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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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MARRMENN (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. - Unless a Mennonite has good reasons, he/she should not, under any circumstances, marry anyone outside the Mennonite (or BIC) church.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	63	2.1%	2.1%
Agree	353	11.6%	13.7%
Uncertain	443	14.5%	28.2%
Disagree	1599	52.4%	80.6%
Strongly disagree	593	19.4%	100%
Missing	35	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.5% 35	2.1% 17	1.4% 8	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	2.1% 63
Agree	15.4% 212	8.9% 73	7.6% 42	10.0% 25	3.9% 2	11.6% 354
Uncertain	17.6% 243	13.4% 110	9.0% 50	13.5% 34	9.8% 5	14.5% 442
Disagree	52.1% 717	51.9% 425	50.4% 280	59.4% 149	56.9% 29	52.4% 1600
Strongly disagree	12.3% 170	23.7% 194	31.7% 176	15.9% 40	29.4% 15	19.5% 595
Missing	17	8	5	4	0	34
TOTAL	100.0% 1377	100.0% 819	100.0% 556	100.0% 251	100.0% 51	3054

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.7% 24	2.4% 38	1	2.0% 62
Agree	11.4% 162	11.7% 188	4	11.5% 350
Uncertain	12.6% 179	15.9% 257	7	14.4% 436
Disagree	55.1% 782	50.2% 810	7	52.5% 1592
Strongly disagree	19.2% 272	19.8% 320	1	19.5% 592
Missing	12	23	0	35
TOTAL	100.0% 1419	100.0% 1613	20	3032

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.8% 10	0.7% 5	0.4% 2	2.7% 20	4.6% 25	1	2.0% 62
Agree	6.4% 35	5.3% 36	8.8% 46	15.5% 114	22.3% 121	1	11.6% 352
Uncertain	11.8% 65	11.9% 81	11.9% 62	14.7% 108	22.7% 123	4	14.5% 439
Disagree	46.3% 255	55.8% 380	57.7% 300	58.3% 429	41.3% 224	12	52.4% 1588
Strongly disagree	33.8% 186	26.3% 179	21.2% 110	8.8% 65	9.2% 50	3	19.5% 590
Missing	0	4	2	6	22	0	34
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 681	100.0% 520	100.0% 736	100.0% 543	21	3031

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.8% 12	1.9% 47	2.8% 4	0.0% 0	1	2.1% 63
Agree	9.7% 41	11.5% 281	19.9% 28	7.7% 4	0	11.6% 354
Uncertain	12.8% 54	14.4% 350	21.3% 30	15.4% 8	1	14.5% 442
Disagree	47.2% 199	53.3% 1298	49.6% 70	59.6% 31	1	52.4% 1598
Strongly disagree	27.5% 116	18.9% 459	6.4% 9	17.3% 9	1	19.4% 593
Missing	3	29	2	1	0	35
TOTAL	100.0% 422	100.0% 2435	100.0% 141	100.0% 52	4	3050

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.2% 36	1.4% 12	1.4% 8	0.6% 2	0.6% 4	0	2.0% 62
Agree	21.4% 148	10.0% 84	10.1% 56	7.4% 23	6.4% 41	1	11.6% 352
Uncertain	22.6% 156	16.2% 136	10.6% 59	8.7% 27	9.3% 60	4	14.4% 438
Disagree	42.3% 292	56.9% 477	52.6% 292	59.0% 183	54.5% 351	5	52.5% 1595
Strongly disagree	8.5% 59	15.4% 129	25.2% 140	24.2% 75	29.2% 188	2	19.5% 591
Missing	16	6	8	0	4	0	34
TOTAL	100.0% 691	100.0% 838	100.0% 555	100.0% 310	100.0% 644	12	3038

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.4% 49	1.5% 14	0.0% 0	0	2.1% 63
Agree	12.4% 257	9.6% 90	7.1% 1	6	11.5% 348
Uncertain	14.8% 307	13.6% 127	7.1% 1	9	14.4% 435
Disagree	53.3% 1104	50.3% 471	64.3% 9	15	52.4% 1584
Strongly disagree	17.1% 354	25.0% 234	21.4% 3	3	19.6% 591
Missing	22	11	0	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 2071	100.0% 936	100.0% 14	33	3021

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.5% 17	2.3% 31	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	12	1.8% 50
Agree	14.7% 168	10.6% 145	1.6% 2	6.2% 14	24	11.5% 329
Uncertain	15.3% 175	14.1% 193	7.4% 9	8.8% 20	45	13.9% 397
Disagree	54.9% 627	51.1% 697	57.4% 70	54.0% 122	83	53.1% 1516
Strongly disagree	13.6% 156	21.9% 299	33.6% 41	30.1% 68	29	19.7% 564
Missing	11	15	0	1	0	27
TOTAL	100.0% 1143	100.0% 1365	100.0% 122	100.0% 226	193	2856

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.8% 23	2.5% 18	0.6% 3	0.5% 2	1.1% 6	11	1.9% 52
Agree	14.8% 90	13.6% 98	12.1% 64	7.0% 28	7.0% 38	35	11.4% 318
Uncertain	20.4% 124	12.1% 87	11.4% 60	13.3% 53	11.9% 64	54	13.9% 388
Disagree	46.8% 285	51.4% 370	54.6% 288	57.0% 228	56.9% 307	121	52.9% 1478
Strongly disagree	14.3% 87	20.4% 147	21.3% 112	22.3% 89	23.1% 125	33	20.0% 560
Missing	17	8	2	1	2	0	30
TOTAL	100.0% 609	100.0% 720	100.0% 527	100.0% 400	100.0% 540	254	2796

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.5% 6	1.7% 19	0.0% 0	38	1.6% 25
Agree	6.7% 27	12.5% 140	5.6% 4	182	10.7% 171
Uncertain	10.2% 41	14.5% 163	14.1% 10	229	13.4% 214
Disagree	60.6% 243	52.3% 586	62.0% 44	726	54.8% 873
Strongly disagree	20.9% 84	19.0% 213	18.3% 13	284	19.5% 310
Missing	2	10	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1121	100.0% 71	1459	1593