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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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DATEOTHR (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. - Parents who discourage dating with non-Mennonites do a disservice to their children.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	194	6.4%	6.4%
Agree	1099	36%	42.4%
Uncertain	733	24%	66.4%
Disagree	904	29.6%	96%
Strongly disagree	124	4.1%	100.1%
Missing	33	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.2% 58	8.3% 68	9.4% 52	4.8% 12	9.8% 5	6.4% 195
Agree	28.5% 393	39.2% 321	46.0% 256	42.6% 107	43.1% 22	36.0% 1099
Uncertain	27.9% 385	22.8% 187	16.4% 91	23.5% 59	21.6% 11	24.0% 733
Disagree	35.0% 482	25.2% 206	25.0% 139	26.3% 66	21.6% 11	29.6% 904
Strongly disagree	4.4% 60	4.5% 37	3.2% 18	2.8% 7	3.9% 2	4.1% 124
Missing	17	7	5	4	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 1378	100.0% 819	100.0% 556	100.0% 251	100.0% 51	3055

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.8% 96	6.1% 98	0	6.4% 194
Agree	36.7% 521	35.3% 570	8	36.0% 1091
Uncertain	22.6% 320	25.3% 409	3	24.0% 729
Disagree	29.7% 421	29.5% 476	6	29.6% 897
Strongly disagree	4.3% 61	3.8% 62	1	4.1% 123
Missing	12	20	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 1419	100.0% 1615	18	3034

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.9% 71	8.5% 58	5.6% 29	2.6% 19	3.1% 17	0	6.4% 194
Agree	40.9% 225	38.1% 260	36.9% 192	32.9% 242	31.7% 173	7	36.0% 1092
Uncertain	23.5% 129	23.1% 158	23.8% 124	22.3% 164	27.9% 152	5	24.0% 727
Disagree	18.5% 102	26.4% 180	30.7% 160	38.5% 283	31.6% 172	8	29.6% 897
Strongly disagree	4.2% 23	4.0% 27	3.1% 16	3.7% 27	5.7% 31	0	4.1% 124
Missing	2	3	1	9	19	0	34
TOTAL	100.0% 550	100.0% 683	100.0% 521	100.0% 735	100.0% 545	20	3034

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.1% 51	5.5% 134	4.3% 6	7.7% 4	0	6.4% 195
Agree	38.1% 161	35.2% 858	37.4% 52	50.0% 26	2	36.0% 1097
Uncertain	25.3% 107	23.3% 569	33.1% 46	19.2% 10	1	24.0% 732
Disagree	21.3% 90	31.7% 772	22.3% 31	19.2% 10	1	29.6% 903
Strongly disagree	3.3% 14	4.3% 104	2.9% 4	3.8% 2	0	4.1% 124
Missing	2	27	4	1	0	34
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 2437	100.0% 139	100.0% 52	4	3051

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.9% 20	4.9% 41	9.2% 51	6.8% 21	9.3% 60	1	6.3% 193
Agree	29.9% 206	35.8% 300	36.8% 204	45.0% 140	37.5% 243	5	35.9% 1093
Uncertain	27.9% 192	27.3% 229	17.5% 97	22.5% 70	21.9% 142	3	24.0% 730
Disagree	34.0% 234	27.7% 232	31.0% 172	22.8% 71	29.6% 192	3	29.6% 901
Strongly disagree	5.4% 37	4.4% 37	5.4% 30	2.9% 9	1.7% 11	0	4.1% 124
Missing	18	6	8	0	1	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 689	100.0% 839	100.0% 554	100.0% 311	100.0% 648	12	3041

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.3% 130	6.7% 63	7.7% 1	1	6.4% 194
Agree	34.3% 711	39.5% 370	30.8% 4	13	35.9% 1085
Uncertain	25.2% 521	21.3% 200	0.0% 0	12	23.9% 721
Disagree	30.2% 626	28.4% 266	53.8% 7	4	29.8% 899
Strongly disagree	4.0% 83	4.1% 38	7.7% 1	2	4.0% 122
Missing	22	9	0	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 2071	100.0% 937	100.0% 13	32	3021

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.6% 52	6.5% 89	13.1% 16	12.8% 29	9	6.5% 186
Agree	30.7% 351	38.5% 526	51.6% 63	41.4% 94	65	36.2% 1034
Uncertain	24.6% 281	23.5% 321	16.4% 20	20.7% 47	64	23.4% 669
Disagree	36.9% 421	27.4% 375	15.6% 19	19.4% 44	45	30.0% 859
Strongly disagree	3.2% 37	4.2% 57	3.3% 4	5.7% 13	13	3.9% 111
Missing	12	12	0	2	0	26
TOTAL	100.0% 1142	100.0% 1368	100.0% 122	100.0% 227	196	2859

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.1% 25	6.9% 50	6.4% 34	6.5% 26	8.5% 46	14	6.5% 181
Agree	33.7% 207	33.5% 241	37.1% 196	39.7% 158	38.1% 206	91	36.0% 1008
Uncertain	27.4% 168	24.6% 177	23.3% 123	21.9% 87	19.2% 104	73	23.5% 659
Disagree	30.1% 185	29.7% 214	31.6% 167	27.4% 109	31.2% 169	60	30.1% 844
Strongly disagree	4.7% 29	5.3% 38	1.5% 8	4.5% 18	3.0% 16	15	3.9% 109
Missing	13	8	1	1	2	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 614	100.0% 720	100.0% 528	100.0% 398	100.0% 541	253	2801

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.0% 40	6.0% 67	5.6% 4	83	7.0% 111
Agree	39.3% 157	35.8% 401	35.2% 25	516	36.6% 583
Uncertain	25.3% 101	23.0% 258	32.4% 23	351	24.0% 382
Disagree	23.5% 94	31.3% 351	22.5% 16	443	29.0% 461
Strongly disagree	2.0% 8	3.9% 44	4.2% 3	69	3.5% 55
Missing	3	10	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1121	100.0% 71	1462	1592