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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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MENNNEWS (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. - Every Mennonite family should subscribe to at least one or more Mennonite newspapers or magazines.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	279	9.1%	9.1%
Agree	1624	53%	62.1%
Uncertain	594	19.4%	81.5%
Disagree	513	16.8%	98.3%
Strongly disagree	52	1.7%	100%
Missing	25	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.9% 137	10.9% 90	6.8% 38	5.2% 13	2.0% 1	9.1% 279
Agree	53.4% 738	52.8% 434	56.2% 314	48.4% 121	33.3% 17	53.0% 1624
Uncertain	20.6% 284	16.9% 139	15.7% 88	27.6% 69	27.5% 14	19.4% 594
Disagree	14.7% 203	17.4% 143	19.5% 109	16.8% 42	33.3% 17	16.8% 514
Strongly disagree	1.4% 19	1.9% 16	1.8% 10	2.0% 5	3.9% 2	1.7% 52
Missing	14	5	2	4	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 1381	100.0% 822	100.0% 559	100.0% 250	100.0% 51	3063

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.6% 150	7.8% 126	3	9.1% 276
Agree	56.4% 802	50.1% 812	10	53.1% 1614
Uncertain	18.4% 262	20.2% 328	4	19.4% 590
Disagree	12.5% 177	20.5% 333	2	16.8% 510
Strongly disagree	2.1% 30	1.4% 22	0	1.7% 52
Missing	9	15	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 1421	100.0% 1621	19	3042

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.3% 18	4.7% 32	7.9% 41	12.8% 95	16.6% 91	3	9.1% 277
Agree	39.3% 217	48.6% 332	51.6% 269	61.0% 452	63.1% 345	10	53.1% 1615
Uncertain	24.8% 137	20.4% 139	22.5% 117	15.7% 116	14.4% 79	5	19.3% 588
Disagree	29.5% 163	23.9% 163	16.5% 86	9.9% 73	4.9% 27	2	16.8% 512
Strongly disagree	3.1% 17	2.5% 17	1.5% 8	0.7% 5	0.9% 5	0	1.7% 52
Missing	0	3	1	3	17	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 683	100.0% 521	100.0% 741	100.0% 547	20	3044

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.3% 18	9.6% 235	15.6% 22	9.4% 5	0	9.2% 280
Agree	47.8% 202	53.9% 1316	63.1% 89	30.2% 16	2	53.1% 1623
Uncertain	23.4% 99	18.8% 460	14.2% 20	26.4% 14	1	19.4% 593
Disagree	22.7% 96	15.9% 389	7.1% 10	30.2% 16	1	16.7% 511
Strongly disagree	1.9% 8	1.7% 42	0.0% 0	3.8% 2	0	1.7% 52
Missing	1	23	2	0	0	26
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 2442	100.0% 141	100.0% 53	4	3059

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.9% 62	3.9% 33	8.3% 46	11.2% 35	15.7% 102	0	9.1% 278
Agree	56.5% 392	52.1% 438	50.1% 278	46.2% 144	56.0% 363	8	53.0% 1615
Uncertain	21.5% 149	23.5% 197	18.4% 102	19.9% 62	12.5% 81	3	19.4% 591
Disagree	11.8% 82	18.3% 154	20.5% 114	22.1% 69	14.4% 93	1	16.8% 512
Strongly disagree	1.3% 9	2.1% 18	2.7% 15	0.6% 2	1.4% 9	0	1.7% 53
Missing	12	4	7	0	1	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 694	100.0% 840	100.0% 555	100.0% 312	100.0% 648	12	3049

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.9% 185	9.1% 86	15.4% 2	7	9.0% 273
Agree	52.4% 1087	54.0% 509	69.2% 9	20	53.0% 1605
Uncertain	21.3% 441	16.0% 151	0.0% 0	1	19.5% 592
Disagree	15.8% 328	19.0% 179	15.4% 2	4	16.8% 509
Strongly disagree	1.6% 34	1.8% 17	0.0% 0	0	1.7% 51
Missing	19	4	0	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 2075	100.0% 942	100.0% 13	32	3030

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.4% 130	8.7% 119	3.3% 4	7.0% 16	11	9.4% 269
Agree	55.6% 635	53.9% 739	40.7% 50	44.5% 102	99	53.2% 1526
Uncertain	17.8% 203	19.0% 260	30.1% 37	20.5% 47	47	19.1% 547
Disagree	13.4% 153	17.0% 233	24.4% 30	25.8% 59	39	16.6% 475
Strongly disagree	1.9% 22	1.5% 21	1.6% 2	2.2% 5	1	1.7% 50
Missing	11	8	0	0	0	19
TOTAL	100.0% 1143	100.0% 1372	100.0% 123	100.0% 229	197	2867

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.5% 58	9.6% 69	11.2% 59	9.8% 39	7.0% 38	17	9.4% 263
Agree	56.9% 348	50.7% 366	52.7% 279	48.8% 195	55.4% 300	135	53.0% 1488
Uncertain	19.8% 121	18.7% 135	18.3% 97	21.3% 85	17.2% 93	63	18.9% 531
Disagree	12.9% 79	18.3% 132	16.1% 85	18.5% 74	19.4% 105	38	16.9% 475
Strongly disagree	1.0% 6	2.8% 20	1.7% 9	1.8% 7	1.1% 6	4	1.7% 48
Missing	13	5	1	0	1	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 612	100.0% 722	100.0% 529	100.0% 400	100.0% 542	257	2805

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.2% 65	6.5% 73	11.1% 8	134	9.1% 146
Agree	52.9% 212	53.4% 600	56.9% 41	771	53.4% 853
Uncertain	15.7% 63	21.1% 237	19.4% 14	280	19.7% 314
Disagree	14.5% 58	16.7% 188	11.1% 8	260	15.9% 254
Strongly disagree	0.7% 3	2.3% 26	1.4% 1	22	1.9% 30
Missing	2	9	0	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1124	100.0% 72	1467	1597