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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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MENNWAY (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

Here are items that indicate the degree of one's identity with one's religious or ethnic group. Circle the code which best indicates your agreement or disagreement with the statement. - One of the best ways to ensure that the Mennonite way of life is perpetuated is through Mennonite schools.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Uncertain
	4) Disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	190	6.2%	6.2%
Agree	1219	39.9%	46.1%
Uncertain	757	24.8%	70.9%
Disagree	809	26.5%	97.4%
Strongly disagree	81	2.7%	100.1%
Missing	32	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.2% 99	7.0% 57	4.1% 23	4.4% 11	2.0% 1	6.3% 191
Agree	40.8% 562	42.4% 347	38.2% 213	34.4% 86	21.6% 11	39.9% 1219
Uncertain	24.2% 334	23.8% 195	25.5% 142	27.6% 69	31.4% 16	24.7% 756
Disagree	25.3% 349	24.1% 197	29.4% 164	31.2% 78	41.2% 21	26.5% 809
Strongly disagree	2.5% 35	2.8% 23	2.7% 15	2.4% 6	3.9% 2	2.7% 81
Missing	16	8	3	4	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 1379	100.0% 819	100.0% 557	100.0% 250	100.0% 51	3056

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.9% 98	5.6% 91	2	6.2% 189
Agree	42.6% 606	37.4% 604	9	39.9% 1210
Uncertain	24.1% 343	25.3% 409	5	24.8% 752
Disagree	23.8% 338	28.9% 467	3	26.5% 805
Strongly disagree	2.6% 37	2.7% 43	0	2.6% 80
Missing	9	22	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 1422	100.0% 1614	19	3036

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.4% 24	4.0% 27	5.0% 26	8.1% 60	9.8% 53	1	6.3% 190
Agree	36.7% 202	32.2% 219	37.1% 193	44.3% 328	49.4% 268	8	39.9% 1210
Uncertain	25.8% 142	26.3% 179	22.9% 119	23.6% 175	24.9% 135	7	24.7% 750
Disagree	30.9% 170	34.2% 233	31.7% 165	22.0% 163	13.6% 74	4	26.5% 805
Strongly disagree	2.4% 13	3.4% 23	3.3% 17	1.9% 14	2.4% 13	0	2.6% 80
Missing	1	4	1	4	22	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 681	100.0% 520	100.0% 740	100.0% 543	20	3035

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.5% 19	6.3% 154	10.7% 15	5.7% 3	0	6.3% 191
Agree	38.9% 164	39.5% 964	45.7% 64	47.2% 25	2	39.9% 1217
Uncertain	27.5% 116	24.2% 590	25.7% 36	24.5% 13	2	24.7% 755
Disagree	26.3% 111	27.4% 667	15.7% 22	17.0% 9	1	26.5% 809
Strongly disagree	2.8% 12	2.6% 63	2.1% 3	5.7% 3	0	2.7% 81
Missing	2	26	3	0	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 422	100.0% 2438	100.0% 140	100.0% 53	5	3053

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.5% 45	3.7% 31	5.0% 28	7.7% 24	9.6% 62	0	6.2% 190
Agree	41.2% 285	37.7% 316	38.4% 213	37.0% 115	43.5% 282	8	39.8% 1211
Uncertain	27.9% 193	26.5% 222	25.8% 143	24.8% 77	18.6% 121	1	24.8% 756
Disagree	22.5% 156	29.2% 245	27.9% 155	28.3% 88	25.0% 162	3	26.5% 806
Strongly disagree	1.9% 13	2.9% 24	2.9% 16	2.3% 7	3.4% 22	0	2.7% 82
Missing	16	7	8	0	1	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 692	100.0% 838	100.0% 555	100.0% 311	100.0% 649	12	3045

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.5% 134	5.2% 49	15.4% 2	4	6.1% 185
Agree	40.3% 833	39.0% 367	30.8% 4	14	39.9% 1204
Uncertain	24.3% 502	25.9% 243	30.8% 4	7	24.8% 749
Disagree	26.1% 540	27.7% 260	23.1% 3	7	26.6% 803
Strongly disagree	2.9% 59	2.2% 21	0.0% 0	0	2.6% 80
Missing	24	6	0	0	30
TOTAL	100.0% 2068	100.0% 940	100.0% 13	32	3021

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.9% 79	6.3% 87	1.7% 2	4.8% 11	11	6.3% 179
Agree	40.9% 466	40.7% 558	27.3% 33	37.0% 84	78	39.9% 1141
Uncertain	21.8% 248	24.9% 342	46.3% 56	26.4% 60	50	24.7% 706
Disagree	27.4% 312	25.8% 354	24.0% 29	26.4% 60	54	26.4% 755
Strongly disagree	3.1% 35	2.3% 31	0.8% 1	5.3% 12	2	2.8% 79
Missing	15	9	0	1	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 1140	100.0% 1372	100.0% 121	100.0% 227	195	2860

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.4% 45	6.2% 45	5.5% 29	7.0% 28	5.0% 27	16	6.2% 174
Agree	41.8% 255	38.0% 274	40.6% 215	38.9% 156	42.1% 228	90	40.2% 1128
Uncertain	26.6% 162	23.4% 169	24.2% 128	22.4% 90	22.4% 121	88	23.9% 670
Disagree	21.8% 133	29.9% 216	27.0% 143	29.9% 120	27.4% 148	51	27.1% 760
Strongly disagree	2.5% 15	2.5% 18	2.6% 14	1.7% 7	3.1% 17	9	2.5% 71
Missing	16	5	1	0	2	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 610	100.0% 722	100.0% 529	100.0% 401	100.0% 541	254	2803

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.5% 38	5.8% 65	6.8% 5	82	6.8% 108
Agree	46.4% 186	38.3% 429	38.4% 28	576	40.3% 643
Uncertain	21.4% 86	25.1% 281	27.4% 20	370	24.3% 387
Disagree	19.2% 77	28.0% 314	24.7% 18	401	25.6% 409
Strongly disagree	3.5% 14	2.9% 32	2.7% 2	33	3.0% 48
Missing	2	10	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1121	100.0% 73	1462	1595