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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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MAKEDECI (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 able to make my own decisions

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	789	25.9%	25.9%
Important	1710	56.1%	82%
Somewhat important	499	16.4%	98.4%
Not very important	47	1.5%	99.9%
Of no importance	5	.2%	100.1%
Missing	38	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Very important	21.8% 300	31.3% 256	25.7% 143	29.5% 74	30.0% 15	25.9% 788
Important	56.3% 774	54.5% 445	58.6% 326	55.0% 138	54.0% 27	56.1% 1710
Somewhat important	19.9% 273	12.5% 102	14.2% 79	14.3% 36	16.0% 8	16.3% 498
Not very important	1.8% 25	1.5% 12	1.3% 7	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	1.5% 47
Of no importance	0.1% 2	0.2% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
Missing	20	9	4	4	0	37
TOTAL	100.0% 1374	100.0% 817	100.0% 556	100.0% 251	100.0% 50	3048

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	22.7% 322	28.4% 458	9	25.7% 780
Important	59.2% 840	53.5% 862	8	56.2% 1702
Somewhat important	16.2% 230	16.6% 267	2	16.4% 497
Not very important	2.0% 28	1.2% 19	0	1.6% 47
Of no importance	0.0% 0	0.3% 5	0	0.2% 5
Missing	11	25	0	36
TOTAL	100.0% 1420	100.0% 1611	19	3031

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	30.3% 167	24.7% 169	21.7% 113	24.4% 179	28.9% 156	4	25.9% 784
Important	52.6% 290	51.6% 353	60.5% 315	59.1% 434	57.2% 309	9	56.1% 1701
Somewhat important	14.3% 79	21.8% 149	16.1% 84	15.3% 112	12.8% 69	5	16.3% 493
Not very important	2.5% 14	1.8% 12	1.7% 9	1.1% 8	0.7% 4	0	1.6% 47
Of no importance	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.4% 2	0	0.2% 5
Missing	1	1	1	8	25	0	36
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 684	100.0% 521	100.0% 734	100.0% 540	18	3030

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	31.9% 135	24.1% 586	35.8% 49	33.3% 18	1	25.9% 788
Important	54.1% 229	56.6% 1377	49.6% 68	61.1% 33	3	56.1% 1707
Somewhat important	11.3% 48	17.7% 430	13.1% 18	3.7% 2	0	16.4% 498
Not very important	2.4% 10	1.5% 36	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	0	1.5% 47
Of no importance	0.2% 1	0.1% 2	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 5
Missing	1	31	6	0	0	38
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 2431	100.0% 137	100.0% 54	4	3045

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	27.7% 191	27.0% 226	23.5% 130	28.1% 87	23.5% 152	2	25.9% 786
Important	57.0% 393	58.9% 494	57.3% 317	52.9% 164	52.1% 337	6	56.1% 1705
Somewhat important	13.0% 90	13.1% 110	17.4% 96	17.4% 54	22.6% 146	4	16.3% 496
Not very important	2.0% 14	1.0% 8	1.4% 8	1.3% 4	1.9% 12	0	1.5% 46
Of no importance	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 5
Missing	18	7	8	2	3	0	38
TOTAL	100.0% 690	100.0% 838	100.0% 553	100.0% 310	100.0% 647	12	3038

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	25.1% 519	27.2% 255	7.1% 1	14	25.7% 775
Important	56.4% 1166	56.2% 526	35.7% 5	13	56.3% 1697
Somewhat important	16.6% 342	15.3% 143	50.0% 7	6	16.3% 492
Not very important	1.6% 34	1.3% 12	7.1% 1	0	1.6% 47
Of no importance	0.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 5
Missing	28	10	0	0	38
TOTAL	100.0% 2066	100.0% 936	100.0% 14	33	3016

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	21.4% 244	28.8% 393	24.6% 30	28.5% 65	57	25.7% 732
Important	55.4% 631	56.4% 770	58.2% 71	55.3% 126	112	56.0% 1598
Somewhat important	21.1% 240	13.6% 185	14.8% 18	13.6% 31	25	16.6% 474
Not very important	2.0% 23	1.0% 13	2.5% 3	2.2% 5	2	1.5% 44
Of no importance	0.0% 0	0.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0	0.2% 5
Missing	17	14	0	2	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 1138	100.0% 1365	100.0% 122	100.0% 228	196	2853

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	29.4% 179	24.4% 176	22.4% 118	24.4% 97	26.0% 141	78	25.4% 711
Important	55.1% 335	56.2% 405	54.3% 286	59.2% 235	57.6% 312	138	56.3% 1573
Somewhat important	13.7% 83	17.3% 125	21.4% 113	15.9% 63	14.9% 81	35	16.6% 465
Not very important	1.8% 11	1.8% 13	1.9% 10	0.5% 2	1.3% 7	4	1.5% 43
Of no importance	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	2	0.1% 3
Missing	19	7	3	3	1	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 608	100.0% 721	100.0% 527	100.0% 397	100.0% 542	257	2795

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	22.4% 89	25.6% 287	18.3% 13	399	24.5% 389
Important	56.3% 224	56.6% 634	62.0% 44	807	56.8% 902
Somewhat important	19.8% 79	16.6% 186	16.9% 12	222	17.4% 277
Not very important	1.5% 6	0.9% 10	2.8% 2	28	1.1% 18
Of no importance	0.0% 0	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	2	0.2% 3
Missing	3	11	1	0	15
TOTAL	100.0% 398	100.0% 1120	100.0% 71	1458	1589