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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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SEESICK (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

Our Christianity consists not only of our beliefs and attitudes but also the way we live our daily lives--our accomplishments and our failures. For each item, indicate how often you have experienced the item. - Visited a person who was sick or a shut-in, not a relative

	1) Frequently
	2) Occasionally
	3) Once or a few times
	4) Never

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Frequently	720	23.8%	23.8%
Occasionally	1466	48.4%	72.2%
Once or a few times	725	24%	96.2%
Never	116	3.8%	100%
Missing	61	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Frequently	25.7% 349	23.9% 195	20.8% 115	20.7% 52	21.6% 11	23.9% 722
Occasionally	46.9% 637	50.2% 409	47.6% 263	51.8% 130	51.0% 26	48.4% 1465
Once or a few times	23.6% 320	21.2% 173	28.3% 156	25.1% 63	23.5% 12	23.9% 724
Never	3.8% 52	4.7% 38	3.3% 18	2.4% 6	3.9% 2	3.8% 116
Missing	36	12	8	4	1	61
TOTAL	100.0% 1358	100.0% 815	100.0% 552	100.0% 251	100.0% 51	3027

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	24.1% 338	23.4% 376	6	23.7% 714
Occasionally	46.3% 650	50.2% 806	10	48.4% 1456
Once or a few times	26.0% 365	22.4% 360	0	24.1% 725
Never	3.6% 50	4.0% 65	1	3.8% 115
Missing	28	30	0	58
TOTAL	100.0% 1403	100.0% 1607	17	3010

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	5.8% 32	17.4% 119	23.3% 120	35.6% 259	34.4% 183	7	23.7% 713
Occasionally	36.1% 199	43.8% 299	55.8% 287	52.9% 385	53.9% 287	8	48.4% 1457
Once or a few times	47.6% 263	32.8% 224	20.2% 104	10.6% 77	10.3% 55	1	24.0% 723
Never	10.5% 58	5.9% 40	0.6% 3	1.0% 7	1.3% 7	1	3.8% 115
Missing	0	4	6	15	32	0	57
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 682	100.0% 514	100.0% 728	100.0% 532	17	3008

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	11.5% 48	25.3% 611	35.5% 50	21.6% 11	1	23.8% 720
Occasionally	40.8% 171	49.4% 1191	52.5% 74	52.9% 27	2	48.4% 1463
Once or a few times	37.0% 155	22.4% 540	12.1% 17	21.6% 11	2	23.9% 723
Never	10.7% 45	2.9% 69	0.0% 0	3.9% 2	0	3.8% 116
Missing	5	51	2	3	0	61
TOTAL	100.0% 419	100.0% 2411	100.0% 141	100.0% 51	5	3022

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	28.2% 192	17.6% 144	19.4% 109	19.2% 59	33.4% 215	0	23.9% 719
Occasionally	49.3% 335	49.5% 406	48.3% 271	45.0% 138	47.3% 304	11	48.3% 1454
Once or a few times	17.8% 121	27.8% 228	28.7% 161	32.6% 100	17.6% 113	1	24.0% 723
Never	4.7% 32	5.1% 42	3.6% 20	3.3% 10	1.7% 11	0	3.8% 115
Missing	26	24	1	3	6	0	60
TOTAL	100.0% 680	100.0% 820	100.0% 561	100.0% 307	100.0% 643	12	3011

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	22.8% 467	25.5% 237	23.1% 3	13	23.6% 707
Occasionally	49.3% 1010	46.9% 435	38.5% 5	15	48.5% 1450
Once or a few times	24.3% 498	23.3% 216	38.5% 5	6	24.0% 719
Never	3.7% 75	4.3% 40	0.0% 0	0	3.8% 115
Missing	43	17	0	0	60
TOTAL	100.0% 2050	100.0% 928	100.0% 13	34	2991

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	25.5% 290	23.2% 315	18.3% 22	20.0% 45	48	23.7% 672
Occasionally	48.9% 556	48.6% 659	45.8% 55	48.9% 110	86	48.7% 1380
Once or a few times	23.1% 262	23.6% 320	30.0% 36	28.9% 65	42	24.1% 683
Never	2.5% 28	4.5% 61	5.8% 7	2.2% 5	14	3.6% 101
Missing	18	26	2	3	0	49
TOTAL	100.0% 1136	100.0% 1355	100.0% 120	100.0% 225	190	2836

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	28.8% 173	27.9% 200	24.6% 130	20.5% 81	16.1% 86	51	24.1% 670
Occasionally	48.0% 288	48.7% 349	43.9% 232	43.7% 173	55.6% 297	127	48.3% 1339
Once or a few times	19.7% 118	19.8% 142	28.4% 150	30.8% 122	25.3% 135	58	24.0% 667
Never	3.5% 21	3.6% 26	3.0% 16	5.1% 20	3.0% 16	16	3.6% 99
Missing	27	11	1	4	9	0	52
TOTAL	100.0% 600	100.0% 717	100.0% 528	100.0% 396	100.0% 534	252	2775

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	26.8% 106	20.0% 223	15.7% 11	380	21.5% 340
Occasionally	48.6% 192	51.8% 578	45.7% 32	663	50.7% 802
Once or a few times	21.8% 86	25.2% 281	34.3% 24	334	24.7% 391
Never	2.8% 11	3.0% 34	4.3% 3	68	3.0% 48
Missing	7	16	1	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 395	100.0% 1116	100.0% 70	1445	1581