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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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PENTECST (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

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	1) A Jewish festival commemorating the pass-over
	2) A Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy S
	3) The garden where Jesus went alone to pray
	4) A city in Egypt

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
A Jewish festival commemorating the pass-over	596	19.8%	19.8%
A Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy S	2389	79.5%	99.3%
The garden where Jesus went alone to pray	13	.4%	99.7%
A city in Egypt	7	.2%	99.9%
Missing	82	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
A Jewish festival commemorating the pass-over	23.5% 316	15.3% 124	15.4% 85	23.3% 58	26.0% 13	19.8% 596
A Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy S	75.6% 1017	84.4% 682	84.2% 465	75.5% 188	74.0% 37	79.5% 2389
The garden where Jesus went alone to pray	0.4% 6	0.2% 2	0.4% 2	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 12
A city in Egypt	0.4% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 7
Missing	49	19	7	7	1	83
TOTAL	100.0% 1345	100.0% 808	100.0% 552	100.0% 249	100.0% 50	3004

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
A Jewish festival commemorating the pass-over	19.2% 268	20.3% 323	5	19.8% 591
A Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy S	79.7% 1114	79.4% 1266	9	79.6% 2380
The garden where Jesus went alone to pray	0.8% 11	0.1% 2	0	0.4% 13
A city in Egypt	0.3% 4	0.2% 3	0	0.2% 7
Missing	34	43	0	77
TOTAL	100.0% 1397	100.0% 1594	14	2991

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
A Jewish festival commemorating the pass-over	30.6% 167	20.9% 141	16.1% 83	15.2% 110	17.6% 93	1	19.9% 594
A Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy S	67.9% 370	78.5% 529	83.5% 429	84.5% 611	81.4% 430	18	79.4% 2369
The garden where Jesus went alone to pray	0.7% 4	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.9% 5	0	0.4% 13
A city in Egypt	0.7% 4	0.3% 2	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 8
Missing	7	11	8	21	36	0	83
TOTAL	100.0% 545	100.0% 674	100.0% 514	100.0% 723	100.0% 528	19	2984

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
A Jewish festival commemorating the pass-over	30.5% 127	18.1% 436	15.9% 20	21.6% 11	2	19.8% 594
A Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy S	68.0% 283	81.4% 1959	83.3% 105	78.4% 40	2	79.5% 2387
The garden where Jesus went alone to pray	1.4% 6	0.2% 6	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 13
A city in Egypt	0.0% 0	0.3% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 7
Missing	9	55	15	3	0	82
TOTAL	100.0% 416	100.0% 2408	100.0% 126	100.0% 51	4	3001

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
A Jewish festival commemorating the pass-over	25.3% 169	26.0% 214	17.3% 96	16.2% 50	10.4% 67	1	19.9% 596
A Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy S	73.6% 491	72.5% 597	82.7% 458	83.8% 259	89.3% 575	10	79.4% 2380
The garden where Jesus went alone to pray	0.7% 5	1.0% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 13
A city in Egypt	0.3% 2	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0	0.3% 8
Missing	42	22	9	2	6	0	81
TOTAL	100.0% 667	100.0% 823	100.0% 554	100.0% 309	100.0% 644	11	2997

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
A Jewish festival commemorating the pass-over	23.3% 474	12.1% 112	21.4% 3	8	19.8% 589
A Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy S	75.9% 1544	87.6% 812	78.6% 11	23	79.5% 2367
The garden where Jesus went alone to pray	0.5% 10	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 13
A city in Egypt	0.3% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 7
Missing	58	20	0	0	78
TOTAL	100.0% 2035	100.0% 927	100.0% 14	31	2976

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
A Jewish festival commemorating the pass-over	20.9% 237	17.4% 235	18.2% 22	20.5% 46	56	19.1% 540
A Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy S	78.7% 892	82.0% 1106	81.8% 99	78.6% 176	116	80.4% 2273
The garden where Jesus went alone to pray	0.3% 3	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6	0.2% 6
A city in Egypt	0.2% 2	0.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	0	0.3% 8
Missing	21	31	1	6	0	59
TOTAL	100.0% 1134	100.0% 1348	100.0% 121	100.0% 224	178	2827

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
A Jewish festival commemorating the pass-over	22.1% 132	17.9% 127	17.1% 90	19.6% 78	18.4% 98	72	19.0% 525
A Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy S	76.5% 457	81.6% 580	82.1% 431	80.2% 319	81.2% 432	170	80.3% 2219
The garden where Jesus went alone to pray	1.0% 6	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.3% 1	0.4% 2	3	0.4% 11
A city in Egypt	0.3% 2	0.6% 4	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 8
Missing	30	17	5	3	11	0	66
TOTAL	100.0% 597	100.0% 711	100.0% 525	100.0% 398	100.0% 532	245	2763

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
A Jewish festival commemorating the pass-over	15.2% 60	22.5% 250	16.9% 12	275	20.4% 322
A Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy S	84.1% 333	76.9% 853	83.1% 59	1144	79.0% 1245
The garden where Jesus went alone to pray	0.5% 2	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	9	0.3% 4
A city in Egypt	0.3% 1	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	3	0.3% 5
Missing	8	23	1	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 396	100.0% 1109	100.0% 71	1431	1576