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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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LASTNAME (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

Here are some questions having to do with family roles. Please indicate your agreement or disagreement by circling one of the response column numbers for each item listed. - When a woman marries, she should be free to adopt whatever last name she wishes to use (her maiden name, her husband's name, a combination, or other).

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Undecided
	4) Disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	216	7.1%	7.1%
Agree	767	25.2%	32.3%
Undecided	488	16%	48.3%
Disagree	1049	34.5%	82.8%
Strongly disagree	521	17.1%	99.9%
Missing	46	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.6% 91	9.8% 80	5.4% 30	5.3% 13	4.0% 2	7.1% 216
Agree	27.4% 377	25.6% 209	24.0% 132	16.6% 41	14.0% 7	25.2% 766
Undecided	18.8% 259	14.1% 115	14.2% 78	12.1% 30	12.0% 6	16.1% 488
Disagree	31.4% 432	34.7% 283	38.5% 212	40.9% 101	42.0% 21	34.5% 1049
Strongly disagree	15.8% 218	15.7% 128	18.0% 99	25.1% 62	28.0% 14	17.1% 521
Missing	17	13	9	6	1	46
TOTAL	100.0% 1377	100.0% 815	100.0% 551	100.0% 247	100.0% 50	3040

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.7% 81	8.4% 135	1	7.1% 216
Agree	23.1% 327	27.2% 438	2	25.3% 765
Undecided	15.4% 218	16.4% 264	5	15.9% 482
Disagree	37.1% 524	32.1% 516	9	34.4% 1040
Strongly disagree	18.7% 264	15.9% 255	2	17.2% 519
Missing	17	28	0	45
TOTAL	100.0% 1414	100.0% 1608	19	3022

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.1% 50	10.6% 73	6.5% 34	4.3% 31	5.0% 27	1	7.1% 215
Agree	30.2% 166	34.3% 235	27.6% 144	21.3% 155	12.0% 65	4	25.3% 765
Undecided	15.8% 87	13.6% 93	17.7% 92	14.6% 106	20.0% 108	2	16.1% 486
Disagree	33.0% 181	27.8% 191	33.6% 175	38.6% 280	39.0% 211	12	34.3% 1038
Strongly disagree	11.8% 65	13.7% 94	14.6% 76	21.2% 154	24.0% 130	2	17.2% 519
Missing	3	0	1	17	25	0	46
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 686	100.0% 521	100.0% 726	100.0% 541	21	3023

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.4% 35	6.7% 162	6.6% 9	19.2% 10	0	7.1% 216
Agree	32.5% 136	24.3% 592	14.7% 20	34.6% 18	1	25.2% 766
Undecided	16.7% 70	15.9% 386	19.9% 27	7.7% 4	1	16.0% 487
Disagree	28.5% 119	35.7% 869	35.3% 48	23.1% 12	2	34.5% 1048
Strongly disagree	13.9% 58	17.4% 423	23.5% 32	15.4% 8	0	17.1% 521
Missing	7	31	6	2	0	46
TOTAL	100.0% 418	100.0% 2432	100.0% 136	100.0% 52	4	3038

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.4% 30	3.7% 31	7.4% 41	9.7% 30	13.2% 85	0	7.2% 217
Agree	13.9% 94	17.4% 146	28.9% 161	34.3% 106	39.9% 258	2	25.3% 765
Undecided	17.3% 117	17.0% 143	16.0% 89	16.5% 51	12.4% 80	8	15.8% 480
Disagree	39.5% 267	41.3% 347	32.5% 181	28.5% 88	25.4% 164	3	34.6% 1047
Strongly disagree	24.9% 168	20.7% 174	15.3% 85	11.0% 34	9.1% 59	1	17.2% 520
Missing	31	5	5	2	2	0	45
TOTAL	100.0% 676	100.0% 841	100.0% 557	100.0% 309	100.0% 646	14	3029

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.6% 136	8.2% 76	23.1% 3	1	7.1% 215
Agree	24.9% 515	25.7% 239	46.2% 6	8	25.3% 760
Undecided	16.4% 338	15.6% 145	7.7% 1	4	16.1% 484
Disagree	34.2% 707	35.1% 327	15.4% 2	14	34.4% 1036
Strongly disagree	17.9% 369	15.5% 144	7.7% 1	6	17.1% 514
Missing	28	16	1	0	45
TOTAL	100.0% 2065	100.0% 931	100.0% 13	33	3009

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.6% 75	7.5% 102	6.7% 8	8.9% 20	11	7.2% 205
Agree	27.3% 312	23.8% 323	23.3% 28	31.6% 71	34	25.8% 734
Undecided	17.9% 205	15.7% 213	14.2% 17	8.9% 20	33	16.0% 455
Disagree	34.6% 395	35.4% 481	28.3% 34	32.4% 73	66	34.5% 983
Strongly disagree	13.6% 156	17.7% 241	27.5% 33	18.2% 41	50	16.5% 471
Missing	12	20	2	4	0	38
TOTAL	100.0% 1143	100.0% 1360	100.0% 120	100.0% 225	194	2848

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.0% 42	7.5% 54	6.8% 36	6.8% 27	7.8% 42	14	7.2% 201
Agree	16.8% 101	24.6% 177	32.1% 170	26.4% 105	31.5% 170	44	25.9% 723
Undecided	17.4% 105	14.4% 104	18.1% 96	15.4% 61	13.7% 74	48	15.8% 440
Disagree	38.0% 229	37.1% 267	30.0% 159	35.8% 142	31.9% 172	81	34.7% 969
Strongly disagree	20.8% 125	16.4% 118	13.0% 69	15.6% 62	15.2% 82	65	16.3% 456
Missing	24	7	0	3	3	0	37
TOTAL	100.0% 602	100.0% 720	100.0% 530	100.0% 397	100.0% 540	252	2789

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	18.0% 72	3.4% 38	12.9% 9	97	7.5% 119
Agree	41.6% 166	19.9% 223	32.9% 23	354	25.9% 412
Undecided	14.5% 58	14.9% 167	12.9% 9	254	14.7% 234
Disagree	18.8% 75	40.9% 458	24.3% 17	498	34.6% 550
Strongly disagree	7.0% 28	20.8% 233	17.1% 12	247	17.2% 273
Missing	3	12	1	0	16
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1119	100.0% 70	1450	1588