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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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FASHION (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 dressed in the latest styles and fashions

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	28	.9%	.9%
Important	197	6.5%	7.4%
Somewhat important	874	28.8%	36.2%
Not very important	1495	49.3%	85.5%
Of no importance	436	14.4%	99.9%
Missing	57	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Very important	1.0% 14	0.6% 5	1.1% 6	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 27
Important	6.2% 85	6.1% 49	8.7% 48	5.6% 14	3.9% 2	6.5% 198
Somewhat important	24.1% 330	30.0% 242	38.2% 211	29.4% 73	35.3% 18	28.9% 874
Not very important	51.1% 700	51.5% 416	43.1% 238	46.8% 116	47.1% 24	49.3% 1494
Of no importance	17.7% 242	11.8% 95	8.9% 49	17.3% 43	13.7% 7	14.4% 436
Missing	24	20	8	6	0	58
TOTAL	100.0% 1371	100.0% 807	100.0% 552	100.0% 248	100.0% 51	3029

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	0.8% 12	1.0% 16	0	0.9% 28
Important	4.5% 64	8.1% 129	4	6.4% 193
Somewhat important	24.0% 339	33.5% 534	2	29.0% 873
Not very important	53.7% 760	45.4% 724	10	49.3% 1484
Of no importance	17.0% 240	12.1% 193	2	14.4% 433
Missing	16	40	0	56
TOTAL	100.0% 1415	100.0% 1596	18	3011

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	2.5% 14	0.4% 3	0.6% 3	0.5% 4	0.8% 4	0	0.9% 28
Important	12.3% 68	7.9% 54	4.8% 25	4.7% 34	2.8% 15	2	6.5% 196
Somewhat important	37.7% 208	30.7% 210	32.4% 168	23.0% 168	21.6% 114	6	28.8% 868
Not very important	37.7% 208	48.2% 329	48.6% 252	55.1% 402	56.0% 296	9	49.4% 1487
Of no importance	9.6% 53	12.7% 87	13.5% 70	16.7% 122	18.9% 100	3	14.3% 432
Missing	1	2	4	14	36	0	57
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 683	100.0% 518	100.0% 730	100.0% 529	20	3011

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	3.1% 13	0.6% 14	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.9% 28
Important	10.5% 44	6.0% 145	3.0% 4	7.4% 4	1	6.5% 197
Somewhat important	36.8% 154	28.1% 678	20.7% 28	24.1% 13	1	28.9% 873
Not very important	39.6% 166	50.5% 1221	59.3% 80	46.3% 25	2	49.3% 1492
Of no importance	10.0% 42	14.9% 359	16.3% 22	22.2% 12	0	14.4% 435
Missing	4	46	8	0	0	58
TOTAL	100.0% 419	100.0% 2417	100.0% 135	100.0% 54	4	3025

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	1.8% 12	1.1% 9	0.9% 5	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0	0.9% 28
Important	6.8% 46	6.6% 55	7.6% 42	7.1% 22	4.8% 31	1	6.5% 196
Somewhat important	21.9% 149	33.0% 274	31.9% 176	30.1% 93	27.4% 177	5	28.8% 869
Not very important	51.2% 348	46.6% 387	48.0% 265	49.2% 152	52.1% 336	6	49.3% 1488
Of no importance	18.4% 125	12.8% 106	11.6% 64	13.6% 42	15.3% 99	0	14.5% 436
Missing	28	14	10	1	4	0	57
TOTAL	100.0% 680	100.0% 831	100.0% 552	100.0% 309	100.0% 645	12	3017

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	0.9% 19	0.8% 7	0.0% 0	2	0.9% 26
Important	6.0% 123	7.6% 70	7.1% 1	3	6.5% 194
Somewhat important	26.3% 542	34.6% 320	7.1% 1	10	28.8% 863
Not very important	50.6% 1041	46.8% 433	57.1% 8	13	49.4% 1482
Of no importance	16.2% 333	10.4% 96	28.6% 4	2	14.4% 433
Missing	34	20	0	0	54
TOTAL	100.0% 2058	100.0% 926	100.0% 14	30	2998

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	0.9% 10	0.8% 11	0.8% 1	0.9% 2	4	0.8% 24
Important	5.3% 60	7.7% 105	5.8% 7	4.4% 10	14	6.4% 182
Somewhat important	26.9% 303	30.8% 418	33.1% 40	28.4% 64	48	29.2% 825
Not very important	51.2% 578	48.5% 657	47.1% 57	47.6% 107	96	49.5% 1399
Of no importance	15.7% 177	12.1% 164	13.2% 16	18.7% 42	36	14.1% 399
Missing	25	25	0	3	0	53
TOTAL	100.0% 1128	100.0% 1355	100.0% 121	100.0% 225	198	2829

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	0.5% 3	0.8% 6	1.3% 7	0.3% 1	1.1% 6	6	0.8% 23
Important	4.0% 24	6.6% 47	5.3% 28	6.0% 24	9.2% 50	25	6.2% 173
Somewhat important	22.2% 133	27.6% 197	27.9% 147	36.7% 146	33.3% 180	71	28.9% 803
Not very important	54.9% 329	49.0% 350	53.4% 281	45.7% 182	45.1% 244	109	49.9% 1386
Of no importance	18.4% 110	16.0% 114	12.0% 63	11.3% 45	11.3% 61	43	14.1% 393
Missing	28	14	5	2	1	0	50
TOTAL	100.0% 599	100.0% 714	100.0% 526	100.0% 398	100.0% 541	254	2778

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	1.0% 4	1.0% 11	2.8% 2	11	1.1% 17
Important	4.5% 18	6.9% 77	5.6% 4	99	6.3% 99
Somewhat important	27.5% 109	28.3% 316	16.7% 12	438	27.6% 437
Not very important	49.6% 197	51.2% 571	54.2% 39	687	50.9% 807
Of no importance	17.4% 69	12.6% 140	20.8% 15	211	14.1% 224
Missing	5	17	1	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 397	100.0% 1115	100.0% 72	1446	1584