Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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POLITACT (Weighted by WTFACTOR) Do you feel it is proper for your congregation to: Encourage its members to engage in political action?   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	1652	55.4%	55.4%
No	1331	44.6%	100%
Missing	104	%	%

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	42.9% 578	62.1% 496	67.0% 363	71.0% 176	79.6% 39	55.4% 1652
No	57.1% 768	37.9% 303	33.0% 179	29.0% 72	20.4% 10	44.6% 1332
Missing	49	28	18	7	2	104
TOTAL	100.0% 1346	100.0% 799	100.0% 542	100.0% 248	100.0% 49	2984

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	57.8% 808	53.4% 837	7	55.5% 1645
No	42.2% 589	46.6% 730	13	44.5% 1319
Missing	34	70	0	104
TOTAL	100.0% 1397	100.0% 1567	20	2964

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	62.0% 338	67.4% 457	62.5% 320	46.5% 332	38.8% 200	5	55.6% 1647
No	38.0% 207	32.6% 221	37.5% 192	53.5% 382	61.2% 315	15	44.4% 1317
Missing	7	8	10	30	49	0	104
TOTAL	100.0% 545	100.0% 678	100.0% 512	100.0% 714	100.0% 515	20	2964

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	57.2% 238	55.8% 1330	35.7% 45	69.2% 36	2	55.4% 1649
No	42.8% 178	44.2% 1055	64.3% 81	30.8% 16	2	44.6% 1330
Missing	8	78	17	2	0	105
TOTAL	100.0% 416	100.0% 2385	100.0% 126	100.0% 52	4	2979

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	34.3% 226	47.7% 392	66.7% 366	69.6% 215	70.5% 449	5	55.4% 1648
No	65.7% 433	52.3% 429	33.3% 183	30.4% 94	29.5% 188	3	44.6% 1327
Missing	48	24	13	2	12	0	99
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 821	100.0% 549	100.0% 309	100.0% 637	8	2975

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	55.1% 1117	56.5% 514	61.5% 8	13	55.6% 1639
No	44.9% 911	43.5% 395	38.5% 5	19	44.4% 1311
Missing	65	37	0	0	102
TOTAL	100.0% 2028	100.0% 909	100.0% 13	32	2950

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	50.0% 563	59.1% 785	70.6% 84	62.1% 139	82	56.1% 1571
No	50.0% 564	40.9% 543	29.4% 35	37.9% 85	103	43.9% 1227
Missing	28	53	3	4	0	88
TOTAL	100.0% 1127	100.0% 1328	100.0% 119	100.0% 224	185	2798

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	45.2% 271	54.5% 385	60.6% 314	64.1% 250	64.0% 338	93	56.8% 1558
No	54.8% 328	45.5% 321	39.4% 204	35.9% 140	36.0% 190	147	43.2% 1183
Missing	27	21	12	9	14	0	83
TOTAL	100.0% 599	100.0% 706	100.0% 518	100.0% 390	100.0% 528	240	2741

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	70.2% 276	58.0% 639	55.1% 38	700	61.0% 953
No	29.8% 117	42.0% 462	44.9% 31	720	39.0% 610
Missing	9	30	3	0	42
TOTAL	100.0% 393	100.0% 1101	100.0% 69	1420	1563