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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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POWERORG (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 are wonderful because they allow me to take an active part in the affairs of my group.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	121	4%	4%
Agree	1692	55.5%	59.5%
Uncertain	969	31.8%	91.3%
Disagree	228	7.5%	98.8%
Strongly disagree	37	1.2%	100%
Missing	39	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.9% 53	5.0% 41	2.7% 15	4.5% 11	2.0% 1	4.0% 121
Agree	57.7% 793	56.5% 462	49.8% 277	55.5% 137	45.1% 23	55.5% 1692
Uncertain	30.5% 419	29.2% 239	37.8% 210	32.4% 80	41.2% 21	31.8% 969
Disagree	6.8% 94	7.5% 61	8.8% 49	7.3% 18	9.8% 5	7.4% 227
Strongly disagree	1.2% 16	1.8% 15	0.9% 5	0.4% 1	2.0% 1	1.2% 38
Missing	19	9	3	7	1	39
TOTAL	100.0% 1375	100.0% 818	100.0% 556	100.0% 247	100.0% 51	3047

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.0% 57	4.0% 64	0	4.0% 121
Agree	55.6% 787	55.8% 901	5	55.7% 1688
Uncertain	31.3% 443	32.1% 519	7	31.7% 962
Disagree	7.7% 109	7.1% 115	4	7.4% 224
Strongly disagree	1.4% 20	1.0% 16	2	1.2% 36
Missing	15	22	0	37
TOTAL	100.0% 1416	100.0% 1615	18	3031

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.6% 20	2.8% 19	3.3% 17	3.7% 27	6.9% 37	0	4.0% 120
Agree	60.6% 334	52.6% 359	51.0% 265	56.0% 413	57.4% 310	12	55.5% 1681
Uncertain	30.7% 169	36.2% 247	37.1% 193	30.3% 223	24.6% 133	6	31.8% 965
Disagree	4.7% 26	7.6% 52	8.1% 42	8.1% 60	8.5% 46	2	7.5% 226
Strongly disagree	0.4% 2	0.7% 5	0.6% 3	1.9% 14	2.6% 14	0	1.3% 38
Missing	2	4	2	6	25	0	39
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 682	100.0% 520	100.0% 737	100.0% 540	20	3030

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.8% 16	3.9% 95	6.5% 9	3.8% 2	0	4.0% 122
Agree	56.3% 237	55.2% 1343	60.4% 84	53.8% 28	1	55.6% 1692
Uncertain	34.2% 144	31.8% 774	23.7% 33	30.8% 16	2	31.8% 967
Disagree	5.2% 22	7.8% 189	7.2% 10	11.5% 6	1	7.5% 227
Strongly disagree	0.5% 2	1.3% 31	2.2% 3	0.0% 0	0	1.2% 36
Missing	3	32	3	2	0	40
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2432	100.0% 139	100.0% 52	4	3044

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.8% 40	2.7% 23	4.2% 23	2.9% 9	4.0% 26	0	4.0% 121
Agree	54.9% 378	55.6% 466	54.1% 299	54.5% 168	58.0% 375	5	55.6% 1686
Uncertain	30.1% 207	34.5% 289	31.8% 176	36.7% 113	27.5% 178	6	31.7% 963
Disagree	7.6% 52	6.0% 50	8.9% 49	5.5% 17	9.3% 60	0	7.5% 228
Strongly disagree	1.6% 11	1.2% 10	1.1% 6	0.3% 1	1.2% 8	1	1.2% 36
Missing	20	6	9	2	2	0	39
TOTAL	100.0% 688	100.0% 838	100.0% 553	100.0% 308	100.0% 647	12	3034

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.8% 79	4.2% 39	14.3% 2	2	4.0% 120
Agree	56.1% 1157	54.9% 515	28.6% 4	16	55.6% 1676
Uncertain	31.3% 645	32.8% 308	35.7% 5	12	31.8% 958
Disagree	7.5% 155	7.1% 67	21.4% 3	3	7.5% 225
Strongly disagree	1.4% 28	1.0% 9	0.0% 0	0	1.2% 37
Missing	29	9	0	0	38
TOTAL	100.0% 2064	100.0% 938	100.0% 14	33	3016

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.8% 43	4.5% 61	1.7% 2	4.4% 10	5	4.1% 116
Agree	57.3% 653	56.0% 767	44.5% 53	51.6% 116	104	55.7% 1589
Uncertain	30.4% 346	30.8% 422	46.2% 55	35.1% 79	67	31.6% 902
Disagree	7.1% 81	7.7% 106	6.7% 8	8.0% 18	14	7.5% 213
Strongly disagree	1.5% 17	1.0% 14	0.8% 1	0.9% 2	3	1.2% 34
Missing	15	10	2	3	0	30
TOTAL	100.0% 1140	100.0% 1370	100.0% 119	100.0% 225	193	2854

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.3% 32	4.9% 35	3.0% 16	1.8% 7	3.7% 20	11	3.9% 110
Agree	55.0% 335	55.5% 399	56.1% 295	55.9% 223	56.4% 305	135	55.7% 1557
Uncertain	31.2% 190	29.3% 211	33.1% 174	32.1% 128	31.6% 171	94	31.3% 874
Disagree	6.9% 42	8.6% 62	7.8% 41	8.8% 35	7.0% 38	10	7.8% 218
Strongly disagree	1.6% 10	1.7% 12	0.0% 0	1.5% 6	1.3% 7	2	1.3% 35
Missing	17	8	3	1	1	0	30
TOTAL	100.0% 609	100.0% 719	100.0% 526	100.0% 399	100.0% 541	252	2794

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.5% 14	3.6% 40	4.3% 3	63	3.6% 57
Agree	60.8% 243	53.7% 600	67.1% 47	802	56.0% 890
Uncertain	26.8% 107	32.7% 366	21.4% 15	481	30.7% 488
Disagree	8.0% 32	8.3% 93	7.1% 5	99	8.2% 130
Strongly disagree	1.0% 4	1.7% 19	0.0% 0	14	1.4% 23
Missing	3	13	1	0	17
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1118	100.0% 70	1459	1588