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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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LIFDEATH (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. - There is a life beyond death.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Definitely	2853	92.6%	92.6%
Probably	158	5.1%	97.7%
Possibly	48	1.6%	99.3%
Probably not	15	.5%	99.8%
Definitely not	7	.2%	100%
Missing	5	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Definitely	90.9% 1265	91.3% 755	97.5% 545	93.7% 238	98.0% 49	92.6% 2852
Probably	6.7% 93	5.6% 46	1.4% 8	3.9% 10	2.0% 1	5.1% 158
Possibly	1.6% 22	2.4% 20	0.5% 3	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	1.6% 48
Probably not	0.6% 8	0.6% 5	0.2% 1	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 16
Definitely not	0.2% 3	0.1% 1	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 7
Missing	3	0	1	1	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1391	100.0% 827	100.0% 559	100.0% 254	100.0% 50	3081

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	90.8% 1298	94.1% 1537	19	92.5% 2835
Probably	6.7% 96	3.8% 62	0	5.2% 158
Possibly	1.9% 27	1.3% 22	0	1.6% 49
Probably not	0.6% 8	0.4% 7	0	0.5% 15
Definitely not	0.1% 1	0.4% 6	1	0.2% 7
Missing	2	3	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1430	100.0% 1634	20	3064

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	90.2% 498	90.8% 620	91.0% 474	94.9% 705	95.6% 539	17	92.6% 2836
Probably	7.1% 39	5.1% 35	8.3% 43	3.5% 26	2.5% 14	0	5.1% 157
Possibly	1.6% 9	3.1% 21	0.6% 3	0.9% 7	1.2% 7	1	1.5% 47
Probably not	0.9% 5	0.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.7% 4	0	0.5% 15
Definitely not	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 8
Missing	0	2	0	1	1	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 683	100.0% 521	100.0% 743	100.0% 564	18	3063

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	88.5% 376	93.1% 2291	97.9% 140	86.5% 45	2	92.6% 2852
Probably	8.0% 34	4.8% 118	1.4% 2	5.8% 3	1	5.1% 157
Possibly	2.1% 9	1.5% 37	0.0% 0	3.8% 2	0	1.6% 48
Probably not	1.2% 5	0.4% 10	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 16
Definitely not	0.2% 1	0.2% 4	0.0% 0	3.8% 2	1	0.2% 7
Missing	0	3	0	2	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 425	100.0% 2460	100.0% 143	100.0% 52	4	3080

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	96.2% 680	92.9% 784	93.0% 522	90.3% 280	88.7% 575	12	92.5% 2841
Probably	2.4% 17	4.1% 35	4.5% 25	7.7% 24	8.8% 57	0	5.1% 158
Possibly	0.7% 5	2.1% 18	1.8% 10	1.3% 4	1.9% 12	0	1.6% 49
Probably not	0.4% 3	0.6% 5	0.4% 2	0.6% 2	0.5% 3	0	0.5% 15
Definitely not	0.3% 2	0.2% 2	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	1	0.2% 7
Missing	2	0	2	0	2	0	6
TOTAL	100.0% 707	100.0% 844	100.0% 561	100.0% 310	100.0% 648	13	3070

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	92.0% 1922	93.9% 888	92.9% 13	31	92.6% 2823
Probably	5.6% 118	4.1% 39	0.0% 0	1	5.1% 157
Possibly	1.4% 30	1.9% 18	0.0% 0	0	1.6% 48
Probably not	0.7% 14	0.0% 0	7.1% 1	0	0.5% 15
Definitely not	0.2% 5	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	2	0.2% 6
Missing	4	1	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 2089	100.0% 946	100.0% 14	34	3049

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	92.8% 1070	93.8% 1293	88.5% 108	87.7% 200	182	92.7% 2671
Probably	5.6% 64	4.1% 56	7.4% 9	9.2% 21	8	5.2% 150
Possibly	1.5% 17	1.6% 22	2.5% 3	1.8% 4	3	1.6% 46
Probably not	0.2% 2	0.4% 5	1.6% 2	0.9% 2	4	0.4% 11
Definitely not	0.0% 0	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	4	0.1% 4
Missing	2	1	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 1153	100.0% 1379	100.0% 122	100.0% 228	201	2882

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	95.8% 599	93.4% 680	90.9% 482	89.0% 356	91.5% 495	242	92.5% 2612
Probably	2.4% 15	4.5% 33	6.2% 33	8.0% 32	6.3% 34	10	5.2% 147
Possibly	0.6% 4	1.4% 10	2.3% 12	2.3% 9	1.7% 9	5	1.6% 44
Probably not	0.5% 3	0.5% 4	0.4% 2	0.8% 3	0.4% 2	2	0.5% 14
Definitely not	0.6% 4	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	1	0.2% 7
Missing	1	1	1	0	2	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 625	100.0% 728	100.0% 530	100.0% 400	100.0% 541	260	2824

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	83.3% 334	95.0% 1072	83.3% 60	1386	91.5% 1466
Probably	11.7% 47	3.4% 38	12.5% 9	64	5.9% 94
Possibly	2.0% 8	1.2% 14	0.0% 0	26	1.4% 22
Probably not	1.7% 7	0.4% 5	4.2% 3	1	0.9% 15
Definitely not	1.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	0.3% 5
Missing	2	2	0	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1129	100.0% 72	1479	1602