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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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HLTHFOOD (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. - Avoided certain foods that are not good for my health

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Frequently	1126	37.2%	37.2%
Occasionally	1196	39.5%	76.7%
Once or a few times	489	16.1%	92.8%
Never	219	7.2%	100%
Missing	57	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Frequently	37.6% 512	37.2% 303	37.5% 207	34.4% 86	37.3% 19	37.2% 1127
Occasionally	39.0% 532	38.8% 316	41.1% 227	39.6% 99	43.1% 22	39.5% 1196
Once or a few times	17.4% 237	14.5% 118	14.9% 82	17.6% 44	15.7% 8	16.1% 489
Never	6.0% 82	9.6% 78	6.5% 36	8.4% 21	3.9% 2	7.2% 219
Missing	31	13	8	4	1	57
TOTAL	100.0% 1363	100.0% 815	100.0% 552	100.0% 250	100.0% 51	3031

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	33.5% 470	40.2% 645	11	37.0% 1115
Occasionally	39.7% 558	39.4% 633	5	39.6% 1191
Once or a few times	17.5% 245	15.0% 241	3	16.1% 486
Never	9.3% 131	5.4% 87	1	7.2% 218
Missing	27	30	0	57
TOTAL	100.0% 1404	100.0% 1606	20	3010

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	27.9% 154	29.9% 203	36.4% 187	42.9% 312	49.3% 265	6	37.2% 1121
Occasionally	36.2% 200	42.4% 288	40.3% 207	42.0% 305	35.2% 189	7	39.5% 1189
Once or a few times	25.4% 140	20.9% 142	16.1% 83	9.2% 67	9.7% 52	5	16.1% 484
Never	10.5% 58	6.9% 47	7.2% 37	5.9% 43	5.8% 31	2	7.2% 216
Missing	0	5	6	17	28	0	56
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 680	100.0% 514	100.0% 727	100.0% 537	20	3010

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	27.7% 117	37.3% 900	60.0% 84	47.1% 24	1	37.2% 1125
Occasionally	36.7% 155	40.7% 984	28.6% 40	31.4% 16	2	39.5% 1195
Once or a few times	23.9% 101	15.1% 365	9.3% 13	19.6% 10	1	16.1% 489
Never	11.6% 49	6.9% 166	2.1% 3	2.0% 1	0	7.2% 219
Missing	2	49	3	3	0	57
TOTAL	100.0% 422	100.0% 2415	100.0% 140	100.0% 51	4	3028

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	35.6% 242	31.0% 256	37.8% 211	37.9% 118	45.6% 294	5	37.1% 1121
Occasionally	41.0% 279	39.2% 324	39.4% 220	38.6% 120	38.4% 248	6	39.4% 1191
Once or a few times	14.4% 98	20.6% 170	16.3% 91	17.4% 54	11.6% 75	2	16.2% 488
Never	9.0% 61	9.2% 76	6.5% 36	6.1% 19	4.3% 28	0	7.3% 220
Missing	28	20	4	0	5	0	57
TOTAL	100.0% 680	100.0% 826	100.0% 558	100.0% 311	100.0% 645	13	3020

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	37.5% 772	35.5% 328	76.9% 10	16	37.0% 1110
Occasionally	38.6% 796	42.0% 388	23.1% 3	9	39.6% 1187
Once or a few times	17.2% 354	14.0% 129	0.0% 0	7	16.1% 483
Never	6.7% 139	8.5% 78	0.0% 0	2	7.2% 217
Missing	34	23	0	0	57
TOTAL	100.0% 2061	100.0% 923	100.0% 13	34	2997

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	38.1% 433	36.0% 488	42.5% 51	35.1% 80	73	37.1% 1052
Occasionally	40.3% 457	39.4% 534	35.8% 43	42.1% 96	65	39.8% 1130
Once or a few times	15.9% 181	15.9% 216	16.7% 20	16.7% 38	34	16.0% 455
Never	5.6% 64	8.6% 117	5.0% 6	6.1% 14	18	7.1% 201
Missing	20	24	1	1	0	46
TOTAL	100.0% 1135	100.0% 1355	100.0% 120	100.0% 228	190	2838

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	38.8% 232	37.7% 271	37.1% 196	32.2% 127	39.7% 213	87	37.4% 1039
Occasionally	34.8% 208	41.0% 295	37.7% 199	44.1% 174	40.9% 219	102	39.4% 1095
Once or a few times	17.1% 102	15.6% 112	17.6% 93	16.7% 66	12.3% 66	50	15.8% 439
Never	9.4% 56	5.7% 41	7.6% 40	7.1% 28	7.1% 38	17	7.3% 203
Missing	28	8	2	6	8	0	52
TOTAL	100.0% 598	100.0% 719	100.0% 528	100.0% 395	100.0% 536	256	2776

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	45.9% 184	36.3% 406	37.1% 26	510	38.8% 616
Occasionally	33.2% 133	40.6% 453	35.7% 25	584	38.5% 611
Once or a few times	15.7% 63	16.2% 181	22.9% 16	230	16.4% 260
Never	5.2% 21	6.9% 77	4.3% 3	118	6.4% 101
Missing	2	15	1	0	18
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1117	100.0% 70	1442	1588