Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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ETHICS2 (Weighted by WTFACTOR) Persons currently employed: When you face ethical problems related to your work or business, how do you usually reach decisions? Rank the following 1 to 5 in order of importance.   1) By yourself   2) By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)   3) By talking with your parents   4) By consulting with business friends or partners   5) By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
By yourself	776	46.5%	46.5%
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	635	38%	84.5%
By talking with your parents	179	10.7%	95.2%
By consulting with business friends or partners	37	2.2%	97.4%
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	42	2.5%	99.9%
Missing	1417	%	%

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
By yourself	47.5% 366	46.9% 200	49.0% 142	37.3% 57	38.7% 12	46.5% 777
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	36.9% 284	37.8% 161	37.6% 109	43.8% 67	45.2% 14	38.0% 635
By talking with your parents	10.0% 77	12.0% 51	9.7% 28	12.4% 19	9.7% 3	10.7% 178
By consulting with business friends or partners	2.5% 19	1.4% 6	1.7% 5	4.6% 7	3.2% 1	2.3% 38
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	3.1% 24	1.9% 8	2.1% 6	2.0% 3	3.2% 1	2.5% 42
Missing	625	401	269	102	20	1417
TOTAL	100.0% 770	100.0% 426	100.0% 290	100.0% 153	100.0% 31	1670

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	42.1% 416	52.8% 357	3	46.5% 773
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	41.1% 406	33.4% 226	3	38.0% 632
By talking with your parents	12.4% 123	8.3% 56	0	10.8% 179
By consulting with business friends or partners	2.0% 20	2.7% 18	0	2.3% 38
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	2.3% 23	2.8% 19	0	2.5% 42
Missing	443	961	0	1404
TOTAL	100.0% 988	100.0% 676	6	1664

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	38.1% 83	40.7% 195	46.4% 185	54.1% 246	57.7% 64	4	46.5% 773
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	39.0% 85	43.4% 208	35.8% 143	35.2% 160	30.6% 34	6	37.9% 630
By talking with your parents	12.8% 28	10.6% 51	14.0% 56	7.9% 36	8.1% 9	0	10.8% 180
By consulting with business friends or partners	1.8% 4	2.3% 11	2.0% 8	2.6% 12	1.8% 2	0	2.2% 37
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	8.3% 18	2.9% 14	1.8% 7	0.2% 1	1.8% 2	0	2.5% 42
Missing	334	207	121	290	455	0	1407
TOTAL	100.0% 218	100.0% 479	100.0% 399	100.0% 455	100.0% 111	10	1662

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	4.5% 2	48.2% 773	20.0% 2	0.0% 0	0	46.5% 777
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	6.8% 3	39.2% 628	20.0% 2	16.7% 2	1	38.0% 635
By talking with your parents	9.1% 4	10.7% 171	20.0% 2	16.7% 2	0	10.7% 179
By consulting with business friends or partners	11.4% 5	1.9% 30	10.0% 1	8.3% 1	0	2.2% 37
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	68.2% 30	0.1% 2	30.0% 3	58.3% 7	0	2.5% 42
Missing	381	860	132	42	0	1415
TOTAL	100.0% 44	100.0% 1604	100.0% 10	100.0% 12	1	1670

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	54.8% 137	43.1% 191	44.9% 133	42.3% 80	48.1% 233	2	46.6% 774
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	32.8% 82	40.2% 178	42.2% 125	38.1% 72	36.4% 176	1	38.1% 633
By talking with your parents	8.4% 21	10.8% 48	7.4% 22	15.9% 30	11.4% 55	2	10.6% 176
By consulting with business friends or partners	2.8% 7	2.5% 11	2.7% 8	1.6% 3	1.7% 8	0	2.2% 37
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	1.2% 3	3.4% 15	2.7% 8	2.1% 4	2.5% 12	0	2.5% 42
Missing	456	401	267	122	164	0	1410
TOTAL	100.0% 250	100.0% 443	100.0% 296	100.0% 189	100.0% 484	5	1662

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	44.1% 516	51.8% 247	87.5% 7	8	46.5% 770
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	38.9% 456	36.9% 176	0.0% 0	2	38.2% 632
By talking with your parents	11.6% 136	8.2% 39	12.5% 1	3	10.6% 176
By consulting with business friends or partners	2.6% 30	1.5% 7	0.0% 0	1	2.2% 37
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	2.8% 33	1.7% 8	0.0% 0	0	2.5% 41
Missing	922	469	6	0	1397
TOTAL	100.0% 1171	100.0% 477	100.0% 8	14	1656

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	47.6% 323	45.4% 321	41.3% 33	50.0% 59	41	46.5% 736
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	35.7% 242	39.5% 279	42.5% 34	40.7% 48	31	38.1% 603
By talking with your parents	11.9% 81	10.6% 75	11.3% 9	5.9% 7	7	10.9% 172
By consulting with business friends or partners	2.7% 18	1.8% 13	3.8% 3	0.8% 1	3	2.2% 35
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	2.1% 14	2.7% 19	1.3% 1	2.5% 3	5	2.3% 37
Missing	476	674	42	110	0	1302
TOTAL	100.0% 678	100.0% 707	100.0% 80	100.0% 118	87	1583

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	54.1% 120	48.6% 202	46.0% 162	37.9% 103	47.5% 173	17	46.7% 760
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	29.3% 65	38.2% 159	40.1% 141	43.4% 118	37.1% 135	17	38.0% 618
By talking with your parents	8.1% 18	8.7% 36	12.2% 43	14.7% 40	11.3% 41	1	10.9% 178
By consulting with business friends or partners	3.2% 7	1.4% 6	0.9% 3	3.7% 10	2.5% 9	2	2.2% 35
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	5.4% 12	3.1% 13	0.9% 3	0.4% 1	1.6% 6	7	2.2% 35
Missing	404	311	178	128	179	0	1200
TOTAL	100.0% 222	100.0% 416	100.0% 352	100.0% 272	100.0% 364	44	1626

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	45.2% 122	42.7% 272	41.8% 23	359	43.3% 417
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	38.1% 103	39.1% 249	32.7% 18	264	38.5% 370
By talking with your parents	12.6% 34	12.9% 82	16.4% 9	54	13.0% 125
By consulting with business friends or partners	0.7% 2	2.8% 18	5.5% 3	15	2.4% 23
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	3.3% 9	2.5% 16	3.6% 2	15	2.8% 27
Missing	133	495	16	0	644
TOTAL	100.0% 270	100.0% 637	100.0% 55	707	962