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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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HADABORT (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 an abortion (planned)

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Frequently	1	0%	0%
Occasionally	2	.1%	.1%
Once or a few times	44	1.5%	1.6%
Never	2980	98.4%	100%
Missing	60	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Occasionally	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Once or a few times	1.2% 17	1.5% 12	1.3% 7	2.8% 7	2.0% 1	1.5% 44
Never	98.8% 1350	98.3% 796	98.7% 543	96.8% 242	98.0% 49	98.4% 2980
Missing	27	17	10	5	1	60
TOTAL	100.0% 1367	100.0% 810	100.0% 550	100.0% 250	100.0% 50	3027

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0	0.0% 1
Occasionally	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0	0.1% 2
Once or a few times	0.6% 8	2.2% 36	0	1.5% 44
Never	99.4% 1386	97.6% 1574	19	98.4% 2960
Missing	37	23	0	60
TOTAL	100.0% 1394	100.0% 1613	19	3007

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Occasionally	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
Once or a few times	1.7% 9	3.1% 21	1.7% 9	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0	1.4% 43
Never	98.3% 535	96.8% 657	98.1% 508	99.3% 719	100.0% 540	19	98.5% 2959
Missing	7	7	3	19	24	0	60
TOTAL	100.0% 544	100.0% 679	100.0% 518	100.0% 724	100.0% 540	19	3005

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	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
Once or a few times	1.0% 4	1.3% 31	0.0% 0	17.6% 9	0	1.5% 44
Never	99.0% 413	98.6% 2382	100.0% 140	82.4% 42	4	98.4% 2977
Missing	7	47	2	3	0	59
TOTAL	100.0% 417	100.0% 2416	100.0% 140	100.0% 51	4	3024

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Occasionally	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0	0.1% 2
Once or a few times	0.6% 4	0.9% 7	2.3% 13	2.6% 8	1.7% 11	0	1.4% 43
Never	99.3% 679	99.0% 815	97.7% 544	97.4% 301	98.1% 628	12	98.5% 2967
Missing	24	22	4	2	8	0	60
TOTAL	100.0% 684	100.0% 823	100.0% 557	100.0% 309	100.0% 640	12	3013

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	0.0% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
Once or a few times	1.7% 34	1.1% 10	0.0% 0	0	1.5% 44
Never	98.3% 2023	98.8% 913	100.0% 13	31	98.4% 2949
Missing	35	22	0	0	57
TOTAL	100.0% 2059	100.0% 924	100.0% 13	31	2996

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.0% 0
Occasionally	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0	0.1% 2
Once or a few times	1.2% 14	1.3% 17	0.8% 1	1.3% 3	9	1.2% 35
Never	98.8% 1121	98.7% 1335	99.2% 120	98.2% 222	182	98.7% 2798
Missing	19	27	1	3	0	50
TOTAL	100.0% 1135	100.0% 1353	100.0% 121	100.0% 226	192	2835

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Occasionally	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
Once or a few times	0.5% 3	2.2% 16	1.9% 10	1.8% 7	1.1% 6	2	1.5% 42
Never	99.3% 597	97.8% 702	98.1% 515	97.7% 386	98.9% 528	252	98.4% 2728
Missing	25	9	5	5	9	0	53
TOTAL	100.0% 601	100.0% 718	100.0% 525	100.0% 395	100.0% 534	254	2773

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 1
Occasionally	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	1	0.1% 1
Once or a few times	2.8% 11	1.4% 16	1.4% 1	16	1.8% 28
Never	97.3% 389	98.4% 1097	98.6% 70	1424	98.1% 1556
Missing	2	17	1	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1115	100.0% 71	1441	1586