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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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HOURDAY (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. - God created the earth and all living things in six 24-hour days.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Definitely	1421	46.4%	46.4%
Probably	405	13.2%	59.6%
Possibly	593	19.4%	79%
Probably not	462	15.1%	94.1%
Definitely not	182	5.9%	100%
Missing	24	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Definitely	47.3% 655	42.5% 350	43.9% 243	56.0% 141	62.7% 32	46.3% 1421
Probably	13.3% 184	11.7% 96	14.3% 79	15.1% 38	15.7% 8	13.2% 405
Possibly	18.3% 253	19.9% 164	23.1% 128	16.7% 42	13.7% 7	19.4% 594
Probably not	15.4% 214	16.5% 136	15.5% 86	9.5% 24	5.9% 3	15.1% 463
Definitely not	5.8% 80	9.4% 77	3.2% 18	2.8% 7	2.0% 1	6.0% 183
Missing	9	5	6	3	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 1386	100.0% 823	100.0% 554	100.0% 252	100.0% 51	3066

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	40.5% 576	51.2% 831	14	46.2% 1407
Probably	14.7% 209	12.1% 196	1	13.3% 405
Possibly	19.7% 281	19.2% 312	0	19.5% 593
Probably not	17.8% 254	12.8% 208	0	15.2% 462
Definitely not	7.2% 103	4.7% 77	1	5.9% 180
Missing	8	12	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 1423	100.0% 1624	16	3047

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	42.7% 235	36.6% 251	39.5% 205	48.6% 358	65.5% 363	10	46.4% 1412
Probably	17.3% 95	15.3% 105	10.0% 52	10.6% 78	12.6% 70	5	13.1% 400
Possibly	23.3% 128	23.5% 161	24.1% 125	16.4% 121	10.3% 57	1	19.4% 592
Probably not	12.4% 68	17.8% 122	19.8% 103	16.4% 121	8.5% 47	1	15.1% 461
Definitely not	4.4% 24	6.7% 46	6.6% 34	7.9% 58	3.1% 17	2	5.9% 179
Missing	2	1	2	8	10	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 550	100.0% 685	100.0% 519	100.0% 736	100.0% 554	19	3044

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	40.0% 169	46.1% 1128	63.3% 88	62.3% 33	4	46.3% 1418
Probably	17.0% 72	12.7% 310	15.1% 21	3.8% 2	0	13.2% 405
Possibly	23.4% 99	19.4% 474	10.1% 14	13.2% 7	0	19.4% 594
Probably not	14.7% 62	15.7% 385	7.2% 10	9.4% 5	0	15.1% 462
Definitely not	5.0% 21	6.1% 149	4.3% 6	11.3% 6	0	5.9% 182
Missing	2	18	4	1	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 2446	100.0% 139	100.0% 53	4	3061

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	74.4% 517	58.1% 488	39.4% 221	23.6% 73	17.7% 114	8	46.3% 1413
Probably	8.8% 61	13.7% 115	15.3% 86	16.2% 50	14.3% 92	0	13.2% 404
Possibly	10.2% 71	16.7% 140	24.4% 137	28.2% 87	24.0% 155	3	19.3% 590
Probably not	5.2% 36	9.0% 76	15.7% 88	23.6% 73	29.1% 188	2	15.1% 461
Definitely not	1.4% 10	2.5% 21	5.2% 29	8.4% 26	14.9% 96	0	6.0% 182
Missing	13	4	2	1	4	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 695	100.0% 840	100.0% 561	100.0% 309	100.0% 645	13	3050

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	48.4% 1006	42.0% 394	15.4% 2	19	46.3% 1402
Probably	13.6% 283	12.3% 115	15.4% 2	6	13.2% 400
Possibly	17.9% 371	22.8% 214	38.5% 5	3	19.5% 590
Probably not	14.8% 308	15.7% 147	23.1% 3	4	15.1% 458
Definitely not	5.3% 110	7.2% 68	7.7% 1	3	5.9% 179
Missing	15	9	0	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 2078	100.0% 938	100.0% 13	35	3029

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	41.1% 469	46.9% 642	43.4% 53	48.9% 112	146	44.6% 1276
Probably	15.1% 172	12.1% 165	14.8% 18	12.7% 29	20	13.4% 384
Possibly	19.6% 224	20.5% 280	23.8% 29	17.5% 40	20	20.0% 573
Probably not	17.6% 201	14.8% 203	11.5% 14	15.7% 36	9	15.9% 454
Definitely not	6.7% 76	5.8% 79	6.6% 8	5.2% 12	7	6.1% 175
Missing	12	11	0	0	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 1142	100.0% 1369	100.0% 122	100.0% 229	202	2862

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	58.9% 367	47.9% 346	38.6% 203	37.3% 149	33.4% 179	177	44.3% 1244
Probably	15.1% 94	11.9% 86	11.6% 61	14.8% 59	12.9% 69	36	13.2% 369
Possibly	13.0% 81	22.9% 165	20.5% 108	23.8% 95	22.6% 121	23	20.3% 570
Probably not	9.6% 60	13.0% 94	22.1% 116	17.8% 71	19.8% 106	15	15.9% 447
Definitely not	3.4% 21	4.3% 31	7.2% 38	6.3% 25	11.4% 61	6	6.3% 176
Missing	4	6	3	1	7	0	21
TOTAL	100.0% 623	100.0% 722	100.0% 526	100.0% 399	100.0% 536	257	2806

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	22.6% 91	54.7% 613	33.8% 24	693	45.7% 728
Probably	10.2% 41	13.9% 156	22.5% 16	192	13.4% 213
Possibly	24.9% 100	17.0% 190	14.1% 10	293	18.8% 300
Probably not	26.6% 107	11.5% 129	21.1% 15	211	15.8% 251
Definitely not	15.7% 63	2.9% 32	8.5% 6	81	6.3% 101
Missing	1	11	1	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 1120	100.0% 71	1470	1593