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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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AFFAIR (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. - While married, had sexual intercourse with someone not my spouse

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Frequently	1	0%	0%
Occasionally	18	.6%	.6%
Once or a few times	130	4.3%	4.9%
Never	2867	95.1%	100%
Missing	71	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Occasionally	0.6% 8	0.4% 3	0.9% 5	0.8% 2	2.0% 1	0.6% 19
Once or a few times	4.3% 58	4.2% 34	3.5% 19	6.4% 16	6.0% 3	4.3% 130
Never	95.1% 1294	95.4% 773	95.4% 524	92.8% 231	92.0% 46	95.0% 2868
Missing	35	17	12	6	1	71
TOTAL	100.0% 1360	100.0% 810	100.0% 549	100.0% 249	100.0% 50	3018

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Occasionally	0.8% 11	0.4% 7	0	0.6% 18
Once or a few times	5.2% 72	3.6% 57	1	4.3% 129
Never	94.0% 1314	96.0% 1534	19	95.1% 2848
Missing	33	38	0	71
TOTAL	100.0% 1398	100.0% 1598	20	2996

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Occasionally	0.0% 0	0.9% 6	0.4% 2	1.0% 7	0.6% 3	0	0.6% 18
Once or a few times	1.5% 8	4.9% 33	5.8% 30	5.3% 38	3.5% 19	1	4.3% 128
Never	98.3% 533	94.2% 639	93.8% 482	93.8% 678	95.9% 516	19	95.1% 2848
Missing	9	8	7	21	26	0	71
TOTAL	100.0% 542	100.0% 678	100.0% 514	100.0% 723	100.0% 538	20	2995

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Occasionally	0.0% 0	0.7% 17	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.6% 18
Once or a few times	0.3% 1	4.4% 107	6.4% 9	27.7% 13	0	4.3% 130
Never	99.8% 399	94.8% 2299	92.9% 131	72.3% 34	4	95.1% 2863
Missing	24	39	2	6	0	71
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 2424	100.0% 141	100.0% 47	4	3012

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0	0.0% 1
Occasionally	0.4% 3	0.9% 7	0.5% 3	0.3% 1	0.6% 4	0	0.6% 18
Once or a few times	4.7% 32	4.0% 33	6.1% 34	2.6% 8	3.6% 23	0	4.3% 130
Never	94.9% 652	95.1% 779	93.4% 520	97.0% 296	95.6% 608	12	95.0% 2855
Missing	21	25	5	5	14	0	70
TOTAL	100.0% 687	100.0% 819	100.0% 557	100.0% 305	100.0% 636	12	3004

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Occasionally	0.7% 15	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	1	0.6% 17
Once or a few times	5.1% 105	2.3% 21	7.1% 1	3	4.3% 127
Never	94.1% 1926	97.5% 900	92.9% 13	29	95.1% 2839
Missing	46	24	0	0	70
TOTAL	100.0% 2047	100.0% 923	100.0% 14	33	2984

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Occasionally	0.8% 9	0.4% 6	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	2	0.6% 17
Once or a few times	3.3% 37	4.1% 56	5.0% 6	6.6% 15	15	4.0% 114
Never	95.9% 1080	95.3% 1288	95.0% 113	92.5% 209	176	95.3% 2690
Missing	28	30	2	2	0	62
TOTAL	100.0% 1126	100.0% 1351	100.0% 119	100.0% 226	193	2822

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Occasionally	0.2% 1	0.7% 5	0.2% 1	1.0% 4	1.1% 6	2	0.6% 17
Once or a few times	4.5% 27	4.9% 35	4.8% 25	3.1% 12	5.4% 29	3	4.6% 128
Never	95.3% 571	94.3% 678	95.0% 497	95.9% 375	93.4% 499	247	94.7% 2620
Missing	28	8	7	10	9	0	62
TOTAL	100.0% 599	100.0% 719	100.0% 523	100.0% 391	100.0% 534	252	2766

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.0% 0
Occasionally	1.0% 4	0.6% 7	1.4% 1	6	0.8% 12
Once or a few times	5.5% 22	5.9% 65	1.4% 1	42	5.6% 88
Never	93.5% 373	93.5% 1037	97.2% 69	1389	93.7% 1479
Missing	3	23	1	0	27
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1109	100.0% 71	1438	1579