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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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NOPAYTAX (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. - Withheld part of my federal taxes in lieu of government military expenditures

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Frequently	5	.2%	.2%
Occasionally	22	.7%	.9%
Once or a few times	43	1.4%	2.3%
Never	2962	97.7%	100%
Missing	54	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Frequently	0.1% 2	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
Occasionally	1.0% 13	0.7% 6	0.4% 2	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 23
Once or a few times	2.0% 27	1.2% 10	0.4% 2	1.2% 3	2.0% 1	1.4% 43
Never	96.9% 1325	97.7% 796	99.3% 546	98.0% 246	98.0% 50	97.7% 2963
Missing	28	12	9	4	1	54
TOTAL	100.0% 1367	100.0% 815	100.0% 550	100.0% 251	100.0% 51	3034

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.1% 2	0.1% 2	1	0.1% 4
Occasionally	1.1% 15	0.5% 8	0	0.8% 23
Once or a few times	1.9% 27	0.9% 15	0	1.4% 42
Never	96.9% 1365	98.4% 1582	16	97.7% 2947
Missing	22	30	0	52
TOTAL	100.0% 1409	100.0% 1607	17	3016

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0	0.2% 5
Occasionally	0.4% 2	0.7% 5	1.4% 7	1.1% 8	0.4% 2	0	0.8% 24
Once or a few times	1.3% 7	1.8% 12	1.0% 5	1.7% 12	0.9% 5	0	1.4% 41
Never	98.3% 535	97.2% 663	97.7% 505	97.0% 704	98.5% 535	20	97.7% 2942
Missing	8	4	4	17	21	0	54
TOTAL	100.0% 544	100.0% 682	100.0% 517	100.0% 726	100.0% 543	20	3012

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.2% 1	0.1% 3	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 5
Occasionally	0.0% 0	0.9% 22	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	0	0.8% 23
Once or a few times	1.0% 4	1.6% 39	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	1.4% 43
Never	98.8% 413	97.4% 2356	99.3% 140	98.0% 50	4	97.7% 2959
Missing	5	45	1	3	0	54
TOTAL	100.0% 418	100.0% 2420	100.0% 141	100.0% 51	4	3030

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.1% 1	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 5
Occasionally	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.4% 2	0.7% 2	2.5% 16	0	0.7% 22
Once or a few times	1.0% 7	0.8% 7	0.7% 4	1.3% 4	3.4% 22	0	1.5% 44
Never	98.7% 673	98.5% 813	98.9% 553	98.0% 301	94.1% 609	13	97.6% 2949
Missing	25	21	3	4	2	0	55
TOTAL	100.0% 682	100.0% 825	100.0% 559	100.0% 307	100.0% 647	13	3020

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.2% 4	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 5
Occasionally	0.9% 18	0.4% 4	7.1% 1	0	0.8% 23
Once or a few times	1.6% 32	0.9% 8	14.3% 2	2	1.4% 42
Never	97.4% 2007	98.6% 912	78.6% 11	32	97.7% 2930
Missing	33	21	0	0	54
TOTAL	100.0% 2061	100.0% 925	100.0% 14	34	3000

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0% 0	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	0.1% 3
Occasionally	0.9% 10	0.6% 8	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	3	0.7% 20
Once or a few times	2.7% 31	0.5% 7	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	3	1.4% 40
Never	96.4% 1100	98.7% 1337	100.0% 120	98.2% 219	187	97.8% 2776
Missing	14	25	2	6	0	47
TOTAL	100.0% 1141	100.0% 1355	100.0% 120	100.0% 223	195	2839

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.1% 4
Occasionally	0.3% 2	0.7% 5	1.7% 9	1.5% 6	0.0% 0	0	0.8% 22
Once or a few times	1.3% 8	1.4% 10	1.5% 8	2.5% 10	1.5% 8	0	1.6% 44
Never	97.7% 589	97.9% 707	96.8% 511	96.0% 380	98.5% 529	246	97.5% 2716
Missing	24	5	2	4	6	0	41
TOTAL	100.0% 603	100.0% 722	100.0% 528	100.0% 396	100.0% 537	247	2786

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5	0.0% 0
Occasionally	2.8% 11	0.1% 1	4.3% 3	8	0.9% 15
Once or a few times	4.3% 17	0.7% 8	2.9% 2	16	1.7% 27
Never	93.0% 372	99.2% 1108	92.9% 65	1417	97.4% 1545
Missing	2	14	1	0	17
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1117	100.0% 70	1446	1587