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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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ZODIAC (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. - Consulted a horoscope or signs of the zodiac before making decisions

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Frequently	9	.3%	.3%
Occasionally	32	1.1%	1.4%
Once or a few times	129	4.2%	5.6%
Never	2876	94.4%	100%
Missing	40	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Frequently	0.4% 5	0.2% 2	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 10
Occasionally	0.9% 13	1.5% 12	0.9% 5	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	1.1% 33
Once or a few times	4.8% 66	3.8% 31	3.6% 20	4.0% 10	4.0% 2	4.2% 129
Never	93.9% 1289	94.5% 771	95.1% 529	94.4% 238	96.0% 48	94.4% 2875
Missing	22	10	5	3	1	41
TOTAL	100.0% 1373	100.0% 816	100.0% 556	100.0% 252	100.0% 50	3047

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.3% 4	0.4% 6	0	0.3% 10
Occasionally	0.5% 7	1.6% 26	0	1.1% 33
Once or a few times	2.9% 41	5.2% 85	3	4.2% 126
Never	96.3% 1358	92.8% 1503	15	94.4% 2861
Missing	22	17	0	39
TOTAL	100.0% 1410	100.0% 1620	18	3030

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.4% 2	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.7% 4	0	0.3% 10
Occasionally	2.7% 15	1.3% 9	0.6% 3	0.3% 2	0.5% 3	0	1.1% 32
Once or a few times	4.5% 25	5.8% 40	5.0% 26	3.4% 25	2.0% 11	1	4.2% 127
Never	92.4% 510	92.5% 633	94.2% 490	96.1% 698	96.7% 528	17	94.4% 2859
Missing	0	2	2	17	18	0	39
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 684	100.0% 520	100.0% 726	100.0% 546	18	3028

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.5% 2	0.2% 5	0.7% 1	2.0% 1	0	0.3% 9
Occasionally	3.1% 13	0.6% 15	2.1% 3	3.9% 2	0	1.1% 33
Once or a few times	3.1% 13	4.2% 101	4.2% 6	19.6% 10	0	4.3% 130
Never	93.3% 393	95.0% 2309	93.0% 132	74.5% 38	3	94.3% 2872
Missing	2	34	1	3	0	40
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2430	100.0% 142	100.0% 51	3	3044

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.3% 2	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0	0.3% 8
Occasionally	1.3% 9	1.9% 16	0.2% 1	0.6% 2	0.8% 5	0	1.1% 33
Once or a few times	4.9% 34	4.7% 39	4.5% 25	2.3% 7	3.7% 24	0	4.3% 129
Never	93.5% 643	92.9% 770	95.3% 533	97.1% 302	95.2% 615	13	94.4% 2863
Missing	19	16	2	0	3	0	40
TOTAL	100.0% 688	100.0% 829	100.0% 559	100.0% 311	100.0% 646	13	3033

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.2% 5	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 9
Occasionally	1.1% 22	1.0% 9	0.0% 0	1	1.0% 31
Once or a few times	4.1% 85	4.5% 42	0.0% 0	2	4.2% 127
Never	94.6% 1956	94.1% 876	100.0% 13	31	94.5% 2845
Missing	25	15	0	0	40
TOTAL	100.0% 2068	100.0% 931	100.0% 13	34	3012

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.4% 4	0.2% 3	0.8% 1	0.4% 1	0	0.3% 9
Occasionally	0.8% 9	1.2% 16	0.0% 0	1.8% 4	3	1.0% 29
Once or a few times	2.8% 32	4.5% 61	8.3% 10	5.7% 13	13	4.1% 116
Never	96.1% 1096	94.1% 1281	90.9% 110	92.1% 210	180	94.6% 2697
Missing	13	20	1	1	0	35
TOTAL	100.0% 1141	100.0% 1361	100.0% 121	100.0% 228	196	2851

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.5% 3	0.3% 2	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	0.3% 7
Occasionally	0.8% 5	0.7% 5	0.9% 5	1.0% 4	0.7% 4	8	0.8% 23
Once or a few times	4.3% 26	5.5% 40	3.8% 20	2.8% 11	4.5% 24	9	4.3% 121
Never	94.4% 570	93.5% 678	94.9% 502	96.2% 383	94.8% 509	234	94.6% 2642
Missing	23	2	1	1	6	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 604	100.0% 725	100.0% 529	100.0% 398	100.0% 537	253	2793

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.7% 3	0.2% 2	1.4% 1	4	0.4% 6
Occasionally	1.0% 4	0.6% 7	2.8% 2	19	0.8% 13
Once or a few times	5.0% 20	3.9% 44	5.6% 4	61	4.3% 68
Never	93.3% 375	95.3% 1068	90.1% 64	1369	94.5% 1507
Missing	2	10	1	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 1121	100.0% 71	1453	1594