Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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WNELDER (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 board of elders   0) No   1) Yes

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
No	1572	51.2%	51.2%
Yes	1501	48.8%	100%
Missing	13	%	%

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
No	47.8% 664	42.0% 346	67.4% 377	56.9% 144	82.0% 41	51.1% 1572
Yes	52.2% 724	58.0% 478	32.6% 182	43.1% 109	18.0% 9	48.9% 1502
Missing	6	3	1	2	1	13
TOTAL	100.0% 1388	100.0% 824	100.0% 559	100.0% 253	100.0% 50	3074

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
No	47.8% 681	53.8% 877	14	51.0% 1558
Yes	52.2% 744	46.2% 752	5	49.0% 1496
Missing	6	7	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 1425	100.0% 1629	19	3054

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
No	40.8% 225	42.1% 288	47.5% 248	55.5% 412	69.5% 386	14	51.0% 1559
Yes	59.2% 326	57.9% 396	52.5% 274	44.5% 330	30.5% 169	5	49.0% 1495
Missing	1	2	0	1	10	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 684	100.0% 522	100.0% 742	100.0% 555	19	3054

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
No	43.5% 184	51.5% 1262	69.7% 99	47.2% 25	3	51.1% 1570
Yes	56.5% 239	48.5% 1190	30.3% 43	52.8% 28	1	48.9% 1500
Missing	1	12	1	0	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 2452	100.0% 142	100.0% 53	4	3070

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
No	72.6% 507	57.0% 480	47.8% 267	37.6% 117	29.7% 193	7	51.1% 1564
Yes	27.4% 191	43.0% 362	52.2% 292	62.4% 194	70.3% 456	6	48.9% 1495
Missing	8	2	3	0	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 698	100.0% 842	100.0% 559	100.0% 311	100.0% 649	13	3059

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
No	51.9% 1080	49.8% 470	15.4% 2	21	51.1% 1552
Yes	48.1% 1002	50.2% 474	84.6% 11	13	48.9% 1487
Missing	11	2	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 2082	100.0% 944	100.0% 13	34	3039

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
No	47.4% 546	53.2% 731	47.9% 58	43.9% 100	137	49.9% 1435
Yes	52.6% 606	46.8% 643	52.1% 63	56.1% 128	61	50.1% 1440
Missing	2	6	1	1	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 1152	100.0% 1374	100.0% 121	100.0% 228	198	2875

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
No	64.4% 399	50.5% 366	45.7% 242	47.8% 191	38.1% 206	169	49.9% 1404
Yes	35.6% 221	49.5% 359	54.3% 288	52.3% 209	61.9% 335	90	50.1% 1412
Missing	7	3	0	0	1	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 620	100.0% 725	100.0% 530	100.0% 400	100.0% 541	259	2816

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
No	21.5% 86	61.7% 697	29.6% 21	769	50.3% 804
Yes	78.5% 314	38.3% 432	70.4% 50	705	49.8% 796
Missing	3	2	1	0	6
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1129	100.0% 71	1474	1600