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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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WNCOUNCL (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

Which of the following responsibilities or duties do you think are appropriate for women to fill in congregation leadership? Place a check mark in front of each item that you feel is appropriate for a qualified woman: - Chairperson of a church council

	0) No
	1) Yes

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
No	1162	37.8%	37.8%
Yes	1913	62.2%	100%
Missing	12	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
No	36.2% 502	29.0% 239	52.6% 294	38.7% 98	56.0% 28	37.8% 1161
Yes	63.8% 885	71.0% 586	47.4% 265	61.3% 155	44.0% 22	62.2% 1913
Missing	6	2	1	2	1	12
TOTAL	100.0% 1387	100.0% 825	100.0% 559	100.0% 253	100.0% 50	3074

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
No	37.3% 532	37.9% 617	13	37.6% 1149
Yes	62.7% 894	62.1% 1013	7	62.4% 1907
Missing	6	6	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1630	20	3056

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
No	29.3% 162	28.5% 195	32.0% 167	42.7% 317	55.9% 310	11	37.7% 1151
Yes	70.7% 390	71.5% 489	68.0% 355	57.3% 426	44.1% 245	9	62.3% 1905
Missing	1	2	0	0	10	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 684	100.0% 522	100.0% 743	100.0% 555	20	3056

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
No	33.0% 140	37.8% 927	52.1% 74	34.0% 18	3	37.7% 1159
Yes	67.0% 284	62.2% 1526	47.9% 68	66.0% 35	1	62.3% 1913
Missing	1	11	1	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 424	100.0% 2453	100.0% 142	100.0% 53	4	3072

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
No	57.9% 405	40.2% 339	33.3% 187	25.4% 79	22.7% 147	5	37.8% 1157
Yes	42.1% 294	59.8% 504	66.7% 374	74.6% 232	77.3% 502	7	62.2% 1906
Missing	8	2	2	0	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 699	100.0% 843	100.0% 561	100.0% 311	100.0% 649	12	3063

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
No	37.7% 786	37.7% 356	14.3% 2	17	37.6% 1144
Yes	62.3% 1297	62.3% 588	85.7% 12	16	62.4% 1897
Missing	10	2	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 2083	100.0% 944	100.0% 14	33	3041

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
No	34.0% 392	40.1% 552	32.8% 40	29.4% 67	110	36.5% 1051
Yes	66.0% 760	59.9% 823	67.2% 82	70.6% 161	88	63.5% 1826
Missing	2	5	1	1	0	9
TOTAL	100.0% 1152	100.0% 1375	100.0% 122	100.0% 228	198	2877

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
No	49.4% 306	36.6% 265	33.2% 176	31.5% 126	28.6% 155	132	36.5% 1028
Yes	50.6% 313	63.4% 459	66.8% 354	68.5% 274	71.4% 387	127	63.5% 1787
Missing	7	3	0	0	0	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 724	100.0% 530	100.0% 400	100.0% 542	259	2815

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
No	15.7% 63	43.4% 490	18.3% 13	595	35.4% 566
Yes	84.3% 338	56.6% 639	81.7% 58	879	64.6% 1035
Missing	2	2	1	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1129	100.0% 71	1474	1601