Analysis | Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989 | Data Archive | The Association of Religion Data Archives

Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

Data Archive > U.S. Surveys > Religious Groups > Members or Leaders > Other > Analysis

NUMKIDS (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

Persons currently married: Research indicates that a certain amount of disagreement is apt to be found in all marriages, even in the best of them. Indicate the approximate agreement or disagreement you and your mate have experienced on the items listed. - Number of children wanted

	1) Always agree
	2) Almost always agree
	3) Occasionally disagree
	4) Frequently disagree
	5) Almost always disagree
	6) Always disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always agree	1225	50.7%	50.7%
Almost always agree	843	34.9%	85.6%
Occasionally disagree	261	10.8%	96.4%
Frequently disagree	55	2.3%	98.7%
Almost always disagree	8	.3%	99%
Always disagree	24	1%	100%
Missing	672	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always agree	45.7% 488	54.7% 364	55.8% 242	53.2% 108	53.7% 22	50.7% 1224
Almost always agree	37.7% 403	31.7% 211	33.4% 145	33.5% 68	36.6% 15	34.9% 842
Occasionally disagree	12.8% 137	9.8% 65	8.1% 35	10.3% 21	7.3% 3	10.8% 261
Frequently disagree	2.8% 30	2.1% 14	1.8% 8	1.5% 3	2.4% 1	2.3% 56
Almost always disagree	0.2% 2	0.3% 2	0.5% 2	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 7
Always disagree	0.8% 9	1.5% 10	0.5% 2	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 23
Missing	325	160	126	52	9	672
TOTAL	100.0% 1069	100.0% 666	100.0% 434	100.0% 203	100.0% 41	2413

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	48.4% 573	52.9% 645	7	50.7% 1218
Almost always agree	38.3% 454	31.6% 385	3	34.9% 839
Occasionally disagree	10.0% 119	11.6% 142	0	10.9% 261
Frequently disagree	2.1% 25	2.4% 29	2	2.2% 54
Almost always disagree	0.4% 5	0.2% 3	0	0.3% 8
Always disagree	0.8% 9	1.2% 15	0	1.0% 24
Missing	246	418	0	664
TOTAL	100.0% 1185	100.0% 1219	12	2404

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	38.3% 100	46.4% 278	52.5% 254	54.9% 367	56.8% 218	8	50.8% 1217
Almost always agree	42.9% 112	37.1% 222	35.3% 171	33.8% 226	28.1% 108	5	35.0% 839
Occasionally disagree	13.4% 35	13.0% 78	9.7% 47	8.2% 55	10.9% 42	3	10.7% 257
Frequently disagree	4.6% 12	2.7% 16	1.4% 7	1.8% 12	1.6% 6	1	2.2% 53
Almost always disagree	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.3% 5	0	0.3% 8
Always disagree	0.8% 2	0.7% 4	0.6% 3	1.3% 9	1.3% 5	0	1.0% 23
Missing	290	86	38	75	180	0	669
TOTAL	100.0% 261	100.0% 599	100.0% 484	100.0% 669	100.0% 384	17	2397

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	71.4% 5	50.8% 1209	43.5% 10	0.0% 0	2	50.7% 1224
Almost always agree	0.0% 0	35.2% 836	26.1% 6	0.0% 0	2	34.9% 842
Occasionally disagree	0.0% 0	10.6% 251	17.4% 4	100.0% 5	0	10.8% 260
Frequently disagree	28.6% 2	2.2% 52	8.7% 2	0.0% 0	0	2.3% 56
Almost always disagree	0.0% 0	0.3% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 8
Always disagree	0.0% 0	0.9% 22	4.3% 1	0.0% 0	0	1.0% 23
Missing	418	86	120	48	0	672
TOTAL	100.0% 7	100.0% 2378	100.0% 23	100.0% 5	4	2413

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	51.8% 256	54.7% 369	54.8% 239	40.2% 99	45.7% 255	7	50.6% 1218
Almost always agree	30.2% 149	32.6% 220	30.7% 134	43.5% 107	41.6% 232	1	35.0% 842
Occasionally disagree	11.1% 55	9.5% 64	11.5% 50	13.8% 34	10.4% 58	0	10.8% 261
Frequently disagree	3.6% 18	2.1% 14	2.1% 9	2.4% 6	1.4% 8	0	2.3% 55
Almost always disagree	1.0% 5	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0	0.3% 8
Always disagree	2.2% 11	0.9% 6	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.7% 4	0	1.0% 24
Missing	213	171	127	65	90	0	666
TOTAL	100.0% 494	100.0% 674	100.0% 436	100.0% 246	100.0% 558	8	2408

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	48.9% 804	54.6% 406	66.7% 6	9	50.7% 1216
Almost always agree	36.4% 598	32.0% 238	33.3% 3	5	35.0% 839
Occasionally disagree	11.3% 186	9.7% 72	0.0% 0	3	10.8% 258
Frequently disagree	2.3% 38	2.0% 15	0.0% 0	2	2.2% 53
Almost always disagree	0.3% 5	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 8
Always disagree	0.8% 13	1.3% 10	0.0% 0	0	1.0% 23
Missing	449	202	5	0	656
TOTAL	100.0% 1644	100.0% 744	100.0% 9	19	2397

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	46.7% 429	52.6% 567	59.0% 62	55.3% 99	68	50.7% 1157
Almost always agree	40.0% 368	33.2% 358	22.9% 24	31.3% 56	38	35.4% 806
Occasionally disagree	10.7% 98	10.3% 111	11.4% 12	9.5% 17	23	10.4% 238
Frequently disagree	1.6% 15	2.2% 24	2.9% 3	3.4% 6	7	2.1% 48
Almost always disagree	0.1% 1	0.6% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 7
Always disagree	0.9% 8	1.0% 11	3.8% 4	0.6% 1	1	1.1% 24
Missing	235	304	17	50	0	606
TOTAL	100.0% 919	100.0% 1077	100.0% 105	100.0% 179	137	2280

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	50.6% 201	49.3% 309	49.8% 233	44.8% 152	56.1% 261	68	50.3% 1156
Almost always agree	34.8% 138	37.3% 234	35.3% 165	42.8% 145	29.9% 139	22	35.8% 821
Occasionally disagree	9.6% 38	10.8% 68	11.8% 55	9.4% 32	10.3% 48	19	10.5% 241
Frequently disagree	1.3% 5	2.1% 13	2.4% 11	1.8% 6	3.2% 15	4	2.2% 50
Almost always disagree	1.5% 6	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 8
Always disagree	2.3% 9	0.5% 3	0.6% 3	0.9% 3	0.4% 2	3	0.9% 20
Missing	229	100	62	61	76	0	528
TOTAL	100.0% 397	100.0% 627	100.0% 468	100.0% 339	100.0% 465	116	2296

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always agree	45.4% 148	49.7% 452	40.7% 24	601	48.2% 624
Almost always agree	39.6% 129	34.7% 316	44.1% 26	372	36.4% 471
Occasionally disagree	12.9% 42	11.4% 104	11.9% 7	108	11.8% 153
Frequently disagree	1.8% 6	2.6% 24	3.4% 2	23	2.5% 32
Almost always disagree	0.3% 1	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	3	0.4% 5
Always disagree	0.0% 0	1.1% 10	0.0% 0	14	0.8% 10
Missing	77	221	13	0	311
TOTAL	100.0% 326	100.0% 910	100.0% 59	1121	1295