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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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RTRNJESU (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 will actually return to Earth some day.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Definitely	2762	89.7%	89.7%
Probably	157	5.1%	94.8%
Possibly	115	3.7%	98.5%
Probably not	37	1.2%	99.7%
Definitely not	9	.3%	100%
Missing	7	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Definitely	88.9% 1237	84.2% 694	96.4% 541	94.9% 240	100.0% 50	89.7% 2762
Probably	5.8% 80	7.2% 59	1.8% 10	3.2% 8	0.0% 0	5.1% 157
Possibly	3.6% 50	6.3% 52	1.4% 8	1.6% 4	0.0% 0	3.7% 114
Probably not	1.4% 19	1.9% 16	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 37
Definitely not	0.4% 5	0.4% 3	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 9
Missing	3	2	0	2	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 1391	100.0% 824	100.0% 561	100.0% 253	100.0% 50	3079

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	87.8% 1258	91.2% 1485	19	89.6% 2743
Probably	6.1% 87	4.3% 70	0	5.1% 157
Possibly	3.8% 54	3.7% 61	0	3.8% 115
Probably not	1.7% 25	0.7% 12	0	1.2% 37
Definitely not	0.6% 8	0.1% 1	0	0.3% 9
Missing	0	7	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 1432	100.0% 1629	19	3061

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	87.1% 480	86.9% 595	90.4% 471	90.4% 671	93.9% 526	18	89.7% 2743
Probably	7.3% 40	6.7% 46	4.2% 22	5.3% 39	1.8% 10	1	5.1% 157
Possibly	4.4% 24	4.1% 28	4.4% 23	3.6% 27	2.1% 12	1	3.7% 114
Probably not	0.4% 2	2.0% 14	0.8% 4	0.7% 5	2.0% 11	0	1.2% 36
Definitely not	0.9% 5	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0	0.3% 9
Missing	0	1	0	2	4	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 685	100.0% 521	100.0% 742	100.0% 560	20	3059

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	87.2% 367	89.9% 2211	95.0% 134	84.9% 45	4	89.7% 2757
Probably	7.6% 32	5.0% 122	1.4% 2	1.9% 1	0	5.1% 157
Possibly	4.3% 18	3.5% 86	2.1% 3	13.2% 7	0	3.7% 114
Probably not	0.5% 2	1.4% 34	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0	1.2% 38
Definitely not	0.5% 2	0.3% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 9
Missing	3	3	2	0	0	8
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2460	100.0% 141	100.0% 53	4	3075

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	95.2% 669	91.7% 775	89.1% 501	89.1% 277	81.5% 527	13	89.6% 2749
Probably	2.7% 19	3.4% 29	4.8% 27	5.1% 16	10.4% 67	0	5.1% 158
Possibly	1.3% 9	3.8% 32	4.4% 25	3.9% 12	5.7% 37	0	3.7% 115
Probably not	0.4% 3	1.1% 9	1.6% 9	1.0% 3	2.0% 13	0	1.2% 37
Definitely not	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.5% 3	0	0.3% 9
Missing	4	0	1	0	2	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 703	100.0% 845	100.0% 562	100.0% 311	100.0% 647	13	3068

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	89.9% 1879	89.2% 840	84.6% 11	31	89.7% 2730
Probably	5.4% 112	4.7% 44	7.7% 1	0	5.2% 157
Possibly	3.1% 65	5.0% 47	0.0% 0	3	3.7% 112
Probably not	1.3% 28	1.0% 9	0.0% 0	0	1.2% 37
Definitely not	0.3% 6	0.2% 2	7.7% 1	0	0.3% 9
Missing	4	3	0	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 2090	100.0% 942	100.0% 13	34	3045

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	89.2% 1029	90.3% 1244	86.8% 105	86.4% 197	187	89.4% 2575
Probably	5.7% 66	4.6% 63	9.1% 11	4.4% 10	8	5.2% 150
Possibly	3.6% 42	3.4% 47	2.5% 3	8.3% 19	4	3.9% 111
Probably not	1.0% 11	1.4% 19	1.7% 2	0.9% 2	3	1.2% 34
Definitely not	0.4% 5	0.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 9
Missing	2	4	1	0	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 1153	100.0% 1377	100.0% 121	100.0% 228	202	2879

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	92.8% 579	92.3% 669	86.0% 455	86.3% 346	86.2% 468	244	89.2% 2517
Probably	4.5% 28	3.4% 25	8.3% 44	5.0% 20	5.9% 32	9	5.3% 149
Possibly	1.9% 12	2.8% 20	4.7% 25	5.2% 21	5.9% 32	6	3.9% 110
Probably not	0.8% 5	0.8% 6	0.9% 5	2.7% 11	1.8% 10	0	1.3% 37
Definitely not	0.0% 0	0.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.2% 1	0	0.3% 9
Missing	3	2	1	0	0	0	6
TOTAL	100.0% 624	100.0% 725	100.0% 529	100.0% 401	100.0% 543	259	2822

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	76.4% 307	93.5% 1057	91.7% 66	1332	89.2% 1430
Probably	12.7% 51	2.9% 33	4.2% 3	71	5.4% 87
Possibly	7.0% 28	2.6% 29	4.2% 3	54	3.7% 60
Probably not	3.0% 12	0.7% 8	0.0% 0	17	1.2% 20
Definitely not	1.0% 4	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	2	0.4% 7
Missing	0	2	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 1130	100.0% 72	1476	1604