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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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BORNVRGN (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

Following are some statements of beliefs that people, even Christians, have not always agreed upon. How do you respond to the statements? Select the answer that most closely represents your belief. - Jesus was born of a virgin.

	1) Definitely
	2) Probably
	3) Possibly
	4) Probably not
	5) Definitely not

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Definitely	2756	89.4%	89.4%
Probably	180	5.8%	95.2%
Possibly	101	3.3%	98.5%
Probably not	36	1.2%	99.7%
Definitely not	10	.3%	100%
Missing	5	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Definitely	88.4% 1231	83.8% 693	95.9% 537	96.5% 246	98.0% 50	89.3% 2757
Probably	7.2% 100	7.1% 59	2.5% 14	2.4% 6	2.0% 1	5.8% 180
Possibly	3.2% 44	5.9% 49	1.1% 6	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	3.3% 101
Probably not	0.9% 13	2.5% 21	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 37
Definitely not	0.4% 5	0.6% 5	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 11
Missing	2	1	1	1	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1393	100.0% 827	100.0% 560	100.0% 255	100.0% 51	3086

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	87.4% 1250	91.0% 1488	19	89.3% 2738
Probably	7.4% 106	4.5% 74	0	5.9% 180
Possibly	3.6% 51	3.1% 50	0	3.3% 101
Probably not	1.3% 19	1.0% 17	0	1.2% 36
Definitely not	0.3% 4	0.4% 6	0	0.3% 10
Missing	1	3	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 1430	100.0% 1635	19	3065

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	86.8% 478	87.7% 600	87.7% 458	90.1% 668	94.7% 532	19	89.4% 2736
Probably	7.8% 43	6.4% 44	7.5% 39	5.4% 40	2.5% 14	0	5.9% 180
Possibly	3.8% 21	3.7% 25	3.3% 17	3.6% 27	1.6% 9	1	3.2% 99
Probably not	0.7% 4	1.6% 11	1.5% 8	0.8% 6	1.1% 6	0	1.1% 35
Definitely not	0.9% 5	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0	0.3% 10
Missing	0	1	0	2	2	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 684	100.0% 522	100.0% 741	100.0% 562	20	3060

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	85.3% 361	89.7% 2209	96.5% 137	86.5% 45	4	89.4% 2752
Probably	8.0% 34	5.8% 142	2.1% 3	1.9% 1	0	5.8% 180
Possibly	4.7% 20	3.0% 73	1.4% 2	11.5% 6	0	3.3% 101
Probably not	1.4% 6	1.2% 29	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	1.1% 35
Definitely not	0.5% 2	0.4% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 11
Missing	2	2	0	1	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 2462	100.0% 142	100.0% 52	4	3079

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	95.8% 676	92.2% 779	92.0% 515	87.8% 273	77.6% 502	13	89.4% 2745
Probably	1.8% 13	4.7% 40	3.8% 21	7.1% 22	12.8% 83	0	5.8% 179
Possibly	2.0% 14	2.5% 21	3.4% 19	2.6% 8	5.9% 38	0	3.3% 100
Probably not	0.4% 3	0.6% 5	0.9% 5	1.0% 3	2.9% 19	0	1.1% 35
Definitely not	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 5	0.8% 5	0	0.3% 10
Missing	2	0	1	0	2	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 706	100.0% 845	100.0% 560	100.0% 311	100.0% 647	13	3069

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	90.4% 1891	87.2% 823	84.6% 11	31	89.4% 2725
Probably	6.1% 128	5.5% 52	0.0% 0	0	5.9% 180
Possibly	2.5% 53	4.7% 44	7.7% 1	3	3.2% 98
Probably not	0.7% 15	2.1% 20	0.0% 0	0	1.1% 35
Definitely not	0.2% 4	0.5% 5	7.7% 1	0	0.3% 10
Missing	3	2	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 2091	100.0% 944	100.0% 13	34	3048

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	89.5% 1032	89.5% 1232	88.5% 108	86.8% 198	187	89.2% 2570
Probably	6.7% 77	5.6% 77	9.0% 11	3.9% 9	5	6.0% 174
Possibly	2.9% 34	3.0% 41	0.8% 1	7.0% 16	8	3.2% 92
Probably not	0.6% 7	1.6% 22	1.6% 2	1.3% 3	2	1.2% 34
Definitely not	0.3% 3	0.4% 5	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	0	0.3% 10
Missing	1	3	0	1	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1153	100.0% 1377	100.0% 122	100.0% 228	202	2880

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	92.5% 577	91.9% 665	86.4% 458	85.0% 339	86.7% 470	246	89.0% 2509
Probably	4.8% 30	5.1% 37	8.3% 44	6.8% 27	6.5% 35	7	6.1% 173
Possibly	1.9% 12	2.8% 20	3.2% 17	5.3% 21	4.4% 24	7	3.3% 94
Probably not	0.8% 5	0.0% 0	1.9% 10	2.0% 8	2.0% 11	1	1.2% 34
Definitely not	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	1.0% 4	0.4% 2	0	0.3% 9
Missing	1	3	1	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 624	100.0% 724	100.0% 530	100.0% 399	100.0% 542	261	2819

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	75.4% 303	95.5% 1079	87.3% 62	1312	90.1% 1444
Probably	13.7% 55	2.8% 32	7.0% 5	87	5.7% 92
Possibly	7.5% 30	1.1% 12	5.6% 4	54	2.9% 46
Probably not	2.5% 10	0.5% 6	0.0% 0	20	1.0% 16
Definitely not	1.0% 4	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	5	0.3% 5
Missing	0	2	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 1130	100.0% 71	1478	1603