Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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CONVEXP (Weighted by WTFACTOR) People talk of Christian conversion as an occasion in life when they made a decision to accept Christ as Saviour and Lord. Was there an occasion in your life when you had such a conversion experience?   1) Yes   2) No   3) Uncertain

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	2521	82.3%	82.3%
No	282	9.2%	91.5%
Uncertain	259	8.5%	100%
Missing	25	%	%

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
Yes	81.9% 1132	71.2% 580	95.0% 531	91.3% 232	92.0% 46	82.4% 2521
No	8.0% 110	17.4% 142	2.9% 16	4.7% 12	4.0% 2	9.2% 282
Uncertain	10.2% 141	11.4% 93	2.1% 12	3.9% 10	4.0% 2	8.4% 258
Missing	11	13	1	1	0	26
TOTAL	100.0% 1383	100.0% 815	100.0% 559	100.0% 254	100.0% 50	3061

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	82.5% 1176	82.1% 1330	14	82.3% 2506
No	8.4% 119	10.0% 162	2	9.2% 281
Uncertain	9.1% 130	7.8% 127	2	8.4% 257
Missing	6	17	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 1425	100.0% 1619	18	3044

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	76.8% 424	84.2% 577	86.3% 449	83.9% 618	79.2% 435	17	82.3% 2503
No	11.1% 61	8.5% 58	6.7% 35	8.7% 64	11.5% 63	1	9.2% 281
Uncertain	12.1% 67	7.3% 50	6.9% 36	7.5% 55	9.3% 51	0	8.5% 259
Missing	0	1	1	6	16	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 685	100.0% 520	100.0% 737	100.0% 549	18	3043

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	78.9% 332	83.4% 2042	73.0% 100	79.6% 43	4	82.3% 2517
No	9.3% 39	8.9% 217	17.5% 24	5.6% 3	0	9.2% 283
Uncertain	11.9% 50	7.7% 189	9.5% 13	14.8% 8	0	8.5% 260
Missing	3	16	7	0	0	26
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2448	100.0% 137	100.0% 54	4	3060

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	80.0% 552	81.0% 683	84.6% 473	79.9% 246	86.0% 557	9	82.4% 2511
No	8.0% 55	10.7% 90	8.8% 49	10.1% 31	8.5% 55	2	9.2% 280
Uncertain	12.0% 83	8.3% 70	6.6% 37	10.1% 31	5.6% 36	1	8.4% 257
Missing	17	2	2	3	1	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 690	100.0% 843	100.0% 559	100.0% 308	100.0% 648	12	3048

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	82.1% 1707	83.4% 781	78.6% 11	22	82.5% 2499
No	8.9% 184	9.4% 88	14.3% 2	8	9.0% 274
Uncertain	9.0% 187	7.3% 68	7.1% 1	3	8.5% 256
Missing	15	9	0	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 2078	100.0% 937	100.0% 14	33	3029

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	83.0% 955	82.4% 1124	86.8% 105	82.3% 186	151	82.8% 2370
No	7.7% 89	10.1% 138	9.1% 11	8.4% 19	24	9.0% 257
Uncertain	9.3% 107	7.5% 102	4.1% 5	9.3% 21	24	8.2% 235
Missing	4	16	0	3	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 1151	100.0% 1364	100.0% 121	100.0% 226	199	2862

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	83.2% 515	82.9% 598	80.9% 428	83.7% 333	83.5% 452	194	82.8% 2326
No	8.7% 54	7.8% 56	11.9% 63	8.3% 33	9.1% 49	27	9.1% 255
Uncertain	8.1% 50	9.3% 67	7.2% 38	8.0% 32	7.4% 40	31	8.1% 227
Missing	7	7	1	2	1	0	18
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 721	100.0% 529	100.0% 398	100.0% 541	252	2808

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	76.6% 308	85.9% 964	90.1% 64	1184	83.8% 1336
No	12.4% 50	7.1% 80	5.6% 4	147	8.4% 134
Uncertain	10.9% 44	7.0% 78	4.2% 3	135	7.8% 125
Missing	0	9	0	0	9
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 1122	100.0% 71	1466	1595