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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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LIVEWITH (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. - Lived unmarried with a person of the opposite sex in intimate relationships

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Frequently	26	.9%	.9%
Occasionally	17	.6%	1.5%
Once or a few times	108	3.6%	5.1%
Never	2874	95%	100.1%
Missing	62	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Frequently	0.8% 11	1.0% 8	0.9% 5	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 26
Occasionally	0.4% 6	0.9% 7	0.2% 1	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.6% 17
Once or a few times	4.2% 57	3.2% 26	2.7% 15	4.0% 10	4.0% 2	3.6% 110
Never	94.6% 1291	94.9% 769	96.2% 531	94.0% 236	96.0% 48	94.9% 2875
Missing	30	17	8	5	1	61
TOTAL	100.0% 1365	100.0% 810	100.0% 552	100.0% 251	100.0% 50	3028

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.4% 5	1.2% 20	0	0.8% 25
Occasionally	0.5% 7	0.6% 10	0	0.6% 17
Once or a few times	3.9% 55	3.2% 52	1	3.6% 107
Never	95.2% 1336	94.9% 1523	15	95.0% 2859
Missing	28	31	0	59
TOTAL	100.0% 1403	100.0% 1605	16	3008

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	1.3% 7	1.9% 13	0.6% 3	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0	0.9% 26
Occasionally	0.5% 3	1.5% 10	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0	0.6% 17
Once or a few times	5.1% 28	7.0% 48	3.3% 17	1.4% 10	0.8% 4	0	3.6% 107
Never	93.1% 514	89.6% 611	95.6% 494	98.3% 712	98.9% 525	19	95.0% 2856
Missing	0	4	5	19	34	0	62
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 682	100.0% 517	100.0% 724	100.0% 531	19	3006

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.5% 2	0.9% 22	0.0% 0	3.9% 2	0	0.9% 26
Occasionally	0.0% 0	0.6% 14	0.0% 0	5.9% 3	0	0.6% 17
Once or a few times	1.2% 5	3.8% 91	3.0% 4	15.7% 8	0	3.6% 108
Never	98.3% 414	94.7% 2289	97.0% 130	74.5% 38	4	95.0% 2871
Missing	2	48	8	3	0	61
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2416	100.0% 134	100.0% 51	4	3022

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0% 0	1.2% 10	1.4% 8	1.9% 6	0.5% 3	0	0.9% 27
Occasionally	0.3% 2	0.6% 5	1.3% 7	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0	0.6% 17
Once or a few times	3.0% 20	3.0% 25	4.7% 26	3.5% 11	3.9% 25	0	3.6% 107
Never	96.7% 651	95.2% 785	92.6% 516	94.5% 293	95.2% 617	13	95.0% 2862
Missing	33	21	5	1	2	0	62
TOTAL	100.0% 673	100.0% 825	100.0% 557	100.0% 310	100.0% 648	13	3013

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	1.1% 23	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0	0.9% 26
Occasionally	0.7% 14	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	1	0.5% 16
Once or a few times	4.0% 83	2.4% 22	7.1% 1	2	3.5% 106
Never	94.2% 1933	97.1% 898	92.9% 13	31	95.1% 2844
Missing	41	21	0	0	62
TOTAL	100.0% 2053	100.0% 925	100.0% 14	34	2992

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.5% 6	1.0% 13	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	5	0.7% 21
Occasionally	0.3% 3	0.6% 8	1.7% 2	1.8% 4	1	0.6% 17
Once or a few times	2.7% 31	3.1% 42	9.1% 11	6.8% 15	9	3.5% 99
Never	96.5% 1095	95.4% 1292	89.3% 108	90.5% 201	179	95.2% 2696
Missing	19	26	1	6	0	52
TOTAL	100.0% 1135	100.0% 1355	100.0% 121	100.0% 222	194	2833

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.7% 4	1.3% 9	0.9% 5	1.0% 4	0.9% 5	0	1.0% 27
Occasionally	0.7% 4	0.6% 4	0.6% 3	0.3% 1	0.9% 5	0	0.6% 17
Once or a few times	3.7% 22	4.2% 30	3.0% 16	4.5% 18	3.5% 19	3	3.8% 105
Never	95.0% 567	94.0% 677	95.4% 503	94.2% 373	94.6% 507	247	94.6% 2627
Missing	30	7	3	4	7	0	51
TOTAL	100.0% 597	100.0% 720	100.0% 527	100.0% 396	100.0% 536	250	2776

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.5% 2	1.5% 17	0.0% 0	7	1.2% 19
Occasionally	1.0% 4	0.7% 8	0.0% 0	5	0.8% 12
Once or a few times	7.5% 30	3.2% 36	4.2% 3	39	4.4% 69
Never	91.0% 364	94.5% 1053	95.8% 68	1390	93.7% 1485
Missing	3	17	1	0	21
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1114	100.0% 71	1441	1585