Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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ETHICS4 (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	184	10.3%	10.3%
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	344	19.3%	29.6%
By talking with your parents	588	33%	62.6%
By consulting with business friends or partners	437	24.5%	87.1%
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	229	12.9%	100%
Missing	1305	%	%

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	11.4% 93	9.5% 44	9.2% 28	9.6% 16	9.1% 3	10.3% 184
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	15.8% 129	22.8% 106	21.8% 66	22.9% 38	18.2% 6	19.3% 345
By talking with your parents	32.8% 268	33.8% 157	32.7% 99	31.3% 52	39.4% 13	33.0% 589
By consulting with business friends or partners	25.7% 210	24.7% 115	23.4% 71	20.5% 34	21.2% 7	24.5% 437
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	14.2% 116	9.2% 43	12.9% 39	15.7% 26	12.1% 4	12.8% 228
Missing	578	363	256	89	19	1305
TOTAL	100.0% 816	100.0% 465	100.0% 303	100.0% 166	100.0% 33	1783

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	9.7% 101	11.1% 82	1	10.3% 183
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	18.5% 192	20.6% 152	0	19.3% 344
By talking with your parents	32.3% 336	34.0% 251	1	33.0% 587
By consulting with business friends or partners	25.7% 267	23.0% 170	0	24.6% 437
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	13.8% 144	11.4% 84	1	12.8% 228
Missing	392	897	0	1289
TOTAL	100.0% 1040	100.0% 739	3	1779

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	10.8% 37	10.0% 52	11.0% 45	9.2% 39	10.3% 8	2	10.2% 181
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	21.9% 75	16.1% 84	21.8% 89	19.1% 81	19.2% 15	0	19.4% 344
By talking with your parents	31.5% 108	33.2% 173	32.3% 132	35.4% 150	32.1% 25	0	33.1% 588
By consulting with business friends or partners	24.5% 84	25.5% 133	21.3% 87	25.2% 107	30.8% 24	4	24.5% 435
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	11.4% 39	15.2% 79	13.7% 56	11.1% 47	7.7% 6	1	12.8% 227
Missing	209	165	112	320	487	0	1293
TOTAL	100.0% 343	100.0% 521	100.0% 409	100.0% 424	100.0% 78	7	1775

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	18.4% 45	8.2% 122	28.0% 7	25.7% 9	0	10.3% 183
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	30.2% 74	17.1% 253	28.0% 7	31.4% 11	0	19.3% 345
By talking with your parents	31.4% 77	33.3% 492	24.0% 6	37.1% 13	1	33.0% 588
By consulting with business friends or partners	18.0% 44	26.3% 389	16.0% 4	5.7% 2	0	24.6% 439
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	2.0% 5	15.1% 223	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	0	12.8% 229
Missing	181	985	118	19	0	1303
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 1479	100.0% 25	100.0% 35	1	1784

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	9.5% 22	9.2% 44	7.8% 26	15.8% 35	10.5% 54	2	10.2% 181
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	17.2% 40	20.5% 98	16.5% 55	20.8% 46	20.5% 105	0	19.3% 344
By talking with your parents	37.5% 87	31.9% 153	35.3% 118	25.8% 57	33.6% 172	1	33.0% 587
By consulting with business friends or partners	23.7% 55	25.7% 123	24.3% 81	24.0% 53	24.4% 125	0	24.6% 437
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	12.1% 28	12.7% 61	16.2% 54	13.6% 30	10.9% 56	0	12.9% 229
Missing	475	366	228	89	137	0	1295
TOTAL	100.0% 232	100.0% 479	100.0% 334	100.0% 221	100.0% 512	3	1778

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	10.6% 132	9.6% 49	18.2% 2	1	10.4% 183
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	18.3% 227	20.5% 105	27.3% 3	8	19.0% 335
By talking with your parents	33.3% 414	32.9% 169	18.2% 2	3	33.1% 585
By consulting with business friends or partners	25.6% 318	23.0% 118	9.1% 1	0	24.7% 437
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	12.2% 151	14.0% 72	27.3% 3	3	12.8% 226
Missing	852	432	3	0	1287
TOTAL	100.0% 1242	100.0% 513	100.0% 11	15	1766

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	11.3% 82	10.0% 76	8.9% 7	7.8% 10	8	10.4% 175
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	18.0% 130	20.3% 154	21.5% 17	20.3% 26	16	19.4% 327
By talking with your parents	34.0% 246	31.7% 240	34.2% 27	32.0% 41	34	32.8% 554
By consulting with business friends or partners	22.4% 162	26.1% 198	21.5% 17	25.0% 32	28	24.2% 409
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	14.4% 104	11.9% 90	13.9% 11	14.8% 19	4	13.3% 224
Missing	431	622	42	100	0	1195
TOTAL	100.0% 724	100.0% 758	100.0% 79	100.0% 128	90	1689

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	12.4% 32	9.4% 41	8.7% 31	11.0% 31	10.9% 42	7	10.3% 177
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	22.8% 59	19.8% 86	16.2% 58	19.6% 55	19.2% 74	12	19.3% 332
By talking with your parents	32.0% 83	31.3% 136	31.8% 114	33.1% 93	35.8% 138	24	32.8% 564
By consulting with business friends or partners	21.6% 56	24.6% 107	26.5% 95	23.5% 66	25.1% 97	16	24.5% 421
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	11.2% 29	14.9% 65	16.8% 60	12.8% 36	9.1% 35	4	13.1% 225
Missing	367	293	172	119	158	0	1109
TOTAL	100.0% 259	100.0% 435	100.0% 358	100.0% 281	100.0% 386	63	1719

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
By yourself	13.9% 39	10.0% 68	5.3% 3	74	10.8% 110
By consulting with your spouse (if you have one)	11.1% 31	19.8% 134	22.8% 13	166	17.6% 178
By talking with your parents	27.9% 78	35.6% 241	21.1% 12	257	32.6% 331
By consulting with business friends or partners	32.9% 92	23.3% 158	33.3% 19	168	26.5% 269
By finding out what your church congregation has to say about the matter	14.3% 40	11.2% 76	17.5% 10	103	12.4% 126
Missing	122	456	14	0	592
TOTAL	100.0% 280	100.0% 677	100.0% 57	768	1014