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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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OTHRWISH (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. - Doing what others want me to do

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	37	1.2%	1.2%
Important	414	13.6%	14.8%
Somewhat important	1264	41.6%	56.4%
Not very important	1101	36.3%	92.7%
Of no importance	219	7.2%	99.9%
Missing	52	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Very important	1.6% 22	0.6% 5	1.1% 6	1.6% 4	2.0% 1	1.3% 38
Important	13.7% 188	12.8% 104	13.7% 76	15.6% 39	11.8% 6	13.6% 413
Somewhat important	41.2% 564	43.4% 353	40.9% 226	40.4% 101	41.2% 21	41.7% 1265
Not very important	36.0% 493	36.4% 296	37.8% 209	33.6% 84	37.3% 19	36.3% 1101
Of no importance	7.5% 102	6.8% 55	6.5% 36	8.8% 22	7.8% 4	7.2% 219
Missing	25	15	7	4	1	52
TOTAL	100.0% 1369	100.0% 813	100.0% 553	100.0% 250	100.0% 51	3036

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	0.7% 10	1.6% 25	2	1.2% 35
Important	14.9% 211	12.3% 197	6	13.5% 408
Somewhat important	39.2% 556	44.0% 703	5	41.7% 1259
Not very important	38.4% 544	34.6% 553	3	36.4% 1097
Of no importance	6.8% 97	7.6% 121	1	7.2% 218
Missing	13	36	0	49
TOTAL	100.0% 1418	100.0% 1599	17	3017

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	1.1% 6	0.7% 5	1.0% 5	0.8% 6	2.6% 14	1	1.2% 36
Important	14.3% 79	11.4% 78	14.7% 76	13.9% 102	14.4% 77	3	13.7% 412
Somewhat important	42.1% 232	40.6% 277	38.5% 199	47.2% 346	38.2% 204	8	41.7% 1258
Not very important	34.3% 189	40.1% 274	41.0% 212	31.4% 230	35.0% 187	9	36.2% 1092
Of no importance	8.2% 45	7.2% 49	4.8% 25	6.7% 49	9.7% 52	0	7.3% 220
Missing	2	2	5	11	32	0	52
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 683	100.0% 517	100.0% 733	100.0% 534	21	3018

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	0.7% 3	1.1% 26	6.0% 8	1.9% 1	0	1.3% 38
Important	16.1% 67	13.3% 322	10.4% 14	15.1% 8	2	13.6% 411
Somewhat important	41.2% 172	42.4% 1028	34.3% 46	28.3% 15	2	41.6% 1261
Not very important	33.3% 139	36.6% 888	40.3% 54	35.8% 19	0	36.3% 1100
Of no importance	8.6% 36	6.6% 161	9.0% 12	18.9% 10	0	7.2% 219
Missing	6	37	8	0	0	51
TOTAL	100.0% 417	100.0% 2425	100.0% 134	100.0% 53	4	3029

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	2.6% 18	1.2% 10	0.5% 3	0.3% 1	0.8% 5	0	1.2% 37
Important	17.2% 118	14.5% 121	13.2% 73	10.3% 32	10.7% 69	2	13.6% 413
Somewhat important	39.1% 268	42.0% 351	42.9% 237	49.8% 155	38.8% 250	4	41.7% 1261
Not very important	30.9% 212	35.7% 298	35.7% 197	34.7% 108	43.9% 283	3	36.3% 1098
Of no importance	10.1% 69	6.6% 55	7.6% 42	4.8% 15	5.7% 37	2	7.2% 218
Missing	23	9	11	1	4	0	48
TOTAL	100.0% 685	100.0% 835	100.0% 552	100.0% 311	100.0% 644	11	3027

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	1.3% 26	1.0% 9	0.0% 0	2	1.2% 35
Important	14.5% 298	12.0% 112	0.0% 0	4	13.7% 410
Somewhat important	41.2% 847	43.3% 404	23.1% 3	9	41.8% 1254
Not very important	35.5% 730	37.1% 346	53.8% 7	17	36.1% 1083
Of no importance	7.5% 154	6.5% 61	23.1% 3	2	7.3% 218
Missing	38	14	0	0	52
TOTAL	100.0% 2055	100.0% 932	100.0% 13	34	3000

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	1.1% 13	1.3% 18	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	5	1.1% 32
Important	13.6% 155	14.3% 193	9.0% 11	10.1% 23	32	13.4% 382
Somewhat important	43.7% 498	41.2% 558	40.2% 49	37.3% 85	74	41.8% 1190
Not very important	35.9% 409	36.1% 489	40.2% 49	41.2% 94	60	36.6% 1041
Of no importance	5.7% 65	7.1% 96	10.7% 13	11.0% 25	21	7.0% 199
Missing	15	28	0	0	0	43
TOTAL	100.0% 1140	100.0% 1354	100.0% 122	100.0% 228	192	2844

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	2.2% 13	0.6% 4	1.0% 5	1.5% 6	0.6% 3	5	1.1% 31
Important	15.1% 91	13.1% 94	13.8% 72	9.8% 39	13.1% 71	46	13.2% 367
Somewhat important	37.7% 228	45.2% 323	42.1% 220	42.9% 171	41.4% 224	98	41.9% 1166
Not very important	36.6% 221	34.4% 246	39.8% 208	37.6% 150	39.0% 211	66	37.3% 1036
Of no importance	8.4% 51	6.7% 48	3.3% 17	8.3% 33	5.9% 32	38	6.5% 181
Missing	22	11	7	2	2	0	44
TOTAL	100.0% 604	100.0% 715	100.0% 522	100.0% 399	100.0% 541	253	2781

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	0.8% 3	1.0% 11	0.0% 0	23	0.9% 14
Important	10.3% 41	15.2% 169	5.6% 4	201	13.5% 214
Somewhat important	41.0% 163	42.2% 470	45.1% 32	598	42.0% 665
Not very important	38.4% 153	35.7% 398	47.9% 34	516	36.9% 585
Of no importance	9.5% 38	6.0% 67	1.4% 1	113	6.7% 106
Missing	5	16	1	0	22
TOTAL	100.0% 398	100.0% 1115	100.0% 71	1451	1584