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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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MYFRIEND (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. - It is important for me to have mostly Mennonites as close friends.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	31	1%	1%
Agree	429	14%	15%
Uncertain	353	11.6%	26.6%
Disagree	1707	55.9%	82.5%
Strongly disagree	536	17.5%	100%
Missing	31	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.9% 13	1.5% 12	0.7% 4	0.8% 2	2.0% 1	1.0% 32
Agree	18.0% 248	12.1% 99	8.8% 49	12.4% 31	5.9% 3	14.1% 430
Uncertain	14.2% 196	11.6% 95	6.3% 35	9.6% 24	3.9% 2	11.5% 352
Disagree	55.0% 758	54.6% 448	56.8% 316	60.6% 152	64.7% 33	55.8% 1707
Strongly disagree	11.8% 163	20.3% 167	27.3% 152	16.7% 42	23.5% 12	17.5% 536
Missing	16	7	3	4	0	30
TOTAL	100.0% 1378	100.0% 821	100.0% 556	100.0% 251	100.0% 51	3057

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.4% 20	0.6% 9	2	1.0% 29
Agree	15.6% 222	12.7% 205	2	14.1% 427
Uncertain	12.0% 170	11.2% 181	2	11.6% 351
Disagree	54.1% 768	57.2% 926	14	55.8% 1694
Strongly disagree	16.8% 239	18.4% 297	0	17.6% 536
Missing	12	19	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 1419	100.0% 1618	20	3037

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.9% 5	0.6% 4	0.8% 4	0.8% 6	2.0% 11	0	1.0% 30
Agree	11.1% 61	10.1% 69	13.1% 68	14.7% 108	21.9% 119	3	14.0% 425
Uncertain	11.8% 65	7.5% 51	8.7% 45	13.2% 97	17.1% 93	2	11.6% 351
Disagree	50.7% 280	59.2% 404	58.3% 303	60.9% 448	47.6% 259	13	55.8% 1694
Strongly disagree	25.5% 141	22.7% 155	19.2% 100	10.5% 77	11.4% 62	1	17.6% 535
Missing	0	3	1	8	19	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 683	100.0% 520	100.0% 736	100.0% 544	19	3035

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.2% 5	0.8% 20	3.5% 5	0.0% 0	0	1.0% 30
Agree	11.3% 48	14.7% 357	14.9% 21	3.8% 2	0	14.0% 428
Uncertain	16.1% 68	10.4% 254	18.4% 26	9.6% 5	0	11.6% 353
Disagree	48.9% 207	56.7% 1380	57.4% 81	67.3% 35	4	55.8% 1703
Strongly disagree	22.5% 95	17.4% 423	5.7% 8	19.2% 10	0	17.6% 536
Missing	1	28	2	0	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 2434	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	2.0% 14	1.0% 8	0.4% 2	1.3% 4	0.5% 3	0	1.0% 31
Agree	19.6% 135	13.1% 110	11.9% 66	13.2% 41	12.0% 78	0	14.1% 430
Uncertain	15.7% 108	12.6% 106	9.5% 53	6.8% 21	9.0% 58	7	11.4% 346
Disagree	51.4% 355	57.8% 485	56.5% 314	59.2% 184	56.3% 365	4	55.9% 1703
Strongly disagree	11.3% 78	15.5% 130	21.8% 121	19.6% 61	22.2% 144	2	17.5% 534
Missing	17	6	7	0	1	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 690	100.0% 839	100.0% 556	100.0% 311	100.0% 648	13	3044

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.8% 16	1.3% 12	0.0% 0	2	0.9% 28
Agree	15.5% 320	11.0% 103	7.1% 1	5	14.0% 424
Uncertain	11.4% 237	11.5% 108	7.1% 1	7	11.4% 346
Disagree	56.9% 1178	54.2% 509	42.9% 6	14	56.0% 1693
Strongly disagree	15.5% 320	22.0% 207	42.9% 6	4	17.6% 533
Missing	22	7	0	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 2071	100.0% 939	100.0% 14	32	3024

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.6% 7	1.2% 17	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6	0.8% 24
Agree	16.3% 186	14.2% 194	2.5% 3	8.7% 20	27	14.1% 403
Uncertain	13.6% 156	10.4% 142	5.7% 7	9.2% 21	27	11.4% 326
Disagree	57.1% 653	55.6% 760	55.7% 68	55.5% 127	100	56.2% 1608
Strongly disagree	12.4% 142	18.6% 255	36.1% 44	26.6% 61	35	17.5% 502
Missing	12	13	0	0	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 1144	100.0% 1368	100.0% 122	100.0% 229	195	2863

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.5% 9	1.3% 9	0.2% 1	1.0% 4	0.6% 3	5	0.9% 26
Agree	16.8% 103	15.6% 112	15.9% 84	13.8% 55	9.4% 51	26	14.4% 405
Uncertain	15.2% 93	10.1% 73	11.0% 58	9.5% 38	9.2% 50	40	11.1% 312
Disagree	53.2% 326	55.1% 397	53.1% 280	56.8% 227	61.0% 331	146	55.7% 1561
Strongly disagree	13.4% 82	17.9% 129	19.7% 104	19.0% 76	19.9% 108	37	17.8% 499
Missing	13	7	3	0	1	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 613	100.0% 720	100.0% 527	100.0% 400	100.0% 543	254	2803

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.5% 2	0.6% 7	1.4% 1	22	0.6% 10
Agree	13.7% 55	14.7% 165	15.3% 11	199	14.5% 231
Uncertain	8.5% 34	11.1% 125	19.4% 14	180	10.8% 173
Disagree	62.4% 251	56.0% 628	47.2% 34	794	57.2% 913
Strongly disagree	14.9% 60	17.6% 197	16.7% 12	267	16.9% 269
Missing	2	10	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 1122	100.0% 72	1462	1596