.1% 48	10.7% 77	11.9% 62	10.9% 43	13.6% 73	15	11.0% 303
Once or a few times	19.3% 114	19.6% 141	21.6% 113	20.3% 80	21.1% 113	36	20.3% 561
Never	68.5% 405	64.1% 460	63.9% 334	63.0% 249	60.0% 321	185	64.0% 1769
Missing	35	9	7	4	8	0	63
TOTAL	100.0% 591	100.0% 718	100.0% 523	100.0% 395	100.0% 535	247	2762

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	7.1% 28	5.2% 58	5.6% 4	50	5.7% 90
Occasionally	12.1% 48	11.1% 124	11.3% 8	138	11.4% 180
Once or a few times	19.9% 79	21.3% 237	21.1% 15	265	20.9% 331
Never	61.0% 242	62.4% 694	62.0% 44	974	62.0% 980
Missing	4	18	1	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 397	100.0% 1113	100.0% 71	1427	1581