Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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PARDENOM (Weighted by WTFACTOR) In your childhood and youth, were your parents members of the church denomination to which you now belong?   1) Yes, both parents   2) Father only   3) Mother only   4) Neither were members of my denomination

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes, both parents	2053	66.7%	66.7%
Father only	25	.8%	67.5%
Mother only	74	2.4%	69.9%
Neither were members of my denomination	925	30.1%	100%
Missing	10	%	%

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
Yes, both parents	72.0% 1002	70.5% 580	61.3% 343	43.5% 110	35.3% 18	66.7% 2053
Father only	0.9% 13	0.7% 6	0.5% 3	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.8% 25
Mother only	1.9% 27	2.1% 17	3.9% 22	2.8% 7	2.0% 1	2.4% 74
Neither were members of my denomination	25.1% 349	26.7% 220	34.3% 192	52.6% 133	62.7% 32	30.1% 926
Missing	5	3	0	2	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 1391	100.0% 823	100.0% 560	100.0% 253	100.0% 51	3078

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, both parents	68.9% 982	65.1% 1062	9	66.9% 2044
Father only	1.1% 15	0.5% 8	2	0.8% 23
Mother only	1.9% 27	2.9% 47	0	2.4% 74
Neither were members of my denomination	28.1% 401	31.6% 515	9	30.0% 916
Missing	5	5	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 1425	100.0% 1632	20	3057

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, both parents	74.2% 409	61.5% 421	58.7% 306	70.2% 518	69.4% 391	9	66.9% 2045
Father only	2.0% 11	0.4% 3	0.4% 2	1.1% 8	0.2% 1	0	0.8% 25
Mother only	2.7% 15	2.0% 14	3.1% 16	2.0% 15	2.1% 12	2	2.4% 72
Neither were members of my denomination	21.1% 116	36.1% 247	37.8% 197	26.7% 197	28.2% 159	9	30.0% 916
Missing	1	2	0	5	2	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 685	100.0% 521	100.0% 738	100.0% 563	20	3058

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, both parents	79.7% 337	64.5% 1584	71.3% 102	52.8% 28	2	66.7% 2051
Father only	2.8% 12	0.5% 13	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	0	0.8% 26
Mother only	3.1% 13	2.3% 56	0.7% 1	7.5% 4	1	2.4% 74
Neither were members of my denomination	14.4% 61	32.7% 804	28.0% 40	37.7% 20	1	30.1% 925
Missing	2	7	0	1	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 2457	100.0% 143	100.0% 53	4	3076

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, both parents	65.2% 459	66.0% 556	65.8% 369	68.6% 214	68.7% 445	11	66.6% 2043
Father only	1.1% 8	1.3% 11	0.5% 3	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	0	0.8% 25
Mother only	2.7% 19	2.6% 22	2.1% 12	2.2% 7	2.2% 14	1	2.4% 74
Neither were members of my denomination	31.0% 218	30.0% 253	31.6% 177	28.2% 88	29.2% 189	1	30.2% 925
Missing	4	3	1	0	2	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 704	100.0% 842	100.0% 561	100.0% 312	100.0% 648	13	3067

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, both parents	66.5% 1387	66.9% 631	69.2% 9	25	66.7% 2027
Father only	0.8% 17	0.6% 6	0.0% 0	2	0.8% 23
Mother only	1.9% 40	3.5% 33	0.0% 0	1	2.4% 73
Neither were members of my denomination	30.7% 641	29.0% 273	30.8% 4	7	30.2% 918
Missing	8	2	0	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 2085	100.0% 943	100.0% 13	35	3041

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, both parents	79.5% 914	70.3% 968	4.1% 5	27.8% 63	103	67.8% 1950
Father only	0.7% 8	0.9% 12	0.8% 1	0.4% 1	3	0.8% 22
Mother only	1.2% 14	3.3% 46	1.6% 2	1.8% 4	8	2.3% 66
Neither were members of my denomination	18.6% 214	25.4% 350	93.4% 114	70.0% 159	87	29.1% 837
Missing	4	3	0	2	0	9
TOTAL	100.0% 1150	100.0% 1376	100.0% 122	100.0% 227	201	2875

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, both parents	64.2% 400	67.1% 487	69.8% 369	63.8% 255	65.7% 356	186	66.2% 1867
Father only	0.3% 2	1.4% 10	0.6% 3	1.3% 5	0.7% 4	2	0.9% 24
Mother only	2.1% 13	2.3% 17	2.3% 12	3.0% 12	2.2% 12	8	2.3% 66
Neither were members of my denomination	33.4% 208	29.2% 212	27.4% 145	32.0% 128	31.4% 170	61	30.6% 863
Missing	4	1	2	0	0	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 623	100.0% 726	100.0% 529	100.0% 400	100.0% 542	257	2820

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, both parents	66.2% 266	66.3% 747	54.9% 39	1000	65.8% 1052
Father only	1.2% 5	0.8% 9	1.4% 1	10	0.9% 15
Mother only	1.7% 7	1.7% 19	2.8% 2	46	1.8% 28
Neither were members of my denomination	30.8% 124	31.2% 351	40.8% 29	420	31.5% 504
Missing	0	5	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 1126	100.0% 71	1476	1599