Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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WELFARE? (Weighted by WTFACTOR) With respect to national welfare programs (paying to individuals and families who lack adequate income), do you feel that your government should increase, decrease, or maintain current levels of welfare benefits?   1) Increase the levels   2) Decrease them   3) Maintain current levels

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Increase the levels	595	19.8%	19.8%
Decrease them	714	23.8%	43.6%
Maintain current levels	1691	56.4%	100%
Missing	87	%	%

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
Increase the levels	23.3% 317	20.9% 169	14.3% 77	11.5% 28	6.0% 3	19.8% 594
Decrease them	21.6% 294	22.5% 182	25.2% 136	32.9% 80	44.0% 22	23.8% 714
Maintain current levels	55.0% 747	56.6% 458	60.5% 326	55.6% 135	50.0% 25	56.4% 1691
Missing	36	17	21	12	1	87
TOTAL	100.0% 1358	100.0% 809	100.0% 539	100.0% 243	100.0% 50	2999

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Increase the levels	21.9% 306	18.0% 285	3	19.8% 591
Decrease them	24.4% 341	23.6% 373	1	23.9% 714
Maintain current levels	53.8% 753	58.4% 925	13	56.3% 1678
Missing	31	54	0	85
TOTAL	100.0% 1400	100.0% 1583	17	2983

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Increase the levels	20.7% 112	21.4% 144	17.7% 91	21.7% 156	16.4% 88	4	19.8% 591
Decrease them	22.7% 123	27.5% 185	29.4% 151	22.8% 164	16.0% 86	5	23.8% 709
Maintain current levels	56.6% 307	51.0% 343	52.8% 271	55.4% 398	67.5% 362	10	56.4% 1681
Missing	10	14	8	25	29	0	86
TOTAL	100.0% 542	100.0% 672	100.0% 513	100.0% 718	100.0% 536	19	2981

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Increase the levels	23.1% 95	19.4% 467	17.4% 23	18.0% 9	1	19.8% 594
Decrease them	21.9% 90	24.4% 586	18.9% 25	28.0% 14	0	23.9% 715
Maintain current levels	55.0% 226	56.2% 1351	63.6% 84	54.0% 27	2	56.3% 1688
Missing	13	60	10	4	0	87
TOTAL	100.0% 411	100.0% 2404	100.0% 132	100.0% 50	3	2997

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Increase the levels	15.8% 107	11.3% 93	18.2% 100	23.7% 72	35.2% 223	1	19.9% 595
Decrease them	19.5% 132	28.4% 234	27.5% 151	24.7% 75	18.8% 119	3	23.8% 711
Maintain current levels	64.7% 438	60.3% 497	54.4% 299	51.6% 157	46.1% 292	8	56.3% 1683
Missing	31	22	12	6	15	0	86
TOTAL	100.0% 677	100.0% 824	100.0% 550	100.0% 304	100.0% 634	12	2989

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Increase the levels	19.8% 404	18.8% 173	50.0% 6	12	19.6% 583
Decrease them	25.6% 521	20.4% 188	0.0% 0	6	23.9% 709
Maintain current levels	54.6% 1111	60.8% 559	50.0% 6	15	56.5% 1676
Missing	58	26	1	0	85
TOTAL	100.0% 2036	100.0% 920	100.0% 12	33	2968

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Increase the levels	22.9% 258	16.6% 222	17.4% 21	21.8% 48	45	19.6% 549
Decrease them	22.3% 252	24.5% 328	28.9% 35	25.9% 57	42	23.9% 672
Maintain current levels	54.8% 619	58.9% 787	53.7% 65	52.3% 115	104	56.5% 1586
Missing	26	43	1	8	0	78
TOTAL	100.0% 1129	100.0% 1337	100.0% 121	100.0% 220	191	2807

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Increase the levels	19.0% 114	20.2% 144	22.4% 116	18.8% 74	17.9% 95	52	19.7% 543
Decrease them	19.8% 119	22.7% 162	24.2% 125	24.9% 98	31.3% 166	44	24.3% 670
Maintain current levels	61.2% 367	57.1% 407	53.4% 276	56.3% 222	50.8% 270	149	56.0% 1542
Missing	26	15	13	5	12	0	71
TOTAL	100.0% 600	100.0% 713	100.0% 517	100.0% 394	100.0% 531	245	2755

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Increase the levels	48.5% 194	10.2% 113	27.9% 19	268	20.7% 326
Decrease them	13.8% 55	32.1% 356	22.1% 15	289	27.0% 426
Maintain current levels	37.8% 151	57.7% 639	50.0% 34	867	52.3% 824
Missing	3	23	3	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1108	100.0% 68	1424	1576