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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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MENNORGS (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. - Mennonite organizations seem to be too concerned with narrow issues instead of the important issues of the world.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	82	2.7%	2.7%
Agree	538	17.6%	20.3%
Uncertain	1069	35.1%	55.4%
Disagree	1238	40.6%	96%
Strongly disagree	122	4%	100%
Missing	38	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.2% 30	3.7% 30	2.7% 15	2.4% 6	4.0% 2	2.7% 83
Agree	15.2% 209	19.5% 159	21.5% 120	16.8% 42	16.0% 8	17.6% 538
Uncertain	35.9% 495	33.9% 276	33.4% 186	36.8% 92	42.0% 21	35.1% 1070
Disagree	42.4% 584	39.5% 322	37.9% 211	41.2% 103	36.0% 18	40.6% 1238
Strongly disagree	4.4% 60	3.4% 28	4.5% 25	2.8% 7	2.0% 1	4.0% 121
Missing	17	12	3	5	1	38
TOTAL	100.0% 1378	100.0% 815	100.0% 557	100.0% 250	100.0% 50	3050

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.6% 51	1.9% 30	2	2.7% 81
Agree	18.9% 268	16.1% 260	10	17.4% 528
Uncertain	33.0% 468	37.0% 597	4	35.1% 1065
Disagree	40.4% 572	41.1% 664	3	40.8% 1236
Strongly disagree	4.1% 58	3.9% 63	1	4.0% 121
Missing	14	23	0	37
TOTAL	100.0% 1417	100.0% 1614	20	3031

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.5% 25	1.8% 12	2.5% 13	2.2% 16	2.9% 16	0	2.7% 82
Agree	14.5% 80	16.7% 114	15.0% 78	20.6% 151	20.8% 113	2	17.7% 536
Uncertain	41.3% 228	32.9% 225	35.1% 183	31.3% 229	37.2% 202	3	35.2% 1067
Disagree	36.6% 202	45.4% 310	42.6% 222	42.1% 308	34.8% 189	7	40.6% 1231
Strongly disagree	3.1% 17	3.2% 22	4.8% 25	3.8% 28	4.2% 23	5	3.8% 115
Missing	0	3	1	12	21	0	37
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 683	100.0% 521	100.0% 732	100.0% 543	17	3031

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.3% 18	2.4% 59	2.9% 4	1.9% 1	1	2.7% 82
Agree	15.2% 64	17.6% 429	21.6% 30	26.9% 14	1	17.6% 537
Uncertain	39.3% 166	34.1% 830	36.0% 50	42.3% 22	2	35.1% 1068
Disagree	36.7% 155	41.9% 1021	36.7% 51	21.2% 11	1	40.6% 1238
Strongly disagree	4.5% 19	3.9% 95	2.9% 4	7.7% 4	0	4.0% 122
Missing	2	30	5	1	0	38
TOTAL	100.0% 422	100.0% 2434	100.0% 139	100.0% 52	5	3047

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.7% 12	1.8% 15	4.4% 24	2.9% 9	3.2% 21	1	2.7% 81
Agree	21.6% 149	16.3% 136	18.5% 102	15.4% 48	15.7% 102	0	17.7% 537
Uncertain	40.8% 282	41.5% 347	30.5% 168	33.8% 105	24.7% 160	7	35.0% 1062
Disagree	31.7% 219	38.3% 320	43.4% 239	43.4% 135	49.5% 321	4	40.6% 1234
Strongly disagree	4.2% 29	2.2% 18	3.3% 18	4.5% 14	6.8% 44	0	4.1% 123
Missing	18	7	10	0	1	0	36
TOTAL	100.0% 691	100.0% 836	100.0% 551	100.0% 311	100.0% 648	12	3037

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.7% 55	2.6% 24	7.7% 1	3	2.7% 80
Agree	17.5% 362	17.6% 165	23.1% 3	7	17.6% 530
Uncertain	35.2% 727	35.4% 331	23.1% 3	8	35.2% 1061
Disagree	40.5% 837	40.7% 381	38.5% 5	14	40.6% 1223
Strongly disagree	4.2% 86	3.7% 35	7.7% 1	0	4.0% 122
Missing	26	10	0	0	36
TOTAL	100.0% 2067	100.0% 936	100.0% 13	32	3016

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.4% 27	3.1% 43	0.0% 0	3.1% 7	5	2.7% 77
Agree	17.6% 201	19.0% 260	13.9% 17	12.8% 29	31	17.7% 507
Uncertain	30.1% 344	35.5% 485	46.7% 57	42.0% 95	90	34.3% 981
Disagree	45.7% 522	39.0% 534	33.6% 41	36.7% 83	59	41.3% 1180
Strongly disagree	4.2% 48	3.4% 46	5.7% 7	5.3% 12	10	4.0% 113
Missing	14	13	0	3	0	30
TOTAL	100.0% 1142	100.0% 1368	100.0% 122	100.0% 226	195	2858

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.8% 11	4.0% 29	1.5% 8	1.5% 6	3.0% 16	12	2.5% 70
Agree	19.5% 119	13.9% 100	20.1% 106	18.5% 74	17.5% 95	44	17.7% 494
Uncertain	34.9% 213	37.3% 268	32.4% 171	30.6% 122	31.9% 173	123	33.8% 947
Disagree	40.5% 247	40.2% 289	42.0% 222	46.1% 184	43.0% 233	63	42.0% 1175
Strongly disagree	3.3% 20	4.6% 33	4.0% 21	3.3% 13	4.6% 25	9	4.0% 112
Missing	17	8	1	1	1	0	28
TOTAL	100.0% 610	100.0% 719	100.0% 528	100.0% 399	100.0% 542	251	2798

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.0% 20	2.7% 30	1.4% 1	33	3.2% 51
Agree	15.9% 64	20.6% 230	18.1% 13	231	19.3% 307
Uncertain	25.4% 102	37.5% 420	37.5% 27	521	34.5% 549
Disagree	48.0% 193	36.6% 409	38.9% 28	609	39.5% 630
Strongly disagree	5.7% 23	2.7% 30	4.2% 3	66	3.5% 56
Missing	2	14	0	0	16
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 1119	100.0% 72	1460	1593