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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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LONGLIFE (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

With the use of modern medical devices and drugs it is sometimes possible to keep individuals alive for additional periods of time even though their death is known to be inevitable. Do you favor or disfavor the idea of such attempts to times prolong life?

	1) Favor
	2) Uncertain
	3) Disfavor

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor	230	7.5%	7.5%
Uncertain	970	31.7%	39.2%
Disfavor	1858	60.8%	100%
Missing	29	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Favor	5.9% 82	8.2% 67	9.4% 52	10.0% 25	7.8% 4	7.5% 230
Uncertain	29.0% 402	34.2% 280	34.8% 192	31.5% 79	35.3% 18	31.7% 971
Disfavor	65.1% 903	57.6% 472	55.7% 307	58.6% 147	56.9% 29	60.7% 1858
Missing	8	8	8	4	0	28
TOTAL	100.0% 1387	100.0% 819	100.0% 551	100.0% 251	100.0% 51	3059

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	8.3% 117	6.9% 112	2	7.5% 229
Uncertain	31.5% 445	32.0% 520	4	31.8% 965
Disfavor	60.2% 851	61.1% 994	13	60.7% 1845
Missing	18	10	0	28
TOTAL	100.0% 1413	100.0% 1626	19	3039

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	12.5% 69	7.8% 53	6.3% 33	5.4% 40	5.8% 32	4	7.5% 227
Uncertain	33.4% 184	33.6% 228	30.7% 160	30.0% 221	31.6% 175	3	31.8% 968
Disfavor	54.1% 298	58.6% 397	63.0% 329	64.5% 475	62.6% 346	13	60.7% 1845
Missing	1	8	1	8	11	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 678	100.0% 522	100.0% 736	100.0% 553	20	3040

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	11.3% 48	7.0% 170	5.8% 8	7.7% 4	0	7.5% 230
Uncertain	35.9% 152	31.2% 762	27.3% 38	34.6% 18	0	31.8% 970
Disfavor	52.7% 223	61.8% 1508	66.9% 93	57.7% 30	4	60.7% 1854
Missing	1	23	3	1	0	28
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 2440	100.0% 139	100.0% 52	4	3054

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	8.3% 58	7.1% 60	7.8% 43	7.1% 22	7.3% 47	0	7.6% 230
Uncertain	39.9% 278	30.0% 252	28.8% 159	30.5% 94	27.9% 181	7	31.6% 964
Disfavor	51.8% 361	62.9% 528	63.5% 351	62.3% 192	64.8% 420	6	60.8% 1852
Missing	11	5	9	2	2	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 697	100.0% 840	100.0% 553	100.0% 308	100.0% 648	13	3046

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	6.7% 140	9.1% 85	7.1% 1	4	7.5% 226
Uncertain	28.5% 591	39.3% 368	14.3% 2	9	31.8% 961
Disfavor	64.8% 1344	51.6% 483	78.6% 11	20	60.8% 1838
Missing	19	10	0	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 2075	100.0% 936	100.0% 14	33	3025

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	5.1% 59	8.4% 115	10.7% 13	10.2% 23	19	7.3% 210
Uncertain	28.8% 331	33.5% 456	32.2% 39	31.4% 71	73	31.4% 897
Disfavor	66.1% 761	58.1% 791	57.0% 69	58.4% 132	105	61.3% 1753
Missing	3	18	0	2	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 1151	100.0% 1362	100.0% 121	100.0% 226	197	2860

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	7.3% 45	7.6% 55	6.3% 33	9.0% 36	6.9% 37	24	7.4% 206
Uncertain	31.7% 196	30.9% 223	33.1% 174	28.1% 112	29.4% 158	107	30.8% 863
Disfavor	61.1% 378	61.5% 444	60.6% 318	62.8% 250	63.8% 343	124	61.8% 1733
Missing	7	4	4	2	6	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 722	100.0% 525	100.0% 398	100.0% 538	255	2802

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	6.2% 25	6.9% 78	11.3% 8	119	6.9% 111
Uncertain	29.3% 118	27.9% 315	36.6% 26	511	28.6% 459
Disfavor	64.5% 260	65.2% 736	52.1% 37	825	64.4% 1033
Missing	0	2	1	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 403	100.0% 1129	100.0% 71	1455	1603