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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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MORALIFE (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. - Living a good moral life

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	2057	68.2%	68.2%
Important	910	30.2%	98.4%
Somewhat important	40	1.3%	99.7%
Not very important	5	.2%	99.9%
Of no importance	4	.1%	100%
Missing	70	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Very important	66.9% 912	66.8% 536	70.7% 390	72.4% 181	76.0% 38	68.2% 2057
Important	31.5% 429	31.8% 255	27.5% 152	25.2% 63	22.0% 11	30.2% 910
Somewhat important	1.2% 17	1.0% 8	1.4% 8	2.4% 6	2.0% 1	1.3% 40
Not very important	0.2% 3	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
Of no importance	0.1% 2	0.1% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
Missing	31	24	9	4	1	69
TOTAL	100.0% 1363	100.0% 802	100.0% 552	100.0% 250	100.0% 50	3017

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	62.7% 886	73.0% 1159	12	68.2% 2045
Important	35.5% 501	25.4% 403	5	30.1% 904
Somewhat important	1.3% 18	1.3% 21	1	1.3% 39
Not very important	0.3% 4	0.1% 2	0	0.2% 6
Of no importance	0.2% 3	0.1% 2	0	0.2% 5
Missing	20	50	0	70
TOTAL	100.0% 1412	100.0% 1587	18	2999

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	62.1% 341	62.8% 428	68.6% 350	73.5% 537	73.3% 385	16	68.1% 2041
Important	35.3% 194	34.5% 235	30.6% 156	25.4% 186	25.5% 134	4	30.2% 905
Somewhat important	2.2% 12	2.2% 15	0.8% 4	0.7% 5	0.8% 4	0	1.3% 40
Not very important	0.2% 1	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 6
Of no importance	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.4% 2	0	0.1% 4
Missing	3	4	11	13	38	0	69
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 681	100.0% 510	100.0% 731	100.0% 525	20	2996

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	58.8% 247	69.8% 1681	73.5% 97	56.6% 30	2	68.2% 2055
Important	38.3% 161	28.9% 697	23.5% 31	37.7% 20	1	30.2% 909
Somewhat important	2.6% 11	1.0% 24	1.5% 2	5.7% 3	0	1.3% 40
Not very important	0.2% 1	0.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 5
Of no importance	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	1	0.1% 4
Missing	4	55	12	0	0	71
TOTAL	100.0% 420	100.0% 2408	100.0% 132	100.0% 53	4	3013

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	69.8% 474	68.9% 570	66.0% 363	67.4% 209	67.2% 431	11	68.1% 2047
Important	28.0% 190	30.4% 251	31.5% 173	30.0% 93	31.4% 201	2	30.2% 908
Somewhat important	1.5% 10	0.6% 5	2.0% 11	2.3% 7	1.2% 8	0	1.4% 41
Not very important	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	0	0.2% 6
Of no importance	0.4% 3	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 5
Missing	29	18	13	2	9	0	71
TOTAL	100.0% 679	100.0% 827	100.0% 550	100.0% 310	100.0% 641	13	3007

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	68.2% 1392	68.3% 634	38.5% 5	26	68.1% 2031
Important	30.1% 614	30.2% 280	61.5% 8	8	30.2% 902
Somewhat important	1.4% 29	1.2% 11	0.0% 0	0	1.3% 40
Not very important	0.1% 3	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 5
Of no importance	0.1% 3	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 4
Missing	52	18	0	0	70
TOTAL	100.0% 2041	100.0% 928	100.0% 13	34	2982

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	68.1% 768	68.9% 929	67.8% 80	62.9% 141	138	68.1% 1918
Important	30.3% 342	29.5% 398	31.4% 37	34.4% 77	57	30.3% 854
Somewhat important	1.2% 14	1.2% 16	0.8% 1	2.7% 6	3	1.3% 37
Not very important	0.3% 3	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 5
Of no importance	0.0% 0	0.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 4
Missing	27	31	4	4	0	66
TOTAL	100.0% 1127	100.0% 1349	100.0% 118	100.0% 224	198	2818

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	69.6% 415	69.7% 496	68.8% 360	64.4% 253	64.9% 350	184	67.8% 1874
Important	29.2% 174	28.7% 204	29.1% 152	33.3% 131	34.1% 184	66	30.6% 845
Somewhat important	1.2% 7	1.4% 10	1.1% 6	2.3% 9	0.9% 5	3	1.3% 37
Not very important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.1% 4
Of no importance	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	0.1% 3
Missing	31	16	7	7	4	0	65
TOTAL	100.0% 596	100.0% 712	100.0% 523	100.0% 393	100.0% 539	256	2763

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	60.4% 241	70.1% 779	58.0% 40	997	67.1% 1060
Important	37.8% 151	28.3% 314	42.0% 29	417	31.3% 494
Somewhat important	1.8% 7	1.3% 14	0.0% 0	19	1.3% 21
Not very important	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	4	0.1% 2
Of no importance	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	3	0.1% 2
Missing	4	21	3	0	28
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1111	100.0% 69	1440	1579