Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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PRAYSCHL (Weighted by WTFACTOR) The national laws should permit prayer and Bible reading in the public school classroom.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Uncertain   4) Disagree   5) Strongly disagree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	820	26.8%	26.8%
Agree	1564	51.2%	78%
Uncertain	387	12.7%	90.7%
Disagree	225	7.4%	98.1%
Strongly disagree	61	2%	100.1%
Missing	29	%	%

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
Strongly agree	24.3% 336	26.6% 218	27.5% 152	37.7% 95	36.5% 19	26.8% 820
Agree	52.1% 719	49.8% 409	52.0% 287	48.8% 123	50.0% 26	51.1% 1564
Uncertain	13.6% 188	13.2% 108	11.8% 65	8.7% 22	7.7% 4	12.7% 387
Disagree	7.7% 107	7.9% 65	7.6% 42	4.0% 10	3.8% 2	7.4% 226
Strongly disagree	2.2% 31	2.6% 21	1.1% 6	0.8% 2	1.9% 1	2.0% 61
Missing	13	6	7	3	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 1381	100.0% 821	100.0% 552	100.0% 252	100.0% 52	3058

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	23.9% 338	29.2% 474	8	26.7% 812
Agree	49.5% 701	52.6% 854	9	51.2% 1555
Uncertain	14.8% 210	10.8% 175	2	12.7% 385
Disagree	8.8% 125	6.2% 100	1	7.4% 225
Strongly disagree	2.9% 41	1.2% 20	0	2.0% 61
Missing	16	13	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 1415	100.0% 1623	20	3038

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.5% 124	25.9% 176	26.9% 140	25.3% 186	33.5% 186	9	26.7% 812
Agree	49.4% 272	51.4% 349	50.1% 261	54.5% 401	49.4% 274	9	51.2% 1557
Uncertain	17.4% 96	11.9% 81	14.0% 73	10.7% 79	10.3% 57	2	12.7% 386
Disagree	8.5% 47	8.8% 60	6.5% 34	7.9% 58	4.7% 26	0	7.4% 225
Strongly disagree	2.2% 12	1.9% 13	2.5% 13	1.6% 12	2.2% 12	0	2.0% 62
Missing	2	7	2	8	10	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 679	100.0% 521	100.0% 736	100.0% 555	20	3042

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	26.7% 113	26.6% 649	29.3% 41	30.8% 16	2	26.8% 819
Agree	46.5% 197	51.8% 1264	56.4% 79	42.3% 22	2	51.1% 1562
Uncertain	16.7% 71	12.1% 295	10.0% 14	13.5% 7	0	12.7% 387
Disagree	7.8% 33	7.6% 185	3.6% 5	5.8% 3	0	7.4% 226
Strongly disagree	2.4% 10	1.9% 46	0.7% 1	7.7% 4	0	2.0% 61
Missing	1	25	2	1	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 424	100.0% 2439	100.0% 140	100.0% 52	4	3055

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	35.0% 244	32.7% 274	24.0% 133	18.6% 58	16.9% 109	2	26.8% 818
Agree	51.4% 358	52.1% 437	55.1% 306	56.6% 176	43.3% 279	9	51.1% 1556
Uncertain	10.3% 72	9.9% 83	12.3% 68	12.5% 39	19.2% 124	2	12.7% 386
Disagree	2.3% 16	4.5% 38	6.8% 38	9.0% 28	16.4% 106	0	7.4% 226
Strongly disagree	1.0% 7	0.8% 7	1.8% 10	3.2% 10	4.2% 27	0	2.0% 61
Missing	11	5	8	1	4	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 697	100.0% 839	100.0% 555	100.0% 311	100.0% 645	13	3047

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	26.4% 548	27.4% 257	21.4% 3	12	26.7% 808
Agree	50.1% 1039	53.7% 503	57.1% 8	14	51.3% 1550
Uncertain	13.4% 277	11.2% 105	21.4% 3	2	12.7% 385
Disagree	7.6% 158	6.6% 62	0.0% 0	5	7.3% 220
Strongly disagree	2.5% 51	1.1% 10	0.0% 0	0	2.0% 61
Missing	20	9	0	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 2073	100.0% 937	100.0% 14	33	3024

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	25.0% 287	27.3% 374	27.0% 33	28.8% 65	61	26.5% 759
Agree	50.6% 580	52.6% 720	49.2% 60	44.7% 101	102	51.0% 1461
Uncertain	15.1% 173	10.8% 148	14.8% 18	14.6% 33	15	13.0% 372
Disagree	7.0% 80	7.7% 105	5.7% 7	10.2% 23	10	7.5% 215
Strongly disagree	2.4% 27	1.5% 21	3.3% 4	1.8% 4	5	2.0% 56
Missing	6	12	1	2	0	21
TOTAL	100.0% 1147	100.0% 1368	100.0% 122	100.0% 226	193	2863

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	30.2% 187	25.0% 181	23.7% 125	25.3% 100	25.1% 135	92	26.0% 728
Agree	49.5% 307	53.0% 383	52.8% 278	51.4% 203	51.1% 275	118	51.6% 1446
Uncertain	11.3% 70	12.2% 88	12.7% 67	15.4% 61	12.8% 69	32	12.7% 355
Disagree	6.9% 43	8.6% 62	8.5% 45	5.6% 22	8.2% 44	9	7.7% 216
Strongly disagree	2.1% 13	1.2% 9	2.3% 12	2.3% 9	2.8% 15	4	2.1% 58
Missing	6	5	3	4	6	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 620	100.0% 723	100.0% 527	100.0% 395	100.0% 538	255	2803

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.5% 54	30.3% 343	25.0% 18	405	25.9% 415
Agree	40.9% 164	55.7% 630	37.5% 27	744	51.2% 821
Uncertain	19.2% 77	8.8% 100	18.1% 13	197	11.8% 190
Disagree	18.2% 73	4.3% 49	15.3% 11	92	8.3% 133
Strongly disagree	8.2% 33	0.8% 9	4.2% 3	16	2.8% 45
Missing	2	1	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1131	100.0% 72	1454	1604