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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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MUCHMONY (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. - Earning as much money as possible

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	65	2.1%	2.1%
Important	514	17%	19.1%
Somewhat important	1335	44%	63.1%
Not very important	996	32.9%	96%
Of no importance	121	4%	100%
Missing	56	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Very important	2.2% 30	1.9% 15	2.2% 12	2.8% 7	3.9% 2	2.2% 66
Important	15.0% 206	19.1% 154	16.3% 90	23.2% 58	13.7% 7	17.0% 515
Somewhat important	45.8% 628	43.9% 354	42.1% 233	38.8% 97	45.1% 23	44.0% 1335
Not very important	33.3% 457	31.2% 252	34.9% 193	31.2% 78	33.3% 17	32.9% 997
Of no importance	3.6% 50	4.0% 32	4.5% 25	4.0% 10	3.9% 2	3.9% 119
Missing	24	20	7	5	1	57
TOTAL	100.0% 1371	100.0% 807	100.0% 553	100.0% 250	100.0% 51	3032

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	2.3% 33	1.9% 30	2	2.1% 63
Important	17.3% 245	16.6% 265	5	16.9% 510
Somewhat important	42.9% 606	45.1% 722	7	44.1% 1328
Not very important	33.7% 476	32.4% 518	2	33.0% 994
Of no importance	3.8% 53	4.1% 65	2	3.9% 118
Missing	19	36	0	55
TOTAL	100.0% 1413	100.0% 1600	18	3013

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	1.8% 10	1.6% 11	1.2% 6	1.6% 12	4.9% 26	0	2.2% 65
Important	15.4% 84	14.2% 97	13.0% 67	18.2% 133	24.3% 130	3	17.0% 511
Somewhat important	41.7% 228	38.9% 265	48.4% 250	45.6% 334	46.7% 250	8	44.1% 1327
Not very important	34.4% 188	40.8% 278	34.9% 180	31.6% 231	20.9% 112	8	32.8% 989
Of no importance	6.8% 37	4.4% 30	2.5% 13	3.0% 22	3.2% 17	1	4.0% 119
Missing	4	4	6	12	30	0	56
TOTAL	100.0% 547	100.0% 681	100.0% 516	100.0% 732	100.0% 535	20	3011

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	2.1% 9	1.9% 46	5.7% 8	3.8% 2	0	2.1% 65
Important	16.9% 71	16.3% 394	25.0% 35	24.5% 13	1	16.9% 513
Somewhat important	39.9% 168	45.0% 1086	41.4% 58	39.6% 21	2	44.0% 1333
Not very important	35.6% 150	33.0% 796	24.3% 34	30.2% 16	1	32.9% 996
Of no importance	5.5% 23	3.8% 92	3.6% 5	1.9% 1	0	4.0% 121
Missing	2	50	4	0	0	56
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2414	100.0% 140	100.0% 53	4	3028

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	4.2% 29	1.9% 16	2.2% 12	0.6% 2	0.6% 4	1	2.1% 63
Important	23.0% 158	19.5% 162	14.0% 77	13.9% 43	11.2% 72	3	16.9% 512
Somewhat important	44.9% 309	47.5% 394	45.7% 252	41.1% 127	38.7% 249	5	44.1% 1331
Not very important	24.3% 167	27.5% 228	33.9% 187	38.2% 118	45.7% 294	3	32.9% 994
Of no importance	3.6% 25	3.6% 30	4.2% 23	6.1% 19	3.7% 24	0	4.0% 121
Missing	20	15	12	2	6	0	55
TOTAL	100.0% 688	100.0% 830	100.0% 551	100.0% 309	100.0% 643	12	3021

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	2.3% 47	1.7% 16	0.0% 0	2	2.1% 63
Important	17.1% 351	16.4% 153	0.0% 0	10	16.8% 504
Somewhat important	44.4% 910	43.8% 409	15.4% 2	14	44.1% 1321
Not very important	32.1% 659	34.4% 321	84.6% 11	5	33.1% 991
Of no importance	4.1% 84	3.6% 34	0.0% 0	3	3.9% 118
Missing	43	13	0	0	56
TOTAL	100.0% 2051	100.0% 933	100.0% 13	34	2997

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	1.4% 16	2.5% 34	2.5% 3	2.2% 5	8	2.0% 58
Important	13.4% 152	19.0% 259	12.7% 15	20.4% 46	42	16.6% 472
Somewhat important	45.1% 511	43.5% 592	47.5% 56	39.6% 89	87	44.0% 1248
Not very important	36.7% 416	30.7% 418	32.2% 38	34.2% 77	47	33.5% 949
Of no importance	3.4% 38	4.2% 57	5.1% 6	3.6% 8	10	3.8% 109
Missing	22	20	4	3	0	49
TOTAL	100.0% 1133	100.0% 1360	100.0% 118	100.0% 225	194	2836

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	3.6% 22	1.4% 10	2.1% 11	1.3% 5	1.5% 8	9	2.0% 56
Important	17.7% 107	15.7% 113	13.7% 72	14.1% 55	20.8% 112	55	16.5% 459
Somewhat important	42.0% 253	43.7% 314	43.6% 229	48.1% 188	46.1% 248	103	44.4% 1232
Not very important	32.2% 194	33.7% 242	36.0% 189	33.5% 131	29.6% 159	80	33.0% 915
Of no importance	4.5% 27	5.4% 39	4.6% 24	3.1% 12	2.0% 11	8	4.1% 113
Missing	23	9	4	8	5	0	49
TOTAL	100.0% 603	100.0% 718	100.0% 525	100.0% 391	100.0% 538	255	2775

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	1.8% 7	2.3% 26	2.9% 2	29	2.2% 35
Important	14.8% 59	17.6% 195	13.2% 9	251	16.7% 263
Somewhat important	36.6% 146	49.4% 549	36.8% 25	616	45.6% 720
Not very important	41.9% 167	27.4% 304	42.6% 29	496	31.7% 500
Of no importance	5.0% 20	3.3% 37	4.4% 3	60	3.8% 60
Missing	3	20	3	0	26
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1111	100.0% 68	1452	1578