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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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MYSTUDY (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. - Improving myself through formal education and/or self-study

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	482	15.8%	15.8%
Important	1368	44.9%	60.7%
Somewhat important	936	30.7%	91.4%
Not very important	224	7.3%	98.7%
Of no importance	39	1.3%	100%
Missing	36	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Very important	13.5% 185	18.8% 154	17.8% 99	15.1% 38	11.8% 6	15.8% 482
Important	44.9% 617	45.4% 371	44.6% 248	42.9% 108	49.0% 25	44.9% 1369
Somewhat important	32.3% 444	28.5% 233	29.1% 162	32.5% 82	29.4% 15	30.7% 936
Not very important	7.6% 104	6.7% 55	7.4% 41	7.9% 20	9.8% 5	7.4% 225
Of no importance	1.7% 24	0.6% 5	1.1% 6	1.6% 4	0.0% 0	1.3% 39
Missing	20	9	3	3	0	35
TOTAL	100.0% 1374	100.0% 818	100.0% 556	100.0% 252	100.0% 51	3051

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	15.7% 223	16.0% 258	1	15.9% 481
Important	47.9% 679	42.0% 679	10	44.8% 1358
Somewhat important	29.2% 414	32.0% 516	6	30.7% 930
Not very important	6.1% 87	8.5% 137	1	7.4% 224
Of no importance	1.0% 14	1.5% 25	0	1.3% 39
Missing	14	21	0	35
TOTAL	100.0% 1417	100.0% 1615	18	3032

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	21.5% 118	16.7% 114	13.3% 69	12.8% 94	15.9% 86	1	15.9% 481
Important	45.0% 247	44.1% 301	45.1% 234	46.7% 344	43.1% 233	8	44.9% 1359
Somewhat important	27.9% 153	28.4% 194	33.1% 172	32.4% 239	32.0% 173	6	30.7% 931
Not very important	4.9% 27	10.1% 69	7.5% 39	6.8% 50	6.5% 35	4	7.3% 220
Of no importance	0.7% 4	0.7% 5	1.0% 5	1.4% 10	2.6% 14	1	1.3% 38
Missing	3	1	3	5	24	0	36
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 683	100.0% 519	100.0% 737	100.0% 541	20	3029

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	19.9% 84	14.7% 358	18.8% 26	24.5% 13	1	15.8% 481
Important	47.8% 202	44.6% 1085	39.1% 54	47.2% 25	2	44.8% 1366
Somewhat important	25.3% 107	31.9% 776	29.0% 40	22.6% 12	2	30.7% 935
Not very important	6.1% 26	7.7% 187	6.5% 9	5.7% 3	0	7.4% 225
Of no importance	0.9% 4	1.1% 27	6.5% 9	0.0% 0	0	1.3% 40
Missing	2	30	5	0	0	37
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 2433	100.0% 138	100.0% 53	5	3047

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	10.6% 73	9.6% 80	17.1% 95	17.0% 53	27.9% 180	1	15.8% 481
Important	40.6% 279	35.8% 300	49.0% 272	53.2% 166	53.1% 343	9	44.8% 1360
Somewhat important	36.4% 250	41.2% 345	26.7% 148	26.6% 83	16.7% 108	2	30.8% 934
Not very important	9.8% 67	11.5% 96	6.5% 36	2.9% 9	2.3% 15	2	7.3% 223
Of no importance	2.6% 18	1.9% 16	0.7% 4	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0	1.3% 39
Missing	20	8	7	0	2	0	37
TOTAL	100.0% 687	100.0% 837	100.0% 555	100.0% 312	100.0% 646	14	3037

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	15.7% 325	16.2% 152	14.3% 2	3	15.9% 479
Important	44.3% 915	45.5% 426	57.1% 8	19	44.7% 1349
Somewhat important	31.5% 650	29.2% 273	21.4% 3	11	30.7% 926
Not very important	7.0% 145	8.2% 77	7.1% 1	1	7.4% 223
Of no importance	1.5% 31	0.9% 8	0.0% 0	0	1.3% 39
Missing	27	9	0	0	36
TOTAL	100.0% 2066	100.0% 936	100.0% 14	34	3016

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	14.4% 164	16.2% 222	18.5% 22	17.6% 40	34	15.7% 448
Important	45.7% 520	45.5% 623	44.5% 53	42.3% 96	76	45.3% 1292
Somewhat important	31.5% 358	29.9% 409	27.7% 33	29.5% 67	69	30.4% 867
Not very important	7.6% 86	6.9% 94	8.4% 10	7.9% 18	16	7.3% 208
Of no importance	0.9% 10	1.5% 21	0.8% 1	2.6% 6	1	1.3% 38
Missing	16	12	2	1	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 1138	100.0% 1369	100.0% 119	100.0% 227	196	2853

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	15.3% 93	15.8% 114	14.8% 78	14.0% 55	18.9% 102	40	15.8% 442
Important	40.1% 244	45.8% 331	45.8% 242	47.3% 186	49.1% 265	99	45.4% 1268
Somewhat important	33.7% 205	28.4% 205	31.3% 165	32.8% 129	27.4% 148	84	30.5% 852
Not very important	9.2% 56	8.9% 64	7.4% 39	5.1% 20	4.6% 25	20	7.3% 204
Of no importance	1.8% 11	1.1% 8	0.8% 4	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	12	0.9% 26
Missing	16	6	1	6	2	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 609	100.0% 722	100.0% 528	100.0% 393	100.0% 540	255	2792

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	22.9% 92	14.2% 159	16.7% 12	219	16.5% 263
Important	45.1% 181	44.5% 500	52.8% 38	649	45.1% 719
Somewhat important	26.2% 105	34.7% 390	22.2% 16	425	32.0% 511
Not very important	5.2% 21	5.8% 65	8.3% 6	133	5.8% 92
Of no importance	0.5% 2	0.8% 9	0.0% 0	28	0.7% 11
Missing	2	8	1	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1123	100.0% 72	1454	1596