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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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FREEDOM (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 free to do what I want 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	201	6.6%	6.6%
Important	837	27.5%	34.1%
Somewhat important	1366	44.8%	78.9%
Not very important	574	18.8%	97.7%
Of no importance	71	2.3%	100%
Missing	38	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Very important	6.2% 85	8.6% 70	5.0% 28	6.4% 16	5.9% 3	6.6% 202
Important	25.3% 347	31.6% 258	27.6% 154	26.3% 66	25.5% 13	27.5% 838
Somewhat important	45.7% 628	43.6% 356	44.3% 247	45.4% 114	41.2% 21	44.8% 1366
Not very important	20.3% 279	14.3% 117	20.6% 115	19.9% 50	23.5% 12	18.8% 573
Of no importance	2.5% 35	2.0% 16	2.3% 13	2.0% 5	3.9% 2	2.3% 71
Missing	20	10	3	4	0	37
TOTAL	100.0% 1374	100.0% 817	100.0% 557	100.0% 251	100.0% 51	3050

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	6.1% 87	6.8% 110	4	6.5% 197
Important	30.0% 426	25.3% 408	3	27.5% 834
Somewhat important	43.0% 611	46.4% 747	9	44.8% 1358
Not very important	19.2% 272	18.6% 299	2	18.8% 571
Of no importance	1.7% 24	2.9% 47	0	2.3% 71
Missing	11	25	0	36
TOTAL	100.0% 1420	100.0% 1611	18	3031

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	10.0% 55	5.7% 39	5.0% 26	5.7% 42	6.8% 37	1	6.6% 199
Important	32.8% 180	26.4% 180	25.2% 131	24.4% 179	30.1% 163	3	27.5% 833
Somewhat important	41.5% 228	46.3% 316	48.3% 251	47.1% 346	39.9% 216	10	44.8% 1357
Not very important	13.5% 74	19.9% 136	20.0% 104	20.0% 147	19.8% 107	5	18.8% 568
Of no importance	2.2% 12	1.8% 12	1.5% 8	2.9% 21	3.3% 18	0	2.3% 71
Missing	3	2	1	8	24	0	38
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 683	100.0% 520	100.0% 735	100.0% 541	19	3028

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	9.3% 39	5.7% 138	11.6% 16	13.2% 7	1	6.6% 200
Important	34.8% 146	25.4% 618	34.1% 47	41.5% 22	2	27.4% 833
Somewhat important	41.0% 172	46.7% 1136	34.1% 47	20.8% 11	0	44.9% 1366
Not very important	12.6% 53	19.9% 483	18.1% 25	22.6% 12	1	18.8% 573
Of no importance	2.4% 10	2.3% 57	2.2% 3	1.9% 1	0	2.3% 71
Missing	3	31	4	0	0	38
TOTAL	100.0% 420	100.0% 2432	100.0% 138	100.0% 53	4	3043

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	6.8% 47	6.9% 58	5.8% 32	7.1% 22	6.3% 41	1	6.6% 200
Important	28.3% 195	24.8% 208	25.0% 139	29.8% 92	31.4% 203	0	27.6% 837
Somewhat important	43.0% 296	45.8% 384	46.4% 258	43.4% 134	44.3% 286	9	44.7% 1358
Not very important	17.7% 122	20.5% 172	20.3% 113	18.1% 56	16.9% 109	2	18.8% 572
Of no importance	4.2% 29	1.9% 16	2.5% 14	1.6% 5	1.1% 7	0	2.3% 71
Missing	20	6	7	1	4	0	38
TOTAL	100.0% 689	100.0% 838	100.0% 556	100.0% 309	100.0% 646	12	3038

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	6.2% 128	7.2% 67	0.0% 0	5	6.5% 195
Important	27.0% 557	28.3% 265	28.6% 4	12	27.4% 826
Somewhat important	44.9% 928	45.3% 424	35.7% 5	9	45.0% 1357
Not very important	19.4% 401	17.3% 162	28.6% 4	7	18.8% 567
Of no importance	2.5% 51	2.0% 19	7.1% 1	0	2.4% 71
Missing	28	10	0	0	38
TOTAL	100.0% 2065	100.0% 937	100.0% 14	33	3016

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	4.4% 50	7.6% 104	6.6% 8	8.0% 18	21	6.3% 180
Important	26.3% 300	28.4% 388	23.8% 29	27.1% 61	60	27.3% 778
Somewhat important	46.3% 528	44.4% 606	51.6% 63	42.2% 95	75	45.3% 1292
Not very important	21.2% 242	17.2% 235	16.4% 20	20.4% 46	31	19.0% 543
Of no importance	1.8% 21	2.4% 33	1.6% 2	2.2% 5	10	2.1% 61
Missing	14	15	0	4	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 1141	100.0% 1366	100.0% 122	100.0% 225	197	2854

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	7.7% 47	5.8% 42	5.3% 28	5.0% 20	7.8% 42	22	6.4% 179
Important	30.0% 183	22.1% 159	26.0% 137	32.3% 129	29.2% 158	72	27.4% 766
Somewhat important	38.5% 235	47.9% 344	46.9% 247	45.1% 180	45.3% 245	116	44.7% 1251
Not very important	20.0% 122	21.4% 154	20.5% 108	16.8% 67	16.3% 88	35	19.3% 539
Of no importance	3.9% 24	2.6% 19	1.3% 7	0.8% 3	1.5% 8	9	2.2% 61
Missing	16	9	2	2	2	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 611	100.0% 718	100.0% 527	100.0% 399	100.0% 541	254	2796

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	6.7% 27	5.9% 66	7.0% 5	103	6.2% 98
Important	27.9% 112	26.1% 292	35.2% 25	408	26.9% 429
Somewhat important	49.6% 199	44.1% 494	39.4% 28	645	45.3% 721
Not very important	15.2% 61	21.2% 237	18.3% 13	263	19.5% 311
Of no importance	0.5% 2	2.8% 31	0.0% 0	38	2.1% 33
Missing	2	11	1	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1120	100.0% 71	1457	1592