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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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EXERCISE (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. - Followed a regular physical exercise program (other than at work)

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Frequently	618	20.3%	20.3%
Occasionally	868	28.5%	48.8%
Once or a few times	758	24.9%	73.7%
Never	800	26.3%	100%
Missing	43	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Frequently	19.0% 261	22.0% 179	22.5% 125	17.1% 43	23.5% 12	20.4% 620
Occasionally	27.1% 372	28.6% 233	32.0% 178	28.2% 71	27.5% 14	28.5% 868
Once or a few times	24.7% 339	23.4% 191	26.8% 149	25.4% 64	27.5% 14	24.9% 757
Never	29.1% 399	26.0% 212	18.7% 104	29.4% 74	21.6% 11	26.3% 800
Missing	24	12	4	3	1	44
TOTAL	100.0% 1371	100.0% 815	100.0% 556	100.0% 252	100.0% 51	3045

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	19.0% 267	21.6% 350	1	20.4% 617
Occasionally	25.7% 362	30.8% 498	8	28.4% 860
Once or a few times	25.9% 365	24.2% 391	2	25.0% 756
Never	29.4% 413	23.5% 380	7	26.2% 793
Missing	24	18	0	42
TOTAL	100.0% 1407	100.0% 1619	18	3026

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	24.5% 135	22.7% 155	19.5% 101	18.5% 135	16.8% 91	2	20.4% 617
Occasionally	28.9% 159	31.9% 218	32.2% 167	27.0% 197	22.1% 120	7	28.5% 861
Once or a few times	27.8% 153	29.7% 203	25.0% 130	23.0% 168	18.5% 100	4	24.9% 754
Never	18.9% 104	15.7% 107	23.3% 121	31.4% 229	42.6% 231	7	26.2% 792
Missing	0	2	3	14	23	0	42
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 683	100.0% 519	100.0% 729	100.0% 542	20	3024

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	24.9% 105	19.7% 479	14.2% 20	28.0% 14	0	20.3% 618
Occasionally	24.7% 104	29.5% 716	23.4% 33	28.0% 14	1	28.5% 867
Once or a few times	26.4% 111	24.8% 602	18.4% 26	34.0% 17	2	24.9% 756
Never	24.0% 101	26.0% 631	44.0% 62	10.0% 5	1	26.3% 799
Missing	3	36	2	3	0	44
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2428	100.0% 141	100.0% 50	4	3040

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	11.8% 81	15.7% 130	24.7% 139	21.0% 65	31.1% 201	2	20.3% 616
Occasionally	19.0% 130	26.9% 223	31.0% 174	35.8% 111	34.7% 224	5	28.4% 862
Once or a few times	21.2% 145	27.3% 226	26.3% 148	29.7% 92	22.4% 145	3	24.9% 756
Never	48.0% 329	30.1% 249	18.0% 101	13.5% 42	11.8% 76	2	26.3% 797
Missing	21	18	1	0	3	0	43
TOTAL	100.0% 685	100.0% 828	100.0% 562	100.0% 310	100.0% 646	12	3031

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	19.8% 410	20.8% 194	50.0% 7	7	20.3% 611
Occasionally	27.8% 575	30.0% 280	28.6% 4	9	28.5% 859
Once or a few times	25.8% 532	23.5% 219	14.3% 2	5	25.0% 753
Never	26.6% 549	25.6% 239	7.1% 1	11	26.2% 789
Missing	27	14	0	0	41
TOTAL	100.0% 2066	100.0% 932	100.0% 14	32	3012

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	20.1% 229	21.8% 297	22.3% 27	17.5% 40	26	20.8% 593
Occasionally	28.1% 321	29.1% 396	33.9% 41	32.9% 75	34	29.2% 833
Once or a few times	23.8% 272	23.9% 325	28.1% 34	32.0% 73	54	24.7% 704
Never	28.0% 320	25.3% 344	15.7% 19	17.5% 40	77	25.3% 723
Missing	13	18	1	1	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 1142	100.0% 1362	100.0% 121	100.0% 228	191	2853

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	14.6% 88	21.9% 158	20.6% 109	19.8% 79	25.7% 138	47	20.5% 572
Occasionally	22.4% 135	27.2% 196	31.6% 167	32.3% 129	35.5% 191	51	29.3% 818
Once or a few times	23.7% 143	26.6% 192	25.4% 134	27.8% 111	22.7% 122	56	25.2% 702
Never	39.3% 237	24.3% 175	22.3% 118	20.1% 80	16.2% 87	103	25.0% 697
Missing	24	6	2	1	5	0	38
TOTAL	100.0% 603	100.0% 721	100.0% 528	100.0% 399	100.0% 538	257	2789

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	23.7% 95	20.1% 225	15.7% 11	287	20.8% 331
Occasionally	30.4% 122	29.5% 330	37.1% 26	389	30.0% 478
Once or a few times	26.9% 108	25.7% 288	28.6% 20	342	26.1% 416
Never	19.0% 76	24.7% 277	18.6% 13	433	23.0% 366
Missing	2	11	1	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1120	100.0% 70	1451	1591