Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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RANKORDR (Weighted by WTFACTOR) In the family in which you grew up, what was your position?   1) Only child   2) Oldest child   3) Youngest child   4) Between the oldest and youngest

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Only child	77	2.5%	2.5%
Oldest child	849	27.7%	30.2%
Youngest child	658	21.4%	51.6%
Between the oldest and youngest	1486	48.4%	100%
Missing	16	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church Sex Age Marital status Education Place of residence Nationality Household income Political party

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Only child	2.5% 35	2.4% 20	2.3% 13	3.2% 8	3.9% 2	2.5% 78
Oldest child	27.8% 386	24.6% 202	30.2% 169	30.2% 76	31.4% 16	27.6% 849
Youngest child	19.9% 276	22.0% 181	22.2% 124	25.4% 64	25.5% 13	21.4% 658
Between the oldest and youngest	49.8% 691	51.0% 419	45.3% 253	41.3% 104	39.2% 20	48.4% 1487
Missing	6	6	2	2	1	17
TOTAL	100.0% 1388	100.0% 822	100.0% 559	100.0% 252	100.0% 51	3072

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Only child	2.5% 36	2.5% 41	0	2.5% 77
Oldest child	28.0% 399	27.5% 447	4	27.7% 846
Youngest child	21.5% 306	21.4% 348	4	21.4% 654
Between the oldest and youngest	48.0% 685	48.6% 789	12	48.3% 1474
Missing	6	11	0	17
TOTAL	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1625	20	3051

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Only child	1.4% 8	1.9% 13	3.7% 19	2.8% 21	2.9% 16	0	2.5% 77
Oldest child	30.8% 170	28.8% 197	29.7% 154	26.3% 194	23.2% 129	5	27.7% 844
Youngest child	30.1% 166	20.3% 139	19.1% 99	21.3% 157	17.2% 96	1	21.5% 657
Between the oldest and youngest	37.7% 208	49.0% 335	47.6% 247	49.6% 366	56.7% 316	14	48.3% 1472
Missing	0	1	2	6	7	0	16
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 684	100.0% 519	100.0% 738	100.0% 557	20	3050

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Only child	2.4% 10	2.4% 59	2.9% 4	5.7% 3	0	2.5% 76
Oldest child	31.5% 133	27.6% 677	25.9% 36	5.7% 3	1	27.7% 849
Youngest child	28.9% 122	20.5% 503	12.2% 17	30.2% 16	0	21.5% 658
Between the oldest and youngest	37.2% 157	49.5% 1213	59.0% 82	58.5% 31	3	48.4% 1483
Missing	2	12	3	0	0	17
TOTAL	100.0% 422	100.0% 2452	100.0% 139	100.0% 53	4	3066

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Only child	2.4% 17	2.3% 19	3.4% 19	1.6% 5	2.5% 16	0	2.5% 76
Oldest child	24.2% 169	29.8% 251	27.2% 153	29.1% 90	28.3% 183	4	27.7% 846
Youngest child	17.3% 121	23.3% 196	23.5% 132	22.0% 68	21.7% 140	1	21.5% 657
Between the oldest and youngest	56.1% 392	44.7% 376	45.9% 258	47.2% 146	47.5% 307	6	48.4% 1479
Missing	8	2	0	1	3	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 699	100.0% 842	100.0% 562	100.0% 309	100.0% 646	11	3058

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Only child	3.0% 62	1.5% 14	7.1% 1	0	2.5% 77
Oldest child	28.3% 589	26.6% 250	21.4% 3	8	27.7% 842
Youngest child	22.3% 464	19.9% 187	14.3% 2	5	21.5% 653
Between the oldest and youngest	46.4% 967	52.1% 490	57.1% 8	21	48.2% 1465
Missing	12	5	0	0	17
TOTAL	100.0% 2082	100.0% 941	100.0% 14	34	3037

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Only child	1.8% 21	2.1% 29	7.5% 9	4.0% 9	9	2.4% 68
Oldest child	27.9% 321	26.0% 357	37.5% 45	33.9% 77	50	27.8% 800
Youngest child	20.3% 234	21.7% 299	25.0% 30	22.5% 51	44	21.4% 614
Between the oldest and youngest	50.0% 575	50.2% 690	30.0% 36	39.6% 90	94	48.4% 1391
Missing	4	4	2	2	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 1151	100.0% 1375	100.0% 120	100.0% 227	197	2873

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Only child	2.7% 17	2.5% 18	1.9% 10	2.3% 9	2.8% 15	9	2.5% 69
Oldest child	21.1% 131	28.6% 208	27.9% 148	32.3% 129	29.8% 161	73	27.6% 777
Youngest child	23.4% 145	21.0% 153	21.1% 112	17.0% 68	21.7% 117	63	21.1% 595
Between the oldest and youngest	52.7% 327	47.9% 348	49.1% 260	48.4% 193	45.7% 247	112	48.8% 1375
Missing	7	1	0	1	3	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 620	100.0% 727	100.0% 530	100.0% 399	100.0% 540	257	2816

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Only child	4.0% 16	1.9% 21	2.8% 2	38	2.4% 39
Oldest child	30.1% 121	27.6% 310	23.9% 17	400	28.1% 448
Youngest child	24.6% 99	21.7% 244	32.4% 23	291	22.9% 366
Between the oldest and youngest	41.3% 166	48.8% 549	40.8% 29	742	46.6% 744
Missing	0	7	0	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 1124	100.0% 71	1471	1597