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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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MENNEDUC (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. - An education in a Mennonite school (any level) is one of the most important gifts a family can give to its children.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	220	7.2%	7.2%
Agree	951	31.1%	38.3%
Uncertain	896	29.3%	67.6%
Disagree	831	27.2%	94.8%
Strongly disagree	158	5.2%	100%
Missing	30	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.3% 115	7.3% 60	5.7% 32	5.2% 13	0.0% 0	7.2% 220
Agree	35.1% 484	30.7% 252	27.2% 152	22.8% 57	14.0% 7	31.2% 952
Uncertain	31.3% 432	26.7% 219	24.9% 139	36.0% 90	32.0% 16	29.3% 896
Disagree	21.6% 297	29.4% 241	34.6% 193	31.2% 78	42.0% 21	27.2% 830
Strongly disagree	3.6% 50	5.9% 48	7.5% 42	4.8% 12	12.0% 6	5.2% 158
Missing	17	7	2	4	0	30
TOTAL	100.0% 1378	100.0% 820	100.0% 558	100.0% 250	100.0% 50	3056

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.5% 107	6.9% 111	3	7.2% 218
Agree	31.0% 439	31.1% 504	8	31.1% 943
Uncertain	29.9% 424	29.0% 470	2	29.4% 894
Disagree	26.0% 368	28.2% 457	6	27.2% 825
Strongly disagree	5.6% 80	4.8% 77	0	5.2% 157
Missing	13	18	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 1418	100.0% 1619	19	3037

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.4% 30	5.0% 34	5.2% 27	8.5% 63	12.0% 65	1	7.2% 219
Agree	25.4% 140	23.6% 161	24.4% 127	38.1% 281	43.5% 236	5	31.1% 945
Uncertain	32.3% 178	32.6% 222	31.3% 163	24.8% 183	26.5% 144	7	29.3% 890
Disagree	29.6% 163	32.3% 220	32.4% 169	24.7% 182	16.4% 89	8	27.1% 823
Strongly disagree	7.3% 40	6.6% 45	6.7% 35	3.9% 29	1.7% 9	0	5.2% 158
Missing	0	3	1	6	21	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 682	100.0% 521	100.0% 738	100.0% 543	21	3035

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.7% 24	7.2% 176	12.9% 18	3.8% 2	1	7.2% 220
Agree	26.0% 110	31.8% 774	37.9% 53	25.0% 13	1	31.1% 950
Uncertain	33.1% 140	28.6% 698	28.6% 40	32.7% 17	2	29.3% 895
Disagree	27.9% 118	27.5% 671	17.1% 24	30.8% 16	1	27.2% 829
Strongly disagree	7.3% 31	4.8% 118	3.6% 5	7.7% 4	0	5.2% 158
Missing	1	26	3	1	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 2437	100.0% 140	100.0% 52	5	3052

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.7% 67	5.4% 45	5.9% 33	4.5% 14	9.6% 62	0	7.3% 221
Agree	38.2% 265	27.2% 229	27.7% 154	30.3% 94	31.8% 205	4	31.1% 947
Uncertain	30.0% 208	33.8% 284	28.5% 158	28.4% 88	24.0% 155	3	29.3% 893
Disagree	19.5% 135	28.3% 238	31.0% 172	31.9% 99	28.2% 182	5	27.1% 826
Strongly disagree	2.6% 18	5.4% 45	6.8% 38	4.8% 15	6.4% 41	1	5.2% 157
Missing	14	4	8	0	4	0	30
TOTAL	100.0% 693	100.0% 841	100.0% 555	100.0% 310	100.0% 645	13	3044

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.2% 150	6.5% 61	15.4% 2	8	7.0% 213
Agree	32.4% 671	27.7% 260	23.1% 3	16	30.9% 934
Uncertain	29.7% 616	28.9% 272	23.1% 3	6	29.5% 891
Disagree	26.0% 538	30.6% 288	23.1% 3	2	27.4% 829
Strongly disagree	4.6% 96	6.3% 59	15.4% 2	1	5.2% 157
Missing	23	6	0	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 2071	100.0% 940	100.0% 13	33	3024

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.7% 100	6.4% 87	1.7% 2	6.2% 14	16	7.1% 203
Agree	33.9% 387	31.6% 433	13.3% 16	21.7% 49	66	31.0% 885
Uncertain	29.6% 338	27.4% 375	37.5% 45	33.6% 76	61	29.2% 834
Disagree	23.0% 263	29.4% 403	36.7% 44	32.7% 74	47	27.4% 784
Strongly disagree	4.8% 55	5.3% 72	10.8% 13	5.8% 13	5	5.4% 153
Missing	11	11	0	2	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 1143	100.0% 1370	100.0% 120	100.0% 226	195	2859

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.4% 57	7.5% 54	6.6% 35	5.5% 22	6.7% 36	17	7.3% 204
Agree	35.4% 215	30.2% 218	31.0% 164	30.0% 120	29.8% 161	73	31.3% 878
Uncertain	30.1% 183	28.6% 207	30.8% 163	29.8% 119	24.6% 133	92	28.7% 805
Disagree	21.4% 130	28.2% 204	26.3% 139	28.5% 114	32.9% 178	65	27.3% 765
Strongly disagree	3.8% 23	5.5% 40	5.3% 28	6.3% 25	6.1% 33	8	5.3% 149
Missing	17	5	1	0	1	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 608	100.0% 723	100.0% 529	100.0% 400	100.0% 541	255	2801

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.3% 41	6.2% 69	5.7% 4	106	7.2% 114
Agree	35.6% 142	29.0% 325	37.1% 26	458	31.0% 493
Uncertain	28.1% 112	30.4% 341	27.1% 19	425	29.7% 472
Disagree	22.6% 90	28.5% 320	25.7% 18	403	26.9% 428
Strongly disagree	3.5% 14	5.9% 66	4.3% 3	74	5.2% 83
Missing	3	10	1	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1121	100.0% 70	1466	1590