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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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OTHRGOOD (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. - Using my resources for the good of others

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	706	23.3%	23.3%
Important	1726	56.9%	80.2%
Somewhat important	547	18%	98.2%
Not very important	49	1.6%	99.8%
Of no importance	4	.1%	99.9%
Missing	55	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Very important	25.5% 347	19.9% 162	22.5% 125	23.9% 60	24.0% 12	23.3% 706
Important	56.4% 769	57.1% 465	57.4% 319	57.0% 143	60.0% 30	56.9% 1726
Somewhat important	16.6% 226	21.0% 171	17.8% 99	17.5% 44	16.0% 8	18.1% 548
Not very important	1.4% 19	2.0% 16	2.0% 11	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	1.6% 49
Of no importance	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
Missing	31	13	5	5	1	55
TOTAL	100.0% 1363	100.0% 814	100.0% 556	100.0% 251	100.0% 50	3034

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	21.9% 309	24.6% 394	3	23.3% 703
Important	58.8% 830	55.4% 888	7	57.0% 1718
Somewhat important	18.0% 254	18.0% 289	4	18.0% 543
Not very important	1.2% 17	1.9% 30	2	1.6% 47
Of no importance	0.1% 2	0.1% 2	0	0.1% 4
Missing	19	33	0	52
TOTAL	100.0% 1412	100.0% 1603	16	3015

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	26.7% 145	22.0% 150	22.2% 115	23.4% 172	22.7% 121	4	23.3% 703
Important	52.5% 285	60.7% 414	57.1% 296	58.7% 432	54.2% 289	9	57.0% 1716
Somewhat important	19.0% 103	16.1% 110	19.9% 103	15.8% 116	20.5% 109	6	18.0% 541
Not very important	1.8% 10	1.2% 8	0.8% 4	2.0% 15	2.1% 11	1	1.6% 48
Of no importance	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.6% 3	0	0.1% 4
Missing	7	4	3	8	32	0	54
TOTAL	100.0% 543	100.0% 682	100.0% 518	100.0% 736	100.0% 533	20	3012

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	24.2% 101	22.9% 554	25.4% 34	29.6% 16	1	23.3% 705
Important	52.4% 219	58.1% 1407	49.3% 66	57.4% 31	3	56.9% 1723
Somewhat important	21.3% 89	17.5% 423	22.4% 30	11.1% 6	0	18.1% 548
Not very important	2.2% 9	1.5% 36	2.2% 3	1.9% 1	0	1.6% 49
Of no importance	0.0% 0	0.1% 3	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 4
Missing	6	40	9	0	0	55
TOTAL	100.0% 418	100.0% 2423	100.0% 134	100.0% 54	4	3029

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	20.1% 137	19.5% 162	23.3% 130	27.6% 84	29.4% 190	4	23.3% 703
Important	56.7% 387	56.4% 469	55.8% 311	57.6% 175	58.3% 377	6	56.9% 1719
Somewhat important	21.1% 144	22.2% 185	18.9% 105	13.5% 41	10.8% 70	2	18.0% 545
Not very important	1.9% 13	1.8% 15	1.6% 9	1.3% 4	1.4% 9	0	1.7% 50
Of no importance	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0	0.2% 5
Missing	25	13	7	7	3	0	55
TOTAL	100.0% 682	100.0% 832	100.0% 557	100.0% 304	100.0% 647	12	3022

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	24.3% 499	21.3% 199	15.4% 2	6	23.3% 700
Important	56.1% 1152	58.7% 548	46.2% 6	19	56.9% 1706
Somewhat important	17.9% 367	18.4% 172	30.8% 4	3	18.1% 543
Not very important	1.6% 32	1.5% 14	7.7% 1	2	1.6% 47
Of no importance	0.1% 3	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 4
Missing	40	12	0	0	52
TOTAL	100.0% 2053	100.0% 934	100.0% 13	30	3000

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	25.7% 291	21.9% 297	22.0% 27	24.9% 56	36	23.6% 671
Important	57.4% 650	56.8% 772	56.9% 70	50.7% 114	119	56.6% 1606
Somewhat important	16.0% 181	19.1% 260	19.5% 24	21.3% 48	35	18.1% 513
Not very important	0.9% 10	2.1% 28	1.6% 2	2.7% 6	3	1.6% 46
Of no importance	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	2	0.1% 3
Missing	22	22	0	5	0	49
TOTAL	100.0% 1132	100.0% 1359	100.0% 123	100.0% 225	195	2839

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	23.2% 140	24.3% 173	21.4% 113	22.4% 89	24.2% 131	61	23.2% 646
Important	55.3% 334	55.2% 393	59.6% 314	58.4% 232	60.1% 325	127	57.5% 1598
Somewhat important	19.2% 116	19.4% 138	17.1% 90	17.6% 70	14.6% 79	54	17.7% 493
Not very important	2.2% 13	0.7% 5	1.9% 10	1.5% 6	1.1% 6	9	1.4% 40
Of no importance	0.2% 1	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 4
Missing	24	15	3	3	2	0	47
TOTAL	100.0% 604	100.0% 712	100.0% 527	100.0% 397	100.0% 541	251	2781

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	22.6% 90	23.9% 266	31.0% 22	329	23.9% 378
Important	58.5% 233	58.0% 646	45.1% 32	814	57.5% 911
Somewhat important	17.3% 69	16.2% 181	23.9% 17	280	16.9% 267
Not very important	1.5% 6	1.6% 18	0.0% 0	25	1.5% 24
Of no importance	0.0% 0	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	1	0.2% 3
Missing	5	18	1	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 398	100.0% 1114	100.0% 71	1449	1583