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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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PERPEACE (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

What are the values (ideals, standards, life goals) that guide the life and thought of Mennonite and BIC church members? A check of the following list will help answer this question. For each item in the left column, circle the number of the answer column that indicates how important the item is in your own life and thought. - Being at peace with other persons

	1) Very important
	2) Important
	3) Somewhat important
	4) Not very important
	5) Of no importance

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	2131	69.5%	69.5%
Important	883	28.8%	98.3%
Somewhat important	48	1.6%	99.9%
Not very important	4	.1%	100%
Of no importance	1	0%	100%
Missing	20	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Very important	69.7% 966	68.2% 561	72.5% 404	66.8% 169	60.8% 31	69.5% 2131
Important	28.9% 400	30.0% 247	25.9% 144	29.2% 74	35.3% 18	28.8% 883
Somewhat important	1.2% 17	1.7% 14	1.4% 8	2.8% 7	3.9% 2	1.6% 48
Not very important	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
Of no importance	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Missing	9	5	2	3	0	19
TOTAL	100.0% 1385	100.0% 822	100.0% 557	100.0% 253	100.0% 51	3068

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	64.0% 909	74.2% 1208	14	69.5% 2117
Important	33.6% 478	24.6% 400	5	28.8% 878
Somewhat important	2.2% 31	1.0% 17	1	1.6% 48
Not very important	0.2% 3	0.1% 1	0	0.1% 4
Of no importance	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0	0.0% 1
Missing	9	11	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 1421	100.0% 1627	20	3048

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	64.7% 357	63.7% 436	68.8% 358	73.1% 541	76.6% 422	16	69.4% 2114
Important	31.3% 173	33.6% 230	29.4% 153	26.6% 197	22.9% 126	4	28.8% 879
Somewhat important	3.3% 18	2.5% 17	1.7% 9	0.1% 1	0.5% 3	0	1.6% 48
Not very important	0.5% 3	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 5
Of no importance	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Missing	0	1	1	4	13	0	19
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 684	100.0% 520	100.0% 740	100.0% 551	20	3047

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	61.0% 258	70.4% 1721	79.7% 114	64.8% 35	3	69.5% 2128
Important	35.2% 149	28.1% 687	19.6% 28	33.3% 18	1	28.8% 882
Somewhat important	3.3% 14	1.4% 33	0.7% 1	1.9% 1	0	1.6% 49
Not very important	0.5% 2	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 4
Of no importance	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Missing	0	20	0	0	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 2444	100.0% 143	100.0% 54	4	3064

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	74.6% 523	70.0% 589	66.7% 371	61.4% 191	68.6% 444	12	69.3% 2118
Important	24.3% 170	28.3% 238	31.8% 177	34.7% 108	29.4% 190	0	28.9% 883
Somewhat important	1.0% 7	1.5% 13	1.3% 7	3.5% 11	1.7% 11	1	1.6% 49
Not very important	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 2	0	0.2% 6
Of no importance	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Missing	6	4	8	0	2	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 701	100.0% 842	100.0% 556	100.0% 311	100.0% 647	13	3057

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	68.1% 1415	72.3% 681	57.1% 8	26	69.3% 2104
Important	30.1% 625	26.2% 247	28.6% 4	7	28.9% 876
Somewhat important	1.6% 34	1.4% 13	14.3% 2	1	1.6% 49
Not very important	0.1% 3	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 4
Of no importance	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Missing	16	4	0	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 2078	100.0% 942	100.0% 14	34	3034

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	69.7% 799	70.4% 966	66.4% 81	62.7% 143	142	69.4% 1989
Important	28.9% 331	27.9% 383	30.3% 37	34.2% 78	54	28.9% 829
Somewhat important	1.4% 16	1.4% 19	3.3% 4	2.6% 6	2	1.6% 45
Not very important	0.0% 0	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0	0.1% 4
Of no importance	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Missing	8	8	0	1	0	17
TOTAL	100.0% 1146	100.0% 1372	100.0% 122	100.0% 228	198	2868

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	73.5% 453	70.6% 510	69.1% 366	63.8% 254	65.9% 357	190	69.1% 1940
Important	25.0% 154	27.1% 196	29.6% 157	33.9% 135	32.5% 176	66	29.1% 818
Somewhat important	1.3% 8	2.1% 15	0.9% 5	2.0% 8	1.5% 8	5	1.6% 44
Not very important	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	0	0.2% 5
Of no importance	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Missing	10	5	1	2	1	0	19
TOTAL	100.0% 616	100.0% 722	100.0% 530	100.0% 398	100.0% 542	261	2808

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	65.7% 264	66.8% 750	63.4% 45	1072	66.4% 1059
Important	31.1% 125	31.7% 356	36.6% 26	377	31.8% 507
Somewhat important	2.7% 11	1.4% 16	0.0% 0	21	1.7% 27
Not very important	0.5% 2	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	1	0.2% 3
Of no importance	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.0% 0
Missing	2	8	0	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 1123	100.0% 71	1472	1596