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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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SELFRELY (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 self-reliant

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	811	26.7%	26.7%
Important	1551	51%	77.7%
Somewhat important	593	19.5%	97.2%
Not very important	78	2.6%	99.8%
Of no importance	10	.3%	100.1%
Missing	45	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Very important	24.1% 331	30.0% 245	26.7% 148	29.1% 73	27.5% 14	26.6% 811
Important	51.0% 699	50.9% 416	51.3% 284	50.6% 127	49.0% 25	51.0% 1551
Somewhat important	21.7% 297	16.5% 135	19.3% 107	17.5% 44	19.6% 10	19.5% 593
Not very important	2.8% 38	2.3% 19	2.3% 13	2.8% 7	3.9% 2	2.6% 79
Of no importance	0.4% 6	0.2% 2	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 10
Missing	24	10	6	4	0	44
TOTAL	100.0% 1371	100.0% 817	100.0% 554	100.0% 251	100.0% 51	3044

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	22.5% 318	30.2% 486	7	26.6% 804
Important	53.4% 755	48.9% 788	8	51.0% 1543
Somewhat important	20.7% 292	18.6% 299	2	19.5% 591
Not very important	3.0% 42	2.2% 35	0	2.5% 77
Of no importance	0.5% 7	0.2% 3	0	0.3% 10
Missing	17	26	0	43
TOTAL	100.0% 1414	100.0% 1611	17	3025

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	23.5% 129	21.7% 148	26.7% 138	30.4% 224	31.1% 167	3	26.7% 806
Important	47.9% 263	48.3% 330	50.4% 260	51.4% 378	57.5% 309	12	51.0% 1540
Somewhat important	24.6% 135	25.6% 175	20.3% 105	16.3% 120	10.1% 54	2	19.5% 589
Not very important	3.3% 18	4.1% 28	2.1% 11	1.9% 14	0.7% 4	3	2.5% 75
Of no importance	0.7% 4	0.3% 2	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0	0.4% 11
Missing	2	3	5	8	27	0	45
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 683	100.0% 516	100.0% 736	100.0% 537	20	3021

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	24.2% 102	26.1% 635	35.8% 49	48.1% 25	1	26.7% 811
Important	48.2% 203	51.4% 1250	54.7% 75	40.4% 21	3	50.9% 1549
Somewhat important	23.8% 100	19.6% 477	6.6% 9	11.5% 6	0	19.5% 592
Not very important	3.1% 13	2.6% 63	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	0	2.6% 78
Of no importance	0.7% 3	0.2% 6	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 11
Missing	4	33	7	2	0	46
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2431	100.0% 137	100.0% 52	4	3041

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	28.9% 198	28.7% 240	25.1% 139	25.1% 78	23.5% 152	5	26.6% 807
Important	55.3% 378	52.5% 438	48.8% 270	48.2% 150	48.3% 313	2	51.1% 1549
Somewhat important	13.7% 94	15.7% 131	23.5% 130	21.2% 66	25.6% 166	5	19.4% 587
Not very important	1.6% 11	2.6% 22	2.4% 13	5.1% 16	2.3% 15	0	2.5% 77
Of no importance	0.4% 3	0.5% 4	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 2	0	0.4% 11
Missing	23	10	10	0	1	0	44
TOTAL	100.0% 684	100.0% 835	100.0% 553	100.0% 311	100.0% 648	12	3031

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	26.5% 546	26.8% 250	0.0% 0	14	26.5% 796
Important	50.6% 1043	52.4% 489	42.9% 6	13	51.1% 1538
Somewhat important	19.7% 407	18.5% 173	57.1% 8	5	19.5% 588
Not very important	2.8% 58	2.0% 19	0.0% 0	0	2.6% 77
Of no importance	0.3% 7	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 10
Missing	31	12	0	0	43
TOTAL	100.0% 2061	100.0% 934	100.0% 14	32	3009

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	22.7% 259	28.3% 385	32.8% 40	28.6% 65	62	26.3% 749
Important	49.6% 566	52.4% 713	46.7% 57	50.2% 114	102	50.9% 1450
Somewhat important	24.7% 282	16.1% 219	18.0% 22	18.5% 42	28	19.8% 565
Not very important	2.8% 32	2.6% 36	2.5% 3	2.6% 6	2	2.7% 77
Of no importance	0.2% 2	0.5% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	0.3% 9
Missing	14	21	1	2	0	38
TOTAL	100.0% 1141	100.0% 1360	100.0% 122	100.0% 227	196	2850

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	27.3% 166	25.1% 180	24.6% 130	27.8% 110	28.5% 154	72	26.5% 740
Important	53.8% 327	50.8% 365	47.8% 253	51.3% 203	51.8% 280	123	51.1% 1428
Somewhat important	16.3% 99	21.3% 153	23.6% 125	17.9% 71	17.6% 95	49	19.4% 543
Not very important	2.3% 14	2.6% 19	3.6% 19	2.5% 10	2.2% 12	3	2.7% 74
Of no importance	0.3% 2	0.1% 1	0.4% 2	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	4	0.3% 7
Missing	19	10	2	4	1	0	36
TOTAL	100.0% 608	100.0% 718	100.0% 529	100.0% 396	100.0% 541	251	2792

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	24.1% 96	28.1% 315	19.4% 14	386	26.7% 425
Important	49.9% 199	49.0% 549	54.2% 39	764	49.5% 787
Somewhat important	21.3% 85	19.6% 220	26.4% 19	268	20.4% 324
Not very important	4.3% 17	2.9% 32	0.0% 0	28	3.1% 49
Of no importance	0.5% 2	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	5	0.4% 6
Missing	3	11	0	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1120	100.0% 72	1451	1591