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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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EASYLIFE (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 the "simple life"

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	442	14.5%	14.5%
Important	1246	40.8%	55.3%
Somewhat important	1040	34%	89.3%
Not very important	297	9.7%	99%
Of no importance	30	1%	100%
Missing	31	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Very important	17.1% 236	11.6% 95	11.5% 64	15.9% 40	16.0% 8	14.5% 443
Important	43.2% 595	39.8% 326	34.8% 194	45.8% 115	32.0% 16	40.8% 1246
Somewhat important	31.2% 430	36.6% 300	39.3% 219	29.5% 74	34.0% 17	34.0% 1040
Not very important	7.8% 108	10.4% 85	13.6% 76	8.0% 20	14.0% 7	9.7% 296
Of no importance	0.7% 9	1.7% 14	0.7% 4	0.8% 2	4.0% 2	1.0% 31
Missing	16	7	3	4	1	31
TOTAL	100.0% 1378	100.0% 820	100.0% 557	100.0% 251	100.0% 50	3056

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	12.8% 181	15.5% 251	10	14.2% 432
Important	42.2% 599	39.7% 642	5	40.9% 1241
Somewhat important	34.1% 484	34.2% 553	3	34.1% 1037
Not very important	9.7% 137	9.9% 160	0	9.8% 297
Of no importance	1.3% 18	0.7% 12	1	1.0% 30
Missing	11	19	0	30
TOTAL	100.0% 1419	100.0% 1618	19	3037

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	8.9% 49	10.7% 73	8.7% 45	16.0% 118	27.7% 151	6	14.4% 436
Important	33.8% 186	33.7% 230	39.7% 206	47.0% 346	49.2% 268	10	40.7% 1236
Somewhat important	39.7% 219	42.8% 292	39.1% 203	29.2% 215	19.6% 107	4	34.1% 1036
Not very important	15.2% 84	11.9% 81	11.9% 62	7.1% 52	3.1% 17	1	9.8% 296
Of no importance	2.4% 13	1.0% 7	0.6% 3	0.7% 5	0.4% 2	0	1.0% 30
Missing	1	2	3	6	19	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 683	100.0% 519	100.0% 736	100.0% 545	21	3034

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	10.4% 44	14.4% 350	29.3% 41	13.5% 7	1	14.5% 442
Important	38.1% 161	40.5% 989	47.1% 66	53.8% 28	3	40.7% 1244
Somewhat important	34.3% 145	35.3% 860	17.1% 24	23.1% 12	0	34.1% 1041
Not very important	15.4% 65	8.9% 218	6.4% 9	9.6% 5	0	9.7% 297
Of no importance	1.9% 8	0.9% 22	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	1.0% 30
Missing	2	24	3	2	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 2439	100.0% 140	100.0% 52	4	3054

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	21.8% 152	16.1% 135	10.3% 57	9.0% 28	10.7% 69	2	14.5% 441
Important	50.0% 349	40.1% 337	33.7% 186	33.7% 105	41.4% 267	3	40.8% 1244
Somewhat important	21.6% 151	32.4% 272	40.8% 225	45.2% 141	38.3% 247	5	34.0% 1036
Not very important	5.2% 36	10.6% 89	14.1% 78	11.5% 36	8.8% 57	1	9.7% 296
Of no importance	1.4% 10	0.8% 7	1.1% 6	0.6% 2	0.8% 5	0	1.0% 30
Missing	10	6	10	0	3	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 698	100.0% 840	100.0% 552	100.0% 312	100.0% 645	11	3047

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	15.9% 329	10.3% 97	7.7% 1	15	14.1% 427
Important	41.4% 857	39.7% 373	38.5% 5	11	40.9% 1235
Somewhat important	33.3% 688	36.3% 341	30.8% 4	8	34.2% 1033
Not very important	8.6% 177	12.5% 117	15.4% 2	0	9.8% 296
Of no importance	0.9% 18	1.2% 11	7.7% 1	0	1.0% 30
Missing	24	7	0	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 2069	100.0% 939	100.0% 13	34	3021

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	14.8% 169	13.4% 183	9.8% 12	15.7% 36	42	14.0% 400
Important	43.1% 491	38.5% 527	34.4% 42	39.7% 91	95	40.3% 1151
Somewhat important	33.5% 381	35.8% 490	45.1% 55	32.3% 74	41	35.0% 1000
Not very important	7.7% 88	11.3% 155	10.7% 13	10.9% 25	15	9.8% 281
Of no importance	0.9% 10	1.0% 14	0.0% 0	1.3% 3	3	0.9% 27
Missing	15	11	0	0	0	26
TOTAL	100.0% 1139	100.0% 1369	100.0% 122	100.0% 229	196	2859

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	22.7% 139	15.0% 108	11.8% 62	10.1% 40	8.9% 48	45	14.2% 397
Important	49.6% 303	41.8% 302	37.2% 196	37.7% 150	35.6% 193	103	40.9% 1144
Somewhat important	20.5% 125	34.3% 248	39.1% 206	38.2% 152	42.3% 229	80	34.3% 960
Not very important	6.4% 39	8.2% 59	11.0% 58	12.8% 51	12.2% 66	23	9.8% 273
Of no importance	0.8% 5	0.7% 5	0.9% 5	1.3% 5	1.1% 6	5	0.9% 26
Missing	15	6	3	2	1	0	27
TOTAL	100.0% 611	100.0% 722	100.0% 527	100.0% 398	100.0% 542	256	2800

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	13.0% 52	13.9% 155	10.0% 7	229	13.5% 214
Important	38.3% 153	41.3% 462	51.4% 36	594	41.0% 651
Somewhat important	40.8% 163	33.3% 373	35.7% 25	480	35.3% 561
Not very important	7.0% 28	10.6% 119	2.9% 2	148	9.4% 149
Of no importance	1.0% 4	0.9% 10	0.0% 0	16	0.9% 14
Missing	3	12	1	0	16
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1119	100.0% 70	1467	1589