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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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TREATOTH (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. - Making sure I treat others properly
  1) Very important
  2) Important
  3) Somewhat important
  4) Not very important
  5) Of no importance

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage
Very important 1847 61.1% 61.1%
Important 1121 37.1% 98.2%
Somewhat important 43 1.4% 99.6%
Not very important 11 .4% 100%
Of no importance 3 .1% 100.1%
Missing 60 % %

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

MC GCMC MBC BCC EMC TOTAL
Very important 60.2%
823		 59.3%
477		 63.5%
353		 65.1%
162		 66.0%
33		 61.0%
1848
Important 38.2%
523		 38.9%
313		 34.0%
189		 32.5%
81		 32.0%
16		 37.1%
1122
Somewhat important 1.2%
17		 1.1%
9		 2.0%
11		 2.0%
5		 2.0%
1		 1.4%
43
Not very important 0.2%
3		 0.7%
6		 0.4%
2		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.4%
11
Of no importance 0.1%
2		 0.0%
0		 0.2%
1		 0.4%
1		 0.0%
0		 0.1%
4
Missing 27 22 5 7 0 61
TOTAL 100.0%
1368		 100.0%
805		 100.0%
556		 100.0%
249		 100.0%
50
3028


Sex (I-SEX)

Male Female Missing TOTAL
Very important 56.1%
790		 65.2%
1043
14		 60.9%
1833
Important 41.7%
588		 33.1%
529
4		 37.1%
1117
Somewhat important 1.8%
25		 1.1%
18
1		 1.4%
43
Not very important 0.4%
5		 0.4%
7
0		 0.4%
12
Of no importance 0.1%
1		 0.2%
3
0		 0.1%
4
Missing 22 38 0 60
TOTAL 100.0%
1409		 100.0%
1600
19
3009


Age (I-AGE)

Under 30 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 64 65 & over Missing TOTAL
Very important 57.4%
317		 58.9%
402		 60.6%
311		 65.4%
477		 61.2%
326
14		 60.9%
1833
Important 39.7%
219		 39.7%
271		 37.6%
193		 32.6%
238		 36.8%
196
5		 37.1%
1117
Somewhat important 2.7%
15		 1.2%
8		 1.8%
9		 1.0%
7		 0.9%
5
0		 1.5%
44
Not very important 0.2%
1		 0.3%
2		 0.0%
0		 0.5%
4		 0.9%
5
0		 0.4%
12
Of no importance 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.4%
3		 0.2%
1
0		 0.1%
4
Missing 1 3 9 15 32 0 60
TOTAL 100.0%
552		 100.0%
683		 100.0%
513		 100.0%
729		 100.0%
533
19
3010


Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Single Married Widowed Div./Sep. Missing TOTAL
Very important 53.8%
226		 61.8%
1494		 65.7%
90		 69.2%
36
2		 61.0%
1846
Important 43.8%
184		 36.3%
878		 31.4%
43		 28.8%
15
2		 37.0%
1120
Somewhat important 2.4%
10		 1.3%
32		 0.7%
1		 1.9%
1
0		 1.5%
44
Not very important 0.0%
0		 0.4%
9		 2.2%
3		 0.0%
0
0		 0.4%
12
Of no importance 0.0%
0		 0.1%
3		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0
0		 0.1%
3
Missing 5 48 6 2 0 61
TOTAL 100.0%
420		 100.0%
2416		 100.0%
137		 100.0%
52
4
3025


Education (I-EDUCATN)

Lt HS grad H.S. grad Some coll. Coll. grad Grad schl Missing TOTAL
Very important 61.0%
418		 60.1%
497		 61.7%
339		 57.6%
178		 63.3%
407
8		 61.0%
1839
Important 37.2%
255		 37.6%
311		 36.1%
198		 39.8%
123		 35.5%
228
5		 37.0%
1115
Somewhat important 1.2%
8		 1.5%
12		 1.6%
9		 2.3%
7		 1.1%
7
0		 1.4%
43
Not very important 0.6%
4		 0.5%
4		 0.5%
3		 0.3%
1		 0.0%
0
0		 0.4%
12
Of no importance 0.0%
0		 0.4%
3		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.2%
1
0		 0.1%
4
Missing 21 18 13 2 6 0 60
TOTAL 100.0%
685		 100.0%
827		 100.0%
549		 100.0%
309		 100.0%
643
13
3013


Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

U.S. Canada Other Missing TOTAL
Very important 60.8%
1248		 61.3%
571		 42.9%
6
22		 60.9%
1825
Important 37.2%
764		 36.9%
344		 42.9%
6
8		 37.2%
1114
Somewhat important 1.6%
33		 1.0%
9		 14.3%
2
0		 1.5%
44
Not very important 0.2%
5		 0.6%
6		 0.0%
0
0		 0.4%
11
Of no importance 0.1%
2		 0.1%
1		 0.0%
0
0		 0.1%
3
Missing 41 16 0 0 57
TOTAL 100.0%
2052		 100.0%
931		 100.0%
14
30
2997


Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

Swiss/South German/Alsatian Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian British Other Missing TOTAL
Very important 58.8%
665		 61.6%
836		 65.3%
79		 65.9%
147
120		 61.0%
1727
Important 40.0%
452		 36.0%
489		 33.9%
41		 31.4%
70
70		 37.1%
1052
Somewhat important 1.0%
11		 1.8%
25		 0.8%
1		 0.9%
2
5		 1.4%
39
Not very important 0.2%
2		 0.5%
7		 0.0%
0		 0.9%
2
0		 0.4%
11
Of no importance 0.0%
0		 0.1%
1		 0.0%
0		 0.9%
2
0		 0.1%
3
Missing 25 23 1 5 0 54
TOTAL 100.0%
1130		 100.0%
1358		 100.0%
121		 100.0%
223
195
2832


Household income (I-INCOME)

Lt 20K 20-29K 30-39K 40-49K 50K & up Missing TOTAL
Very important 61.0%
364		 59.3%
424		 60.8%
318		 61.5%
244		 62.1%
334
162		 60.8%
1684
Important 37.5%
224		 38.3%
274		 36.5%
191		 37.5%
149		 36.4%
196
87		 37.3%
1034
Somewhat important 0.7%
4		 2.1%
15		 1.9%
10		 1.0%
4		 1.3%
7
4		 1.4%
40
Not very important 0.8%
5		 0.1%
1		 0.8%
4		 0.0%
0		 0.2%
1
0		 0.4%
11
Of no importance 0.0%
0		 0.1%
1		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0
2		 0.0%
1
Missing 28 12 7 2 5 0 54
TOTAL 100.0%
597		 100.0%
715		 100.0%
523		 100.0%
397		 100.0%
538
255
2770


Political party (I-POLPARTY)

Democrat Republican Independnt Missing TOTAL
Very important 59.9%
238		 61.1%
679		 64.2%
43
887		 60.9%
960
Important 37.5%
149		 36.9%
410		 35.8%
24
538		 37.0%
583
Somewhat important 2.0%
8		 1.8%
20		 0.0%
0
15		 1.8%
28
Not very important 0.5%
2		 0.2%
2		 0.0%
0
7		 0.3%
4
Of no importance 0.0%
0		 0.1%
1		 0.0%
0
2		 0.1%
1
Missing 5 19 4 0 28
TOTAL 100.0%
397		 100.0%
1112		 100.0%
67
1449
1576



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