Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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ETHICS3 (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 trying to find 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	49	3.1%	3.1%
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	177	11.2%	14.3%
By talking with your parents	341	21.5%	35.8%
By consulting with business friends or partners	454	28.7%	64.5%
By trying to find out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	563	35.5%	100%
Missing	1503	%	%

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	2.7% 20	2.9% 12	4.5% 12	2.7% 4	3.3% 1	3.1% 49
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	10.9% 80	10.8% 44	10.9% 29	14.1% 21	6.7% 2	11.1% 176
By talking with your parents	20.2% 148	24.3% 99	20.8% 55	23.5% 35	16.7% 5	21.6% 342
By consulting with business friends or partners	30.1% 220	27.0% 110	27.2% 72	27.5% 41	33.3% 10	28.6% 453
By trying to find out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	36.1% 264	35.0% 143	36.6% 97	32.2% 48	40.0% 12	35.6% 564
Missing	663	420	294	105	21	1503
TOTAL	100.0% 732	100.0% 408	100.0% 265	100.0% 149	100.0% 30	1584

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	2.3% 21	4.3% 28	0	3.1% 49
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	8.5% 79	14.9% 98	0	11.2% 177
By talking with your parents	20.8% 193	22.7% 149	0	21.6% 342
By consulting with business friends or partners	28.2% 261	29.1% 191	1	28.6% 452
By trying to find out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	40.2% 372	29.0% 190	1	35.5% 562
Missing	506	980	0	1486
TOTAL	100.0% 926	100.0% 656	2	1582

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	9.6% 33	2.0% 10	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	0	3.0% 48
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	23.9% 82	11.3% 57	6.9% 26	3.0% 9	4.1% 2	1	11.2% 176
By talking with your parents	26.8% 92	25.5% 129	14.9% 56	15.5% 47	28.6% 14	4	21.4% 338
By consulting with business friends or partners	28.9% 99	32.0% 162	30.9% 116	22.0% 67	20.4% 10	0	28.8% 454
By trying to find out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	10.8% 37	29.2% 148	46.3% 174	59.5% 181	44.9% 22	2	35.6% 562
Missing	209	180	144	440	516	0	1489
TOTAL	100.0% 343	100.0% 506	100.0% 376	100.0% 304	100.0% 49	7	1578

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	18.5% 42	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	13.8% 4	0	3.0% 48
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	35.2% 80	6.4% 84	16.7% 2	37.9% 11	0	11.2% 177
By talking with your parents	29.1% 66	20.2% 266	50.0% 6	13.8% 4	0	21.6% 342
By consulting with business friends or partners	16.3% 37	30.6% 403	33.3% 4	31.0% 9	1	28.6% 453
By trying to find out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	0.9% 2	42.6% 560	0.0% 0	3.4% 1	0	35.6% 563
Missing	196	1148	131	25	0	1500
TOTAL	100.0% 227	100.0% 1315	100.0% 12	100.0% 29	1	1583

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	2.3% 4	4.8% 21	5.2% 16	1.9% 4	0.9% 4	0	3.1% 49
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	17.4% 30	11.1% 49	12.6% 39	14.8% 31	6.0% 27	0	11.1% 176
By talking with your parents	20.3% 35	27.7% 122	21.6% 67	21.0% 44	16.3% 73	0	21.6% 341
By consulting with business friends or partners	20.9% 36	29.5% 130	30.3% 94	31.4% 66	28.6% 128	1	28.7% 454
By trying to find out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	39.0% 67	27.0% 119	30.3% 94	31.0% 65	48.1% 215	3	35.4% 560
Missing	535	404	252	101	202	0	1494
TOTAL	100.0% 172	100.0% 441	100.0% 310	100.0% 210	100.0% 447	4	1580

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	3.0% 33	2.9% 13	0.0% 0	2	2.9% 46
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	10.9% 121	12.5% 56	10.0% 1	0	11.3% 178
By talking with your parents	20.0% 222	25.6% 115	30.0% 3	2	21.6% 340
By consulting with business friends or partners	29.2% 325	25.8% 116	40.0% 4	9	28.3% 445
By trying to find out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	37.0% 411	33.2% 149	20.0% 2	1	35.8% 562
Missing	982	498	4	0	1484
TOTAL	100.0% 1112	100.0% 449	100.0% 10	14	1571

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	2.5% 16	3.6% 24	2.9% 2	2.6% 3	4	3.0% 45
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	9.1% 59	11.9% 80	11.8% 8	9.4% 11	19	10.5% 158
By talking with your parents	18.8% 122	24.6% 165	25.0% 17	14.5% 17	20	21.3% 321
By consulting with business friends or partners	31.2% 202	27.3% 183	23.5% 16	29.1% 34	19	28.9% 435
By trying to find out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	38.4% 249	32.6% 219	36.8% 25	44.4% 52	18	36.2% 545
Missing	507	711	53	110	0	1381
TOTAL	100.0% 648	100.0% 671	100.0% 68	100.0% 117	80	1504

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	3.7% 8	3.3% 13	1.2% 4	2.0% 5	3.2% 11	8	2.7% 41
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	18.0% 39	9.5% 37	7.3% 24	10.0% 25	10.1% 35	18	10.5% 160
By talking with your parents	29.5% 64	22.1% 86	20.1% 66	21.7% 54	16.7% 58	14	21.4% 328
By consulting with business friends or partners	23.0% 50	29.3% 114	33.2% 109	32.5% 81	26.2% 91	9	29.1% 445
By trying to find out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	25.8% 56	35.7% 139	38.1% 125	33.7% 84	43.8% 152	7	36.3% 556
Missing	410	339	202	151	196	0	1298
TOTAL	100.0% 217	100.0% 389	100.0% 328	100.0% 249	100.0% 347	56	1530

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	1.6% 4	3.1% 19	0.0% 0	26	2.5% 23
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	12.9% 33	10.1% 62	10.7% 6	76	10.9% 101
By talking with your parents	15.3% 39	19.5% 120	28.6% 16	167	18.9% 175
By consulting with business friends or partners	27.5% 70	29.8% 183	23.2% 13	188	28.8% 266
By trying to find out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	42.7% 109	37.5% 230	37.5% 21	204	38.9% 360
Missing	148	517	16	0	681
TOTAL	100.0% 255	100.0% 614	100.0% 56	661	925