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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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SATNACTV (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. - Satan, as a personal devil, is active in the world today.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Definitely	2773	90.1%	90.1%
Probably	157	5.1%	95.2%
Possibly	100	3.2%	98.4%
Probably not	29	.9%	99.3%
Definitely not	20	.6%	99.9%
Missing	8	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Definitely	89.0% 1239	85.0% 701	96.8% 540	96.1% 244	98.0% 50	90.1% 2774
Probably	5.7% 80	7.6% 63	1.4% 8	2.4% 6	2.0% 1	5.1% 158
Possibly	3.6% 50	4.6% 38	1.4% 8	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	3.2% 99
Probably not	1.0% 14	1.7% 14	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 29
Definitely not	0.6% 9	1.1% 9	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 20
Missing	2	2	2	2	0	8
TOTAL	100.0% 1392	100.0% 825	100.0% 558	100.0% 254	100.0% 51	3080

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	87.2% 1245	92.6% 1511	17	90.1% 2756
Probably	7.4% 105	3.1% 51	1	5.1% 156
Possibly	3.6% 51	2.9% 48	1	3.2% 99
Probably not	0.9% 13	1.0% 16	0	0.9% 29
Definitely not	1.0% 14	0.4% 6	0	0.7% 20
Missing	3	4	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 1428	100.0% 1632	19	3060

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	89.9% 496	86.4% 592	88.1% 460	91.0% 675	95.0% 532	18	90.0% 2755
Probably	3.3% 18	8.3% 57	5.9% 31	5.1% 38	2.5% 14	0	5.2% 158
Possibly	4.3% 24	3.4% 23	3.8% 20	3.1% 23	1.4% 8	2	3.2% 98
Probably not	1.3% 7	1.3% 9	1.5% 8	0.4% 3	0.4% 2	0	0.9% 29
Definitely not	1.3% 7	0.6% 4	0.6% 3	0.4% 3	0.7% 4	0	0.7% 21
Missing	1	1	0	2	4	0	8
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 685	100.0% 522	100.0% 742	100.0% 560	20	3061

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	90.5% 381	89.7% 2206	97.2% 137	86.8% 46	4	90.1% 2770
Probably	2.9% 12	5.7% 140	1.4% 2	5.7% 3	0	5.1% 157
Possibly	4.5% 19	3.2% 78	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0	3.2% 99
Probably not	1.4% 6	0.7% 18	0.0% 0	7.5% 4	0	0.9% 28
Definitely not	0.7% 3	0.7% 17	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.7% 20
Missing	2	4	1	0	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2459	100.0% 141	100.0% 53	4	3074

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	97.4% 684	94.0% 795	90.2% 507	89.1% 277	77.4% 500	11	90.1% 2763
Probably	1.3% 9	2.0% 17	5.5% 31	6.1% 19	12.7% 82	0	5.2% 158
Possibly	1.3% 9	3.4% 29	3.0% 17	2.6% 8	5.6% 36	0	3.2% 99
Probably not	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.9% 5	1.0% 3	2.5% 16	2	0.9% 27
Definitely not	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.4% 2	1.3% 4	1.9% 12	0	0.7% 20
Missing	6	0	0	0	2	0	8
TOTAL	100.0% 702	100.0% 846	100.0% 562	100.0% 311	100.0% 646	13	3067

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	90.4% 1889	89.4% 843	76.9% 10	31	90.0% 2742
Probably	5.4% 112	4.5% 42	15.4% 2	1	5.1% 156
Possibly	2.7% 56	4.5% 42	0.0% 0	2	3.2% 98
Probably not	0.9% 18	1.2% 11	0.0% 0	0	1.0% 29
Definitely not	0.7% 15	0.5% 5	7.7% 1	0	0.7% 21
Missing	4	4	0	0	8
TOTAL	100.0% 2090	100.0% 943	100.0% 13	34	3046

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	89.4% 1030	91.2% 1254	86.8% 105	85.5% 195	189	89.8% 2584
Probably	5.6% 65	3.9% 54	8.3% 10	9.2% 21	8	5.2% 150
Possibly	3.3% 38	3.2% 44	5.0% 6	3.1% 7	4	3.3% 95
Probably not	1.0% 12	0.9% 13	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	1	0.9% 27
Definitely not	0.6% 7	0.7% 10	0.0% 0	1.3% 3	0	0.7% 20
Missing	2	5	0	1	0	8
TOTAL	100.0% 1152	100.0% 1375	100.0% 121	100.0% 228	202	2876

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	93.9% 586	91.4% 660	87.5% 464	88.0% 351	84.9% 461	251	89.5% 2522
Probably	3.5% 22	4.7% 34	6.2% 33	5.3% 21	8.3% 45	2	5.5% 155
Possibly	2.1% 13	2.9% 21	3.8% 20	3.0% 12	5.2% 28	6	3.3% 94
Probably not	0.5% 3	0.3% 2	1.7% 9	1.8% 7	1.1% 6	2	1.0% 27
Definitely not	0.0% 0	0.7% 5	0.8% 4	2.0% 8	0.6% 3	0	0.7% 20
Missing	2	5	1	1	0	0	9
TOTAL	100.0% 624	100.0% 722	100.0% 530	100.0% 399	100.0% 543	261	2818

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	74.2% 299	94.9% 1071	84.7% 61	1343	89.3% 1431
Probably	14.6% 59	2.5% 28	11.1% 8	62	5.9% 95
Possibly	6.7% 27	1.8% 20	4.2% 3	50	3.1% 50
Probably not	2.7% 11	0.5% 6	0.0% 0	12	1.1% 17
Definitely not	1.7% 7	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	9	0.6% 10
Missing	0	3	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 403	100.0% 1128	100.0% 72	1476	1603