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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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NONMENN (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. - My family seems to take a less favorable attitude toward my friends who are of a non-Mennonite (or non-BIC) background.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	19	.6%	.6%
Agree	212	7%	7.6%
Uncertain	372	12.3%	19.9%
Disagree	1814	59.9%	79.8%
Strongly disagree	610	20.2%	100%
Missing	60	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.6% 8	0.7% 6	0.7% 4	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 20
Agree	8.1% 111	5.4% 44	7.1% 39	6.5% 16	4.0% 2	7.0% 212
Uncertain	12.9% 176	12.3% 100	10.7% 59	13.0% 32	10.0% 5	12.3% 372
Disagree	62.0% 845	59.0% 480	56.2% 310	60.3% 149	58.0% 29	59.9% 1813
Strongly disagree	16.4% 223	22.6% 184	25.4% 140	19.4% 48	28.0% 14	20.1% 609
Missing	31	13	8	8	1	61
TOTAL	100.0% 1363	100.0% 814	100.0% 552	100.0% 247	100.0% 50	3026

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.7% 10	0.6% 9	0	0.6% 19
Agree	7.6% 107	6.4% 102	4	6.9% 209
Uncertain	14.3% 201	10.3% 165	6	12.2% 366
Disagree	60.1% 846	60.0% 961	6	60.0% 1807
Strongly disagree	17.3% 243	22.8% 366	1	20.2% 609
Missing	24	34	0	58
TOTAL	100.0% 1407	100.0% 1603	17	3010

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.1% 6	0.7% 5	0.8% 4	0.4% 3	0.4% 2	0	0.7% 20
Agree	8.7% 48	6.2% 42	4.6% 24	7.4% 54	8.3% 44	0	7.0% 212
Uncertain	8.2% 45	10.1% 69	10.2% 53	15.2% 111	17.2% 91	3	12.3% 369
Disagree	51.0% 280	57.5% 391	65.1% 338	65.7% 480	58.9% 312	12	59.9% 1801
Strongly disagree	31.0% 170	25.4% 173	19.3% 100	11.4% 83	15.3% 81	2	20.2% 607
Missing	2	5	2	12	36	0	57
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 680	100.0% 519	100.0% 731	100.0% 530	17	3009

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.7% 7	0.5% 11	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.6% 19
Agree	9.4% 39	6.8% 165	4.4% 6	3.8% 2	1	7.0% 212
Uncertain	14.4% 60	11.7% 284	14.8% 20	13.5% 7	0	12.3% 371
Disagree	47.8% 199	61.9% 1498	60.7% 82	61.5% 32	2	59.9% 1811
Strongly disagree	26.7% 111	19.1% 461	19.3% 26	21.2% 11	1	20.2% 609
Missing	7	44	7	2	0	60
TOTAL	100.0% 416	100.0% 2419	100.0% 135	100.0% 52	4	3022

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.3% 2	0.6% 5	0.7% 4	0.6% 2	0.9% 6	0	0.6% 19
Agree	10.8% 73	5.9% 49	6.5% 36	6.8% 21	5.3% 34	0	7.1% 213
Uncertain	18.2% 123	12.6% 105	8.9% 49	8.8% 27	10.1% 65	2	12.2% 369
Disagree	59.5% 402	63.5% 530	58.2% 322	55.5% 171	59.1% 380	9	59.9% 1805
Strongly disagree	11.2% 76	17.4% 145	25.7% 142	28.2% 87	24.6% 158	2	20.2% 608
Missing	30	11	10	3	6	0	60
TOTAL	100.0% 676	100.0% 834	100.0% 553	100.0% 308	100.0% 643	13	3014

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.8% 16	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	1	0.6% 19
Agree	6.9% 141	7.4% 69	0.0% 0	2	7.0% 210
Uncertain	12.9% 265	10.9% 102	14.3% 2	4	12.3% 369
Disagree	60.8% 1248	58.2% 543	50.0% 7	15	59.9% 1798
Strongly disagree	18.7% 383	23.2% 216	35.7% 5	6	20.1% 604
Missing	40	14	0	0	54
TOTAL	100.0% 2053	100.0% 933	100.0% 14	28	3000

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.8% 9	0.7% 9	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.7% 19
Agree	7.2% 82	8.0% 109	1.7% 2	3.6% 8	11	7.1% 201
Uncertain	11.2% 127	13.0% 177	8.3% 10	12.0% 27	32	12.0% 341
Disagree	64.0% 724	58.3% 792	47.5% 57	58.2% 131	109	60.1% 1704
Strongly disagree	16.8% 190	20.0% 272	41.7% 50	26.2% 59	40	20.1% 571
Missing	23	22	2	4	0	51
TOTAL	100.0% 1132	100.0% 1359	100.0% 120	100.0% 225	192	2836

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.8% 5	0.6% 4	0.4% 2	1.0% 4	0.9% 5	0	0.7% 20
Agree	6.3% 38	6.9% 49	7.2% 38	7.6% 30	5.4% 29	28	6.6% 184
Uncertain	15.6% 94	13.3% 95	13.5% 71	7.3% 29	6.8% 37	45	11.7% 326
Disagree	60.0% 361	59.9% 427	57.9% 305	63.0% 249	62.8% 340	131	60.5% 1682
Strongly disagree	17.3% 104	19.4% 138	21.1% 111	21.0% 83	24.0% 130	44	20.4% 566
Missing	25	14	4	4	1	0	48
TOTAL	100.0% 602	100.0% 713	100.0% 527	100.0% 395	100.0% 541	248	2778

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.8% 7	0.9% 10	0.0% 0	3	1.1% 17
Agree	5.3% 21	6.9% 77	5.6% 4	110	6.5% 102
Uncertain	12.1% 48	11.7% 130	15.5% 11	182	12.0% 189
Disagree	54.5% 216	61.8% 686	57.7% 41	870	59.8% 943
Strongly disagree	26.3% 104	18.6% 207	21.1% 15	284	20.7% 326
Missing	7	20	0	0	27
TOTAL	100.0% 396	100.0% 1110	100.0% 71	1449	1577