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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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INDEPEND (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. - Taking care of my own needs-being independent

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	491	16.1%	16.1%
Important	1493	49.1%	65.2%
Somewhat important	875	28.8%	94%
Not very important	161	5.3%	99.3%
Of no importance	21	.7%	100%
Missing	46	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Very important	14.2% 195	20.7% 169	16.3% 90	10.8% 27	18.0% 9	16.1% 490
Important	48.4% 664	49.8% 406	48.1% 266	53.2% 133	46.0% 23	49.1% 1492
Somewhat important	30.6% 419	24.7% 201	30.0% 166	30.0% 75	28.0% 14	28.8% 875
Not very important	5.8% 80	4.4% 36	4.9% 27	5.6% 14	8.0% 4	5.3% 161
Of no importance	0.9% 13	0.4% 3	0.7% 4	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 21
Missing	24	12	6	4	0	46
TOTAL	100.0% 1371	100.0% 815	100.0% 553	100.0% 250	100.0% 50	3039

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	12.7% 180	19.0% 305	6	16.0% 485
Important	50.7% 718	47.9% 770	4	49.2% 1488
Somewhat important	29.9% 424	27.7% 445	7	28.7% 869
Not very important	5.9% 84	4.8% 77	0	5.3% 161
Of no importance	0.8% 11	0.6% 10	0	0.7% 21
Missing	14	29	0	43
TOTAL	100.0% 1417	100.0% 1607	17	3024

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	16.0% 88	11.4% 78	12.4% 64	17.8% 131	23.6% 127	3	16.2% 488
Important	49.4% 271	43.1% 294	51.7% 268	48.8% 358	53.9% 290	12	49.0% 1481
Somewhat important	27.5% 151	36.1% 246	29.9% 155	28.6% 210	20.1% 108	5	28.8% 870
Not very important	6.4% 35	8.5% 58	5.6% 29	4.4% 32	1.3% 7	0	5.3% 161
Of no importance	0.7% 4	0.9% 6	0.4% 2	0.4% 3	1.1% 6	0	0.7% 21
Missing	3	3	3	10	26	0	45
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 682	100.0% 518	100.0% 734	100.0% 538	20	3021

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	22.3% 94	14.2% 344	27.2% 37	27.8% 15	1	16.1% 490
Important	52.7% 222	48.2% 1171	52.2% 71	48.1% 26	2	49.0% 1490
Somewhat important	19.0% 80	31.3% 759	18.4% 25	20.4% 11	1	28.8% 875
Not very important	5.2% 22	5.6% 136	0.7% 1	3.7% 2	0	5.3% 161
Of no importance	0.7% 3	0.7% 17	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.7% 22
Missing	2	36	6	1	0	45
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2427	100.0% 136	100.0% 54	4	3038

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	19.0% 130	15.8% 132	14.8% 82	14.9% 46	15.2% 98	3	16.1% 488
Important	53.4% 366	48.6% 407	48.2% 267	50.3% 155	45.5% 294	4	49.1% 1489
Somewhat important	22.2% 152	29.5% 247	29.8% 165	30.5% 94	33.0% 213	5	28.7% 871
Not very important	4.8% 33	5.1% 43	7.0% 39	3.6% 11	5.6% 36	0	5.3% 162
Of no importance	0.7% 5	1.0% 8	0.2% 1	0.6% 2	0.8% 5	0	0.7% 21
Missing	22	8	9	2	4	0	45
TOTAL	100.0% 686	100.0% 837	100.0% 554	100.0% 308	100.0% 646	12	3031

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	15.3% 314	17.4% 163	14.3% 2	13	15.9% 479
Important	49.0% 1008	49.8% 467	28.6% 4	14	49.1% 1479
Somewhat important	29.5% 607	27.6% 259	35.7% 5	6	28.9% 871
Not very important	5.5% 113	4.7% 44	21.4% 3	2	5.3% 160
Of no importance	0.8% 17	0.5% 5	0.0% 0	0	0.7% 22
Missing	36	10	0	0	46
TOTAL	100.0% 2059	100.0% 938	100.0% 14	35	3011

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	12.4% 141	18.8% 255	13.1% 16	17.5% 40	39	15.9% 452
Important	50.0% 567	49.5% 672	44.3% 54	43.2% 99	101	48.9% 1392
Somewhat important	32.0% 363	26.1% 354	30.3% 37	33.6% 77	45	29.2% 831
Not very important	5.1% 58	5.0% 68	10.7% 13	5.2% 12	10	5.3% 151
Of no importance	0.5% 6	0.7% 9	1.6% 2	0.4% 1	3	0.6% 18
Missing	19	24	0	0	0	43
TOTAL	100.0% 1135	100.0% 1358	100.0% 122	100.0% 229	198	2844

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	20.1% 123	13.0% 93	12.0% 63	15.6% 62	18.7% 101	49	15.8% 442
Important	50.1% 307	47.1% 337	47.6% 251	50.1% 199	50.3% 271	127	48.9% 1365
Somewhat important	24.0% 147	32.5% 233	33.4% 176	28.5% 113	27.5% 148	59	29.3% 817
Not very important	4.6% 28	7.1% 51	6.5% 34	5.3% 21	3.3% 18	10	5.4% 152
Of no importance	1.3% 8	0.3% 2	0.6% 3	0.5% 2	0.2% 1	4	0.6% 16
Missing	14	11	3	3	5	0	36
TOTAL	100.0% 613	100.0% 716	100.0% 527	100.0% 397	100.0% 539	249	2792

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	15.3% 61	14.9% 166	11.3% 8	257	14.8% 235
Important	47.6% 190	49.4% 551	49.3% 35	717	49.0% 776
Somewhat important	30.8% 123	29.1% 325	36.6% 26	401	29.9% 474
Not very important	5.8% 23	5.7% 63	2.8% 2	73	5.6% 88
Of no importance	0.5% 2	0.9% 10	0.0% 0	10	0.8% 12
Missing	4	17	1	0	22
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1115	100.0% 71	1458	1585