Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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SAYGRACE (Weighted by WTFACTOR) How frequently do you say grace (offer prayer) at meals in your home?   1) Before and after every meal   2) Before every meal   3) At most, but not all meals   4) Occasionally, at least once a week   5) Seldom, or only on special occasions   6) Never, or hardly ever

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Before and after every meal	73	2.4%	2.4%
Before every meal	2099	68.2%	70.6%
At most, but not all meals	620	20.2%	90.8%
Occasionally, at least once a week	96	3.1%	93.9%
Seldom, or only on special occasions	155	5%	98.9%
Never, or hardly ever	33	1.1%	100%
Missing	11	%	%

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
Before and after every meal	2.2% 30	2.9% 24	2.7% 15	1.2% 3	2.0% 1	2.4% 73
Before every meal	63.2% 878	72.0% 594	77.1% 430	64.4% 163	68.0% 34	68.3% 2099
At most, but not all meals	24.0% 333	15.8% 130	15.6% 87	23.3% 59	22.0% 11	20.2% 620
Occasionally, at least once a week	3.5% 49	3.3% 27	1.6% 9	3.6% 9	4.0% 2	3.1% 96
Seldom, or only on special occasions	5.7% 79	5.1% 42	2.7% 15	6.7% 17	4.0% 2	5.0% 155
Never, or hardly ever	1.4% 20	1.0% 8	0.4% 2	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 32
Missing	6	2	1	1	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 1389	100.0% 825	100.0% 558	100.0% 253	100.0% 50	3075

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Before and after every meal	2.7% 39	2.1% 34	1	2.4% 73
Before every meal	70.4% 1008	66.1% 1075	17	68.1% 2083
At most, but not all meals	18.8% 269	21.6% 351	1	20.3% 620
Occasionally, at least once a week	2.7% 38	3.5% 57	0	3.1% 95
Seldom, or only on special occasions	4.5% 64	5.5% 90	1	5.0% 154
Never, or hardly ever	1.0% 14	1.2% 19	0	1.1% 33
Missing	0	11	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 1432	100.0% 1626	20	3058

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Before and after every meal	1.4% 8	2.0% 14	1.7% 9	2.3% 17	4.1% 23	1	2.3% 71
Before every meal	58.3% 322	63.2% 433	63.8% 333	75.3% 557	78.1% 436	19	68.1% 2081
At most, but not all meals	23.9% 132	24.1% 165	24.3% 127	15.8% 117	14.3% 80	1	20.3% 621
Occasionally, at least once a week	5.4% 30	3.4% 23	4.0% 21	2.6% 19	0.7% 4	0	3.2% 97
Seldom, or only on special occasions	8.5% 47	5.5% 38	5.6% 29	3.8% 28	2.2% 12	0	5.0% 154
Never, or hardly ever	2.4% 13	1.8% 12	0.6% 3	0.3% 2	0.5% 3	0	1.1% 33
Missing	0	2	0	4	5	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 685	100.0% 522	100.0% 740	100.0% 558	21	3057

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Before and after every meal	1.4% 6	2.4% 58	3.5% 5	3.8% 2	1	2.3% 71
Before every meal	57.1% 241	70.6% 1734	68.1% 96	48.1% 25	3	68.3% 2096
At most, but not all meals	24.6% 104	19.3% 474	23.4% 33	17.3% 9	0	20.2% 620
Occasionally, at least once a week	4.7% 20	2.7% 67	2.8% 4	9.6% 5	0	3.1% 96
Seldom, or only on special occasions	9.0% 38	4.2% 103	1.4% 2	21.2% 11	0	5.0% 154
Never, or hardly ever	3.1% 13	0.8% 19	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0	1.1% 33
Missing	1	9	1	0	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 422	100.0% 2455	100.0% 141	100.0% 52	4	3070

