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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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MYVALUE (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. - Keeping myself from being influenced by the world's values

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	888	29.2%	29.2%
Important	1382	45.5%	74.7%
Somewhat important	553	18.2%	92.9%
Not very important	156	5.1%	98%
Of no importance	60	2%	100%
Missing	48	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Very important	28.0% 383	23.5% 191	36.2% 200	36.9% 93	39.2% 20	29.2% 887
Important	45.7% 626	45.6% 371	45.1% 249	44.0% 111	45.1% 23	45.4% 1380
Somewhat important	19.3% 265	22.0% 179	12.7% 70	13.5% 34	11.8% 6	18.2% 554
Not very important	5.3% 72	6.3% 51	4.0% 22	4.0% 10	2.0% 1	5.1% 156
Of no importance	1.8% 24	2.6% 21	2.0% 11	1.6% 4	2.0% 1	2.0% 61
Missing	24	14	7	3	1	49
TOTAL	100.0% 1370	100.0% 813	100.0% 552	100.0% 252	100.0% 51	3038

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	27.7% 392	30.3% 488	9	29.1% 880
Important	44.1% 624	46.8% 752	6	45.5% 1376
Somewhat important	20.6% 292	16.2% 260	1	18.3% 552
Not very important	5.6% 79	4.7% 75	2	5.1% 154
Of no importance	2.0% 28	2.1% 33	0	2.0% 61
Missing	17	29	0	46
TOTAL	100.0% 1415	100.0% 1608	18	3023

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	28.7% 157	25.4% 174	26.9% 140	31.5% 231	33.2% 178	9	29.1% 880
Important	43.5% 238	48.7% 333	45.5% 237	46.8% 343	41.4% 222	9	45.4% 1373
Somewhat important	23.0% 126	20.5% 140	22.8% 119	14.5% 106	11.4% 61	1	18.3% 552
Not very important	3.7% 20	4.5% 31	3.8% 20	4.8% 35	9.1% 49	1	5.1% 155
Of no importance	1.1% 6	0.9% 6	1.0% 5	2.5% 18	4.9% 26	0	2.0% 61
Missing	4	1	2	11	29	0	47
TOTAL	100.0% 547	100.0% 684	100.0% 521	100.0% 733	100.0% 536	20	3021

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	25.7% 108	29.6% 717	30.9% 42	35.8% 19	1	29.2% 886
Important	43.7% 184	46.0% 1116	44.1% 60	37.7% 20	2	45.5% 1380
Somewhat important	24.9% 105	17.7% 428	8.8% 12	13.2% 7	0	18.2% 552
Not very important	4.0% 17	5.0% 120	9.6% 13	11.3% 6	0	5.1% 156
Of no importance	1.7% 7	1.8% 43	6.6% 9	1.9% 1	1	2.0% 60
Missing	2	39	7	0	0	48
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2424	100.0% 136	100.0% 53	4	3034

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	31.0% 211	28.4% 237	29.8% 165	27.7% 86	28.7% 186	4	29.2% 885
Important	43.1% 293	47.1% 393	42.4% 235	48.2% 150	47.6% 308	2	45.6% 1379
Somewhat important	15.1% 103	19.6% 164	20.2% 112	19.3% 60	17.0% 110	5	18.1% 549
Not very important	6.0% 41	4.1% 34	6.3% 35	3.9% 12	5.1% 33	0	5.1% 155
Of no importance	4.7% 32	0.8% 7	1.3% 7	1.0% 3	1.5% 10	2	1.9% 59
Missing	26	10	9	0	2	0	47
TOTAL	100.0% 680	100.0% 835	100.0% 554	100.0% 311	100.0% 647	13	3027

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	29.3% 604	28.8% 269	28.6% 4	12	29.2% 877
Important	45.6% 940	45.3% 423	21.4% 3	15	45.4% 1366
Somewhat important	18.2% 375	18.5% 173	21.4% 3	2	18.3% 551
Not very important	5.3% 110	4.2% 39	28.6% 4	3	5.1% 153
Of no importance	1.6% 32	3.1% 29	0.0% 0	0	2.0% 61
Missing	33	13	0	0	46
TOTAL	100.0% 2061	100.0% 933	100.0% 14	32	3008

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	28.8% 328	29.5% 400	28.7% 35	24.8% 56	69	28.8% 819
Important	46.6% 531	45.0% 611	46.7% 57	44.7% 101	82	45.7% 1300
Somewhat important	18.1% 206	17.8% 242	19.7% 24	22.6% 51	31	18.4% 523
Not very important	5.3% 60	5.4% 73	4.1% 5	3.5% 8	10	5.1% 146
Of no importance	1.3% 15	2.4% 32	0.8% 1	4.4% 10	3	2.0% 58
Missing	15	22	0	3	0	40
TOTAL	100.0% 1140	100.0% 1358	100.0% 122	100.0% 226	195	2846

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	34.4% 209	30.7% 219	28.9% 153	23.5% 93	26.3% 142	72	29.3% 816
Important	44.6% 271	44.3% 316	43.5% 230	48.2% 191	47.8% 258	117	45.4% 1266
Somewhat important	13.3% 81	17.1% 122	21.7% 115	21.0% 83	20.0% 108	44	18.3% 509
Not very important	4.9% 30	5.7% 41	5.3% 28	4.8% 19	5.0% 27	11	5.2% 145
Of no importance	2.8% 17	2.2% 16	0.6% 3	2.5% 10	0.9% 5	10	1.8% 51
Missing	18	14	1	4	4	0	41
TOTAL	100.0% 608	100.0% 714	100.0% 529	100.0% 396	100.0% 540	254	2787

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	21.4% 86	30.9% 344	29.6% 21	438	28.5% 451
Important	46.8% 188	45.7% 508	53.5% 38	648	46.3% 734
Somewhat important	22.4% 90	16.6% 185	14.1% 10	268	18.0% 285
Not very important	8.7% 35	5.1% 57	1.4% 1	63	5.9% 93
Of no importance	0.7% 3	1.6% 18	1.4% 1	38	1.4% 22
Missing	2	19	1	0	22
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 1112	100.0% 71	1455	1585