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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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BEAUTY (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 myself as beautiful or handsome as possible

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	51	1.7%	1.7%
Important	385	12.6%	14.3%
Somewhat important	1191	39%	53.3%
Not very important	1137	37.2%	90.5%
Of no importance	290	9.5%	100%
Missing	33	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Very important	1.6% 22	1.7% 14	2.2% 12	1.2% 3	2.0% 1	1.7% 52
Important	11.0% 151	12.1% 99	16.2% 90	15.1% 38	15.7% 8	12.6% 386
Somewhat important	37.8% 520	38.1% 312	42.1% 234	42.1% 106	37.3% 19	39.0% 1191
Not very important	38.9% 535	39.2% 321	32.9% 183	31.3% 79	35.3% 18	37.2% 1136
Of no importance	10.8% 149	8.9% 73	6.7% 37	10.3% 26	9.8% 5	9.5% 290
Missing	17	8	4	3	1	33
TOTAL	100.0% 1377	100.0% 819	100.0% 556	100.0% 252	100.0% 51	3055

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	0.9% 13	2.2% 36	3	1.6% 49
Important	9.3% 132	15.7% 253	1	12.7% 385
Somewhat important	35.7% 508	41.9% 677	5	39.0% 1185
Not very important	43.5% 618	31.8% 514	6	37.3% 1132
Of no importance	10.6% 151	8.4% 136	4	9.4% 287
Missing	11	21	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 1422	100.0% 1616	19	3038

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	3.4% 19	0.7% 5	1.5% 8	1.2% 9	1.8% 10	1	1.7% 51
Important	18.1% 100	14.2% 97	10.2% 53	10.1% 75	11.0% 60	1	12.7% 385
Somewhat important	43.1% 238	38.9% 266	38.2% 198	38.0% 281	36.7% 200	9	39.0% 1183
Not very important	30.8% 170	37.5% 256	40.3% 209	40.6% 300	36.3% 198	5	37.3% 1133
Of no importance	4.5% 25	8.6% 59	9.7% 50	10.0% 74	14.1% 77	4	9.4% 285
Missing	1	2	4	5	20	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 683	100.0% 518	100.0% 739	100.0% 545	20	3037

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	1.7% 7	1.6% 39	1.5% 2	7.4% 4	0	1.7% 52
Important	19.5% 82	11.4% 277	16.8% 23	3.7% 2	1	12.6% 384
Somewhat important	41.1% 173	38.7% 944	32.1% 44	53.7% 29	1	39.0% 1190
Not very important	32.3% 136	38.3% 933	36.5% 50	29.6% 16	2	37.2% 1135
Of no importance	5.5% 23	10.0% 245	13.1% 18	5.6% 3	1	9.5% 289
Missing	2	25	6	0	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2438	100.0% 137	100.0% 54	5	3050

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	2.8% 19	1.8% 15	1.4% 8	1.0% 3	0.9% 6	0	1.7% 51
Important	14.1% 97	13.2% 111	13.5% 75	12.5% 39	9.1% 59	3	12.5% 381
Somewhat important	37.7% 260	40.3% 338	41.6% 231	39.9% 124	36.4% 236	3	39.1% 1189
Not very important	33.1% 228	36.8% 309	35.9% 199	37.0% 115	43.1% 279	7	37.1% 1130
Of no importance	12.3% 85	7.9% 66	7.6% 42	9.6% 30	10.5% 68	0	9.6% 291
Missing	17	6	8	0	1	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 689	100.0% 839	100.0% 555	100.0% 311	100.0% 648	13	3042

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	1.5% 31	1.5% 14	0.0% 0	6	1.5% 45
Important	12.3% 254	13.6% 128	0.0% 0	4	12.6% 382
Somewhat important	39.0% 807	39.1% 368	38.5% 5	11	39.1% 1180
Not very important	37.0% 766	37.9% 356	46.2% 6	10	37.3% 1128
Of no importance	10.2% 210	7.9% 74	15.4% 2	4	9.5% 286
Missing	25	8	0	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 2068	100.0% 940	100.0% 13	35	3021

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	1.4% 16	1.6% 22	0.8% 1	1.8% 4	8	1.5% 43
Important	10.6% 121	14.0% 192	9.0% 11	13.7% 31	30	12.4% 355
Somewhat important	39.8% 455	40.0% 548	36.9% 45	33.0% 75	67	39.3% 1123
Not very important	38.1% 436	35.9% 492	41.8% 51	37.9% 86	73	37.2% 1065
Of no importance	10.1% 115	8.4% 115	11.5% 14	13.7% 31	15	9.6% 275
Missing	11	12	0	2	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 1143	100.0% 1369	100.0% 122	100.0% 227	193	2861

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	1.6% 10	1.5% 11	1.5% 8	1.0% 4	2.4% 13	6	1.6% 46
Important	10.2% 62	14.1% 102	9.5% 50	11.6% 46	15.7% 85	41	12.3% 345
Somewhat important	36.1% 220	38.0% 274	39.7% 209	41.2% 164	40.9% 221	103	38.9% 1088
Not very important	38.0% 232	36.6% 264	42.1% 222	37.9% 151	33.9% 183	85	37.6% 1052
Of no importance	14.1% 86	9.8% 71	7.2% 38	8.3% 33	7.0% 38	23	9.5% 266
Missing	17	4	3	3	2	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 610	100.0% 722	100.0% 527	100.0% 398	100.0% 540	258	2797

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	1.5% 6	2.0% 23	0.0% 0	22	1.8% 29
Important	8.2% 33	14.2% 160	8.6% 6	186	12.5% 199
Somewhat important	37.7% 151	41.2% 463	27.1% 19	558	39.7% 633
Not very important	40.6% 163	34.9% 393	44.3% 31	550	36.8% 587
Of no importance	12.0% 48	7.6% 86	20.0% 14	142	9.3% 148
Missing	3	6	1	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1125	100.0% 70	1458	1596