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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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MENNETHN (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. - Mennonites should make an honest attempt to learn their ethnic language if they have one.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	83	2.7%	2.7%
Agree	800	26.3%	29%
Uncertain	988	32.5%	61.5%
Disagree	1031	33.9%	95.4%
Strongly disagree	141	4.6%	100%
Missing	44	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.4% 33	3.5% 29	3.2% 18	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	2.7% 83
Agree	25.1% 344	31.1% 254	21.0% 117	30.8% 77	14.0% 7	26.3% 799
Uncertain	36.6% 501	29.0% 237	24.6% 137	38.0% 95	36.0% 18	32.5% 988
Disagree	32.0% 438	32.5% 266	43.3% 241	26.4% 66	42.0% 21	33.9% 1032
Strongly disagree	3.8% 52	3.9% 32	7.7% 43	3.6% 9	8.0% 4	4.6% 140
Missing	27	9	3	4	1	44
TOTAL	100.0% 1368	100.0% 818	100.0% 556	100.0% 250	100.0% 50	3042

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.5% 35	2.9% 46	2	2.7% 81
Agree	26.5% 376	25.9% 417	7	26.2% 793
Uncertain	30.5% 433	34.2% 549	6	32.5% 982
Disagree	34.6% 490	33.5% 539	2	34.0% 1029
Strongly disagree	5.9% 84	3.5% 56	1	4.6% 140
Missing	13	29	0	42
TOTAL	100.0% 1418	100.0% 1607	18	3025

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.5% 8	0.3% 2	1.0% 5	3.9% 29	6.9% 37	2	2.7% 81
Agree	21.1% 116	19.1% 130	21.1% 109	30.5% 225	39.7% 213	6	26.2% 793
Uncertain	28.9% 159	30.1% 205	35.2% 182	33.5% 247	34.9% 187	7	32.4% 980
Disagree	42.9% 236	44.3% 302	37.3% 193	28.8% 212	15.7% 84	3	34.0% 1027
Strongly disagree	5.6% 31	6.3% 43	5.4% 28	3.3% 24	2.8% 15	1	4.7% 141
Missing	2	3	4	6	29	0	44
TOTAL	100.0% 550	100.0% 682	100.0% 517	100.0% 737	100.0% 536	19	3022

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.1% 13	2.6% 63	5.8% 8	0.0% 0	0	2.8% 84
Agree	24.6% 103	25.7% 624	37.0% 51	35.8% 19	2	26.2% 797
Uncertain	29.2% 122	32.4% 786	41.3% 57	39.6% 21	1	32.5% 986
Disagree	38.8% 162	34.4% 835	15.9% 22	20.8% 11	1	33.9% 1030
Strongly disagree	4.3% 18	5.0% 121	0.0% 0	3.8% 2	0	4.6% 141
Missing	6	34	4	0	0	44
TOTAL	100.0% 418	100.0% 2429	100.0% 138	100.0% 53	4	3038

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.4% 37	2.5% 21	2.2% 12	0.6% 2	1.9% 12	0	2.8% 84
Agree	38.0% 259	25.6% 215	23.1% 128	20.6% 64	20.1% 130	4	26.3% 796
Uncertain	35.7% 243	36.9% 310	30.1% 167	29.6% 92	26.9% 174	2	32.5% 986
Disagree	17.9% 122	31.8% 267	40.2% 223	42.1% 131	43.7% 282	7	33.8% 1025
Strongly disagree	2.9% 20	3.1% 26	4.5% 25	7.1% 22	7.4% 48	0	4.7% 141
Missing	27	7	8	0	2	0	44
TOTAL	100.0% 681	100.0% 839	100.0% 555	100.0% 311	100.0% 646	13	3032

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.2% 45	3.9% 37	0.0% 0	1	2.7% 82
Agree	24.0% 495	30.1% 283	30.8% 4	17	26.0% 782
Uncertain	34.9% 718	27.7% 260	30.8% 4	6	32.6% 982
Disagree	34.5% 711	33.1% 311	15.4% 2	8	34.0% 1024
Strongly disagree	4.4% 90	5.1% 48	23.1% 3	0	4.7% 141
Missing	35	8	0	0	43
TOTAL	100.0% 2059	100.0% 939	100.0% 13	32	3011

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.3% 26	3.5% 48	1.6% 2	2.2% 5	3	2.8% 81
Agree	24.0% 274	28.3% 386	16.4% 20	21.8% 50	70	25.6% 730
Uncertain	33.9% 387	31.2% 426	36.1% 44	28.4% 65	66	32.3% 922
Disagree	35.1% 401	32.3% 441	41.8% 51	41.0% 94	44	34.5% 987
Strongly disagree	4.6% 53	4.7% 64	4.1% 5	6.6% 15	3	4.8% 137
Missing	14	15	0	0	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 1141	100.0% 1365	100.0% 122	100.0% 229	186	2857

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.4% 27	2.6% 19	1.7% 9	2.3% 9	1.8% 10	10	2.6% 74
Agree	33.1% 202	26.0% 187	20.1% 106	23.7% 94	22.7% 123	87	25.5% 712
Uncertain	34.1% 208	31.9% 230	33.3% 176	31.2% 124	32.0% 173	76	32.6% 911
Disagree	24.6% 150	35.6% 256	38.8% 205	37.5% 149	37.5% 203	68	34.4% 963
Strongly disagree	3.8% 23	3.9% 28	6.1% 32	5.3% 21	5.9% 32	5	4.9% 136
Missing	16	8	2	3	1	0	30
TOTAL	100.0% 610	100.0% 720	100.0% 528	100.0% 397	100.0% 541	246	2796

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.0% 8	1.8% 20	1.4% 1	56	1.8% 29
Agree	20.9% 84	24.6% 274	16.7% 12	429	23.3% 370
Uncertain	28.7% 115	35.0% 391	37.5% 27	455	33.5% 533
Disagree	44.9% 180	32.9% 367	41.7% 30	454	36.3% 577
Strongly disagree	3.5% 14	5.7% 64	2.8% 2	60	5.0% 80
Missing	2	15	0	0	17
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1116	100.0% 72	1454	1589