Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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TVGOOD? (Weighted by WTFACTOR) In your opinion, with regards to its impact on Canadian and American life, is television, on the whole, more positive than negative or more negative than positive?   1) More positive than negative   2) More negative than positive   3) Uncertain

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
More positive than negative	242	7.9%	7.9%
More negative than positive	2297	75%	82.9%
Uncertain	523	17.1%	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
More positive than negative	6.6% 91	11.4% 94	6.3% 35	7.1% 18	6.0% 3	7.9% 241
More negative than positive	75.6% 1042	69.0% 568	81.0% 451	77.4% 195	80.0% 40	75.0% 2296
Uncertain	17.8% 245	19.6% 161	12.7% 71	15.5% 39	14.0% 7	17.1% 523
Missing	16	3	2	2	1	24
TOTAL	100.0% 1378	100.0% 823	100.0% 557	100.0% 252	100.0% 50	3060

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
More positive than negative	9.9% 141	6.2% 101	0	8.0% 242
More negative than positive	73.5% 1047	76.7% 1241	10	75.2% 2288
Uncertain	16.6% 236	17.1% 277	10	16.9% 513
Missing	7	18	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 1424	100.0% 1619	20	3043

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
More positive than negative	6.9% 38	7.3% 50	7.1% 37	7.9% 58	9.7% 54	3	7.8% 237
More negative than positive	77.4% 425	81.7% 557	81.5% 424	73.9% 544	59.7% 331	16	75.0% 2281
Uncertain	15.7% 86	11.0% 75	11.3% 59	18.2% 134	30.5% 169	1	17.2% 523
Missing	3	3	1	7	11	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 682	100.0% 520	100.0% 736	100.0% 554	20	3041

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
More positive than negative	7.4% 31	7.8% 192	10.3% 14	9.4% 5	0	7.9% 242
More negative than positive	74.8% 315	76.0% 1862	60.3% 82	67.9% 36	3	75.0% 2295
Uncertain	17.8% 75	16.1% 395	29.4% 40	22.6% 12	1	17.1% 522
Missing	3	14	7	0	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2449	100.0% 136	100.0% 53	4	3059

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
More positive than negative	7.3% 51	9.0% 76	8.4% 47	5.5% 17	7.9% 51	0	7.9% 242
More negative than positive	63.1% 440	75.0% 631	80.1% 447	86.4% 266	78.4% 507	7	75.1% 2291
Uncertain	29.6% 206	15.9% 134	11.5% 64	8.1% 25	13.8% 89	6	17.0% 518
Missing	11	4	4	2	2	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 697	100.0% 841	100.0% 558	100.0% 308	100.0% 647	13	3051

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
More positive than negative	7.5% 155	9.1% 86	0.0% 0	1	8.0% 241
More negative than positive	75.7% 1571	73.7% 696	92.3% 12	18	75.2% 2279
Uncertain	16.8% 348	17.2% 162	7.7% 1	12	16.9% 511
Missing	20	3	0	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 2074	100.0% 944	100.0% 13	31	3031

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
More positive than negative	6.8% 78	9.2% 126	11.5% 14	6.7% 15	9	8.1% 233
More negative than positive	79.4% 913	73.9% 1014	68.9% 84	74.1% 166	121	75.9% 2177
Uncertain	13.8% 159	17.0% 233	19.7% 24	19.2% 43	64	16.0% 459
Missing	5	7	1	5	0	18
TOTAL	100.0% 1150	100.0% 1373	100.0% 122	100.0% 224	194	2869

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
More positive than negative	6.8% 42	7.2% 52	7.0% 37	9.3% 37	9.6% 52	22	7.8% 220
More negative than positive	71.9% 447	79.4% 571	77.2% 406	76.9% 307	77.3% 419	147	76.6% 2150
Uncertain	21.4% 133	13.4% 96	15.8% 83	13.8% 55	13.1% 71	83	15.6% 438
Missing	4	8	3	1	0	0	16
TOTAL	100.0% 622	100.0% 719	100.0% 526	100.0% 399	100.0% 542	252	2808

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
More positive than negative	7.8% 31	7.8% 88	9.7% 7	116	7.9% 126
More negative than positive	76.9% 307	77.9% 874	77.8% 56	1061	77.7% 1237
Uncertain	15.3% 61	14.3% 160	12.5% 9	293	14.4% 230
Missing	4	9	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1122	100.0% 72	1470	1593