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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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REPORTAX (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. - Failed to report all income for tax purposes

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Frequently	14	.5%	.5%
Occasionally	61	2%	2.5%
Once or a few times	356	11.7%	14.2%
Never	2604	85.8%	100%
Missing	52	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Frequently	0.7% 9	0.2% 2	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 13
Occasionally	2.0% 28	2.5% 20	1.1% 6	2.8% 7	0.0% 0	2.0% 61
Once or a few times	12.5% 171	11.3% 92	11.0% 61	10.7% 27	12.0% 6	11.8% 357
Never	84.8% 1160	85.9% 697	87.5% 484	86.5% 218	88.0% 44	85.8% 2603
Missing	25	16	7	3	1	52
TOTAL	100.0% 1368	100.0% 811	100.0% 553	100.0% 252	100.0% 50	3034

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.6% 9	0.2% 4	1	0.4% 13
Occasionally	2.8% 39	1.4% 22	0	2.0% 61
Once or a few times	17.6% 247	6.5% 105	4	11.7% 352
Never	79.0% 1110	91.9% 1480	14	85.9% 2590
Missing	27	25	0	52
TOTAL	100.0% 1405	100.0% 1611	19	3016

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.7% 4	0.4% 3	0.4% 2	0.4% 3	0.6% 3	0	0.5% 15
Occasionally	1.5% 8	2.3% 16	2.5% 13	2.5% 18	1.1% 6	0	2.0% 61
Once or a few times	8.2% 45	13.0% 89	19.1% 99	12.7% 92	5.9% 32	0	11.8% 357
Never	89.6% 491	84.2% 576	78.0% 405	84.5% 614	92.4% 500	19	85.7% 2586
Missing	4	2	4	17	24	0	51
TOTAL	100.0% 548	100.0% 684	100.0% 519	100.0% 727	100.0% 541	19	3019

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.7% 3	0.4% 10	0.0% 0	3.9% 2	0	0.5% 15
Occasionally	2.2% 9	2.1% 50	0.7% 1	2.0% 1	0	2.0% 61
Once or a few times	7.4% 31	13.0% 315	5.0% 7	3.9% 2	2	11.7% 355
Never	89.7% 375	84.5% 2047	94.3% 133	90.2% 46	2	85.8% 2601
Missing	6	41	1	3	0	51
TOTAL	100.0% 418	100.0% 2422	100.0% 141	100.0% 51	4	3032

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.6% 4	1.0% 8	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0	0.5% 14
Occasionally	1.9% 13	2.9% 24	2.2% 12	2.3% 7	0.8% 5	0	2.0% 61
Once or a few times	9.4% 64	12.9% 107	15.2% 85	8.7% 27	11.3% 73	0	11.8% 356
Never	88.1% 599	83.2% 688	82.4% 460	89.1% 277	87.8% 567	13	85.7% 2591
Missing	27	17	4	0	3	0	51
TOTAL	100.0% 680	100.0% 827	100.0% 558	100.0% 311	100.0% 646	13	3022

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.6% 12	0.1% 1	7.7% 1	0	0.5% 14
Occasionally	2.1% 44	1.7% 16	0.0% 0	1	2.0% 60
Once or a few times	11.6% 239	12.1% 112	15.4% 2	3	11.8% 353
Never	85.7% 1766	86.1% 798	76.9% 10	29	85.8% 2574
Missing	32	20	0	0	52
TOTAL	100.0% 2061	100.0% 927	100.0% 13	33	3001

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.4% 5	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	1.3% 3	3	0.4% 11
Occasionally	1.8% 20	2.1% 28	3.3% 4	2.2% 5	5	2.0% 57
Once or a few times	13.0% 148	11.5% 156	15.6% 19	11.1% 25	8	12.2% 348
Never	84.8% 968	86.2% 1167	81.1% 99	85.4% 193	178	85.4% 2427
Missing	14	26	1	2	0	43
TOTAL	100.0% 1141	100.0% 1354	100.0% 122	100.0% 226	194	2843

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.3% 2	0.7% 5	0.6% 3	0.5% 2	0.4% 2	1	0.5% 14
Occasionally	2.0% 12	2.4% 17	1.1% 6	2.5% 10	2.6% 14	2	2.1% 59
Once or a few times	7.5% 45	13.8% 99	15.2% 80	12.8% 51	14.2% 76	6	12.6% 351
Never	90.2% 544	83.2% 599	83.1% 438	84.1% 334	82.9% 445	244	84.8% 2360
Missing	24	7	2	5	6	0	44
TOTAL	100.0% 603	100.0% 720	100.0% 527	100.0% 397	100.0% 537	253	2784

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Frequently	0.5% 2	0.8% 9	0.0% 0	3	0.7% 11
Occasionally	3.3% 13	2.1% 24	2.9% 2	22	2.5% 39
Once or a few times	11.5% 46	13.6% 152	10.0% 7	150	12.9% 205
Never	84.8% 339	83.5% 933	87.1% 61	1271	83.9% 1333
Missing	2	13	1	0	16
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1118	100.0% 70	1446	1588