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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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LOTTTKS (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. - Bought tickets in a state lottery

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Frequently	64	2.1%	2.1%
Occasionally	298	9.8%	11.9%
Once or a few times	622	20.4%	32.3%
Never	2059	67.7%	100%
Missing	43	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Frequently	2.0% 28	2.8% 23	1.6% 9	1.2% 3	2.0% 1	2.1% 64
Occasionally	7.3% 100	12.9% 106	11.2% 62	10.7% 27	5.9% 3	9.8% 298
Once or a few times	17.5% 240	21.6% 177	25.0% 138	22.9% 58	17.6% 9	20.4% 622
Never	73.1% 1000	62.7% 514	62.1% 343	65.2% 165	74.5% 38	67.7% 2060
Missing	25	7	8	3	1	44
TOTAL	100.0% 1368	100.0% 820	100.0% 552	100.0% 253	100.0% 51	3044

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	2.7% 38	1.6% 26	0	2.1% 64
Occasionally	10.5% 148	9.0% 146	4	9.7% 294
Once or a few times	21.8% 307	19.3% 312	2	20.5% 619
Never	65.0% 916	70.0% 1132	12	67.7% 2048
Missing	22	20	0	42
TOTAL	100.0% 1409	100.0% 1616	18	3025

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	2.0% 11	2.2% 15	1.7% 9	2.6% 19	1.8% 10	0	2.1% 64
Occasionally	9.8% 54	10.7% 73	14.1% 73	9.0% 65	5.7% 31	2	9.8% 296
Once or a few times	24.1% 133	26.6% 182	19.5% 101	19.3% 140	10.9% 59	6	20.4% 615
Never	64.1% 353	60.5% 413	64.7% 336	69.1% 502	81.6% 443	12	67.7% 2047
Missing	0	2	2	17	21	0	42
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 683	100.0% 519	100.0% 726	100.0% 543	20	3022

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	2.1% 9	2.1% 50	0.7% 1	8.0% 4	1	2.1% 64
Occasionally	7.4% 31	10.3% 250	7.9% 11	12.0% 6	0	9.8% 298
Once or a few times	23.3% 98	20.0% 485	12.9% 18	40.0% 20	0	20.4% 621
Never	67.2% 283	67.7% 1643	78.6% 110	40.0% 20	3	67.7% 2056
Missing	3	35	2	3	0	43
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2428	100.0% 140	100.0% 50	4	3039

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	2.3% 16	3.9% 32	1.4% 8	0.6% 2	1.1% 7	0	2.1% 65
Occasionally	11.2% 77	11.2% 92	10.0% 56	4.8% 15	8.7% 56	2	9.8% 296
Once or a few times	17.0% 117	21.7% 179	25.5% 143	17.7% 55	19.6% 127	1	20.5% 621
Never	69.6% 480	63.3% 522	63.0% 353	76.8% 238	70.6% 457	10	67.6% 2050
Missing	18	21	1	2	2	0	44
TOTAL	100.0% 690	100.0% 825	100.0% 560	100.0% 310	100.0% 647	13	3032

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	1.5% 31	3.3% 31	0.0% 0	2	2.1% 62
Occasionally	7.0% 144	16.4% 153	0.0% 0	2	9.9% 297
Once or a few times	17.2% 356	27.7% 258	7.7% 1	7	20.4% 615
Never	74.3% 1533	52.6% 491	92.3% 12	23	67.6% 2036
Missing	29	13	1	0	43
TOTAL	100.0% 2064	100.0% 933	100.0% 13	34	3010

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	1.5% 17	2.6% 35	1.6% 2	1.8% 4	6	2.0% 58
Occasionally	6.0% 68	12.5% 171	10.7% 13	10.7% 24	23	9.7% 276
Once or a few times	15.0% 171	22.9% 312	35.2% 43	27.1% 61	35	20.6% 587
Never	77.5% 884	62.0% 845	52.5% 64	60.4% 136	131	67.7% 1929
Missing	14	19	1	3	0	37
TOTAL	100.0% 1140	100.0% 1363	100.0% 122	100.0% 225	195	2850

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	2.2% 13	1.1% 8	2.5% 13	2.3% 9	3.0% 16	5	2.1% 59
Occasionally	6.3% 38	9.0% 65	11.3% 60	12.8% 51	12.7% 68	16	10.1% 282
Once or a few times	15.9% 95	19.3% 140	21.7% 115	22.8% 91	26.6% 143	38	20.9% 584
Never	75.6% 453	70.6% 511	64.5% 341	62.2% 248	57.7% 310	197	66.8% 1863
Missing	27	3	1	1	6	0	38
TOTAL	100.0% 599	100.0% 724	100.0% 529	100.0% 399	100.0% 537	256	2788

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	2.0% 8	1.6% 18	0.0% 0	39	1.6% 26
Occasionally	9.3% 37	6.8% 76	5.7% 4	181	7.4% 117
Once or a few times	18.1% 72	17.6% 197	24.3% 17	336	18.0% 286
Never	70.6% 281	74.0% 830	70.0% 49	900	73.0% 1160
Missing	5	11	1	0	17
TOTAL	100.0% 398	100.0% 1121	100.0% 70	1456	1589