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Before and after every meal	3.6% 25	1.8% 15	1.8% 10	2.6% 8	2.3% 15	0	2.4% 73
Before every meal	75.9% 534	64.6% 543	66.8% 375	64.2% 199	67.8% 440	8	68.2% 2091
At most, but not all meals	15.5% 109	24.0% 202	18.4% 103	22.6% 70	20.3% 132	5	20.1% 616
Occasionally, at least once a week	2.1% 15	2.7% 23	4.3% 24	3.5% 11	3.5% 23	0	3.1% 96
Seldom, or only on special occasions	2.4% 17	5.5% 46	8.0% 45	5.2% 16	4.8% 31	0	5.1% 155
Never, or hardly ever	0.6% 4	1.3% 11	0.7% 4	1.9% 6	1.2% 8	0	1.1% 33
Missing	4	4	1	0	2	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 704	100.0% 840	100.0% 561	100.0% 310	100.0% 649	13	3064

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Before and after every meal	2.5% 53	2.1% 20	0.0% 0	0	2.4% 73
Before every meal	63.6% 1325	78.1% 738	69.2% 9	26	68.1% 2072
At most, but not all meals	22.9% 478	14.5% 137	15.4% 2	3	20.3% 617
Occasionally, at least once a week	3.7% 77	1.6% 15	7.7% 1	3	3.1% 93
Seldom, or only on special occasions	6.0% 124	3.1% 29	0.0% 0	1	5.0% 153
Never, or hardly ever	1.2% 26	0.6% 6	7.7% 1	0	1.1% 33
Missing	10	1	0	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 2083	100.0% 945	100.0% 13	33	3041

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Before and after every meal	2.5% 29	2.5% 34	0.8% 1	3.1% 7	2	2.5% 71
Before every meal	67.2% 774	72.8% 1003	51.6% 63	56.1% 128	131	68.3% 1968
At most, but not all meals	22.7% 262	15.7% 217	34.4% 42	25.9% 59	41	20.1% 580
Occasionally, at least once a week	2.2% 25	3.4% 47	1.6% 2	5.7% 13	9	3.0% 87
Seldom, or only on special occasions	4.7% 54	4.3% 59	9.8% 12	8.8% 20	10	5.0% 145
Never, or hardly ever	0.7% 8	1.3% 18	1.6% 2	0.4% 1	5	1.0% 29
Missing	3	3	1	2	0	9
TOTAL	100.0% 1152	100.0% 1378	100.0% 122	100.0% 228	198	2880

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Before and after every meal	3.7% 23	2.1% 15	1.3% 7	1.5% 6	1.5% 8	14	2.1% 59
Before every meal	68.2% 427	69.5% 506	68.6% 363	61.8% 247	68.8% 373	182	67.8% 1916
At most, but not all meals	18.5% 116	19.9% 145	20.0% 106	26.3% 105	20.5% 111	38	20.6% 583
Occasionally, at least once a week	4.0% 25	2.2% 16	4.0% 21	2.8% 11	3.3% 18	4	3.2% 91
Seldom, or only on special occasions	4.8% 30	4.7% 34	5.1% 27	5.8% 23	5.5% 30	11	5.1% 144
Never, or hardly ever	0.8% 5	1.6% 12	0.9% 5	2.0% 8	0.4% 2	2	1.1% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 626	100.0% 728	100.0% 529	100.0% 400	100.0% 542	251	2825

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Before and after every meal	2.7% 11	2.4% 27	1.4% 1	35	2.4% 39
Before every meal	59.6% 239	65.9% 741	63.9% 46	1073	64.2% 1026
At most, but not all meals	20.7% 83	22.4% 252	29.2% 21	264	22.3% 356
Occasionally, at least once a week	6.0% 24	3.1% 35	2.8% 2	35	3.8% 61
Seldom, or only on special occasions	9.0% 36	5.2% 58	2.8% 2	58	6.0% 96
Never, or hardly ever	2.0% 8	1.1% 12	0.0% 0	13	1.3% 20
Missing	2	5	0	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1125	100.0% 72	1478	1598