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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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NICESTUF (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. - Getting the nicest home and furnishings I can afford

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	30	1%	1%
Important	208	6.9%	7.9%
Somewhat important	1013	33.4%	41.3%
Not very important	1472	48.5%	89.8%
Of no importance	313	10.3%	100.1%
Missing	51	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Very important	0.7% 9	1.0% 8	1.6% 9	0.8% 2	2.0% 1	1.0% 29
Important	6.9% 94	5.3% 43	6.1% 34	12.7% 32	9.8% 5	6.9% 208
Somewhat important	30.6% 418	34.1% 278	36.2% 200	39.0% 98	37.3% 19	33.4% 1013
Not very important	50.7% 692	48.8% 398	47.7% 264	38.6% 97	41.2% 21	48.5% 1472
Of no importance	11.1% 152	10.8% 88	8.3% 46	8.8% 22	9.8% 5	10.3% 313
Missing	28	12	6	4	1	51
TOTAL	100.0% 1365	100.0% 815	100.0% 553	100.0% 251	100.0% 51	3035

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	1.3% 18	0.8% 12	0	1.0% 30
Important	6.3% 89	7.3% 117	2	6.8% 206
Somewhat important	31.1% 441	35.4% 567	5	33.4% 1008
Not very important	51.0% 722	46.2% 739	11	48.4% 1461
Of no importance	10.4% 147	10.3% 165	2	10.3% 312
Missing	14	37	0	51
TOTAL	100.0% 1417	100.0% 1600	20	3017

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	1.7% 9	1.2% 8	1.0% 5	0.4% 3	0.7% 4	0	1.0% 29
Important	11.4% 62	7.6% 52	4.8% 25	4.1% 30	6.7% 36	2	6.8% 205
Somewhat important	37.5% 204	37.5% 256	33.0% 171	33.0% 242	25.0% 134	5	33.4% 1007
Not very important	39.9% 217	46.3% 316	52.3% 271	51.4% 377	52.2% 280	11	48.5% 1461
Of no importance	9.6% 52	7.3% 50	8.9% 46	11.2% 82	15.3% 82	3	10.4% 312
Missing	7	3	3	10	28	0	51
TOTAL	100.0% 544	100.0% 682	100.0% 518	100.0% 734	100.0% 536	21	3014

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	0.5% 2	1.1% 27	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	0	1.0% 30
Important	10.7% 45	6.2% 151	7.4% 10	3.7% 2	1	6.9% 208
Somewhat important	33.3% 140	33.6% 813	29.6% 40	35.2% 19	1	33.4% 1012
Not very important	46.6% 196	49.1% 1189	45.9% 62	44.4% 24	1	48.5% 1471
Of no importance	9.0% 38	10.0% 243	17.0% 23	14.8% 8	1	10.3% 312
Missing	4	39	7	0	0	50
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2423	100.0% 135	100.0% 54	4	3033

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	0.9% 6	1.1% 9	1.6% 9	0.3% 1	0.8% 5	0	1.0% 30
Important	7.3% 50	7.4% 62	6.0% 33	7.1% 22	6.3% 41	0	6.9% 208
Somewhat important	30.2% 206	35.6% 297	34.8% 193	39.2% 121	29.4% 190	7	33.3% 1007
Not very important	48.2% 329	46.6% 389	48.7% 270	45.6% 141	52.6% 340	3	48.6% 1469
Of no importance	13.3% 91	9.2% 77	8.8% 49	7.8% 24	10.8% 70	2	10.3% 311
Missing	25	11	9	3	3	0	51
TOTAL	100.0% 682	100.0% 834	100.0% 554	100.0% 309	100.0% 646	12	3025

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	0.9% 19	1.2% 11	0.0% 0	0	1.0% 30
Important	7.1% 145	6.1% 57	7.1% 1	5	6.8% 203
Somewhat important	33.4% 687	34.0% 319	7.1% 1	6	33.5% 1007
Not very important	48.5% 997	48.0% 450	57.1% 8	18	48.4% 1455
Of no importance	10.1% 207	10.7% 100	28.6% 4	3	10.3% 311
Missing	38	10	0	0	48
TOTAL	100.0% 2055	100.0% 937	100.0% 14	32	3006

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	0.4% 5	1.3% 18	0.0% 0	2.2% 5	2	1.0% 28
Important	6.3% 71	6.6% 90	9.0% 11	8.9% 20	17	6.8% 192
Somewhat important	31.3% 355	34.0% 462	36.9% 45	35.6% 80	71	33.1% 942
Not very important	53.2% 604	47.6% 647	46.7% 57	34.7% 78	86	48.8% 1386
Of no importance	8.9% 101	10.5% 143	7.4% 9	18.7% 42	19	10.4% 295
Missing	19	22	0	3	0	44
TOTAL	100.0% 1136	100.0% 1360	100.0% 122	100.0% 225	195	2843

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	0.5% 3	1.1% 8	1.1% 6	0.8% 3	1.1% 6	3	0.9% 26
Important	6.0% 36	5.0% 36	5.3% 28	5.8% 23	10.0% 54	31	6.4% 177
Somewhat important	28.0% 168	32.2% 230	34.6% 182	38.1% 151	38.8% 210	71	33.9% 941
Not very important	50.4% 303	50.6% 362	50.6% 266	46.7% 185	44.5% 241	115	48.8% 1357
Of no importance	15.1% 91	11.0% 79	8.4% 44	8.6% 34	5.5% 30	35	10.0% 278
Missing	25	12	4	4	2	0	47
TOTAL	100.0% 601	100.0% 715	100.0% 526	100.0% 396	100.0% 541	255	2779

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	0.8% 3	1.3% 14	0.0% 0	12	1.1% 17
Important	5.0% 20	8.4% 94	5.6% 4	89	7.4% 118
Somewhat important	29.6% 118	33.2% 371	38.0% 27	498	32.5% 516
Not very important	51.8% 206	50.0% 559	42.3% 30	677	50.1% 795
Of no importance	12.8% 51	7.1% 79	14.1% 10	174	8.8% 140
Missing	4	14	1	0	19
TOTAL	100.0% 398	100.0% 1117	100.0% 71	1450	1586