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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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KINGDOM (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

Church members vary considerably in their views on how much Mennonites and Brethren in Christ get involved in the larger societies in which we live. Response to the following will help our church leaders understand where our current membership stands on these issues. Circle the number of your response. - There is a clear difference between the "kingdom of God" and the "kingdom of this world."

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Uncertain
	4) Disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	1333	43.9%	43.9%
Agree	1463	48.2%	92.1%
Uncertain	166	5.5%	97.6%
Disagree	59	1.9%	99.5%
Strongly disagree	15	.5%	100%
Missing	50	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	42.4% 578	38.6% 316	51.9% 288	49.8% 124	54.9% 28	43.9% 1334
Agree	50.9% 694	49.0% 401	43.2% 240	43.4% 108	39.2% 20	48.2% 1463
Uncertain	4.8% 66	8.2% 67	3.2% 18	4.8% 12	3.9% 2	5.4% 165
Disagree	1.5% 20	3.3% 27	1.3% 7	1.6% 4	2.0% 1	1.9% 59
Strongly disagree	0.4% 6	0.9% 7	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 16
Missing	30	9	5	6	1	51
TOTAL	100.0% 1364	100.0% 818	100.0% 555	100.0% 249	100.0% 51	3037

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	48.5% 684	39.8% 641	8	43.9% 1325
Agree	44.1% 622	51.6% 831	10	48.1% 1453
Uncertain	4.7% 66	6.2% 100	0	5.5% 166
Disagree	2.1% 29	1.9% 30	0	2.0% 59
Strongly disagree	0.6% 8	0.4% 7	0	0.5% 15
Missing	21	28	0	49
TOTAL	100.0% 1409	100.0% 1609	18	3018

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	42.4% 234	44.3% 302	43.0% 223	47.2% 343	42.3% 227	4	44.1% 1329
Agree	46.2% 255	46.8% 319	49.3% 256	46.6% 339	52.5% 282	12	48.1% 1451
Uncertain	8.7% 48	5.7% 39	5.4% 28	4.1% 30	3.7% 20	1	5.5% 165
Disagree	1.8% 10	2.9% 20	1.5% 8	1.8% 13	1.1% 6	2	1.9% 57
Strongly disagree	0.9% 5	0.3% 2	0.8% 4	0.3% 2	0.4% 2	0	0.5% 15
Missing	0	2	3	17	26	0	48
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 682	100.0% 519	100.0% 727	100.0% 537	19	3017

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	43.8% 184	44.1% 1069	39.3% 55	51.0% 25	1	43.9% 1333
Agree	46.0% 193	48.3% 1172	56.4% 79	32.7% 16	3	48.1% 1460
Uncertain	8.3% 35	4.9% 120	3.6% 5	12.2% 6	0	5.5% 166
Disagree	1.7% 7	2.1% 50	0.7% 1	2.0% 1	0	1.9% 59
Strongly disagree	0.2% 1	0.6% 14	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	0	0.5% 16
Missing	4	39	3	4	0	50
TOTAL	100.0% 420	100.0% 2425	100.0% 140	100.0% 49	4	3034

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	43.4% 297	39.2% 323	43.3% 242	42.8% 133	51.7% 334	4	43.9% 1329
Agree	51.0% 349	53.6% 442	46.7% 261	45.3% 141	40.6% 262	8	48.1% 1455
Uncertain	4.4% 30	5.0% 41	7.3% 41	7.4% 23	4.8% 31	0	5.5% 166
Disagree	1.0% 7	1.6% 13	2.5% 14	3.5% 11	2.3% 15	0	2.0% 60
Strongly disagree	0.1% 1	0.7% 6	0.2% 1	1.0% 3	0.6% 4	0	0.5% 15
Missing	24	19	3	0	3	0	49
TOTAL	100.0% 684	100.0% 825	100.0% 559	100.0% 311	100.0% 646	12	3025

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	43.1% 889	44.6% 415	61.5% 8	20	43.7% 1312
Agree	48.9% 1008	47.4% 441	23.1% 3	11	48.3% 1452
Uncertain	5.7% 117	5.1% 47	7.7% 1	1	5.5% 165
Disagree	1.8% 37	2.4% 22	0.0% 0	0	2.0% 59
Strongly disagree	0.5% 10	0.5% 5	7.7% 1	0	0.5% 16
Missing	34	15	0	0	49
TOTAL	100.0% 2061	100.0% 930	100.0% 13	32	3004

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	46.0% 523	42.1% 573	53.3% 65	45.4% 103	69	44.4% 1264
Agree	47.5% 540	49.0% 668	40.2% 49	43.2% 98	109	47.6% 1355
Uncertain	4.6% 52	5.9% 80	4.1% 5	7.5% 17	12	5.4% 154
Disagree	1.5% 17	2.3% 32	2.5% 3	3.1% 7	0	2.1% 59
Strongly disagree	0.4% 5	0.7% 9	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	0	0.6% 16
Missing	17	18	1	2	0	38
TOTAL	100.0% 1137	100.0% 1362	100.0% 122	100.0% 227	190	2848

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	44.6% 267	44.4% 321	44.7% 236	43.1% 171	42.3% 228	110	43.9% 1223
Agree	48.7% 292	47.6% 344	46.6% 246	45.6% 181	50.3% 271	129	47.9% 1334
Uncertain	5.3% 32	5.7% 41	5.3% 28	7.6% 30	4.6% 25	9	5.6% 156
Disagree	1.3% 8	1.4% 10	2.5% 13	3.3% 13	2.6% 14	1	2.1% 58
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.0% 7	0.9% 5	0.5% 2	0.2% 1	1	0.5% 15
Missing	27	5	2	2	3	0	39
TOTAL	100.0% 599	100.0% 723	100.0% 528	100.0% 397	100.0% 539	250	2786

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	39.6% 158	45.3% 507	34.3% 24	644	43.4% 689
Agree	48.6% 194	48.3% 541	57.1% 40	687	48.8% 775
Uncertain	10.0% 40	3.9% 44	5.7% 4	78	5.5% 88
Disagree	1.3% 5	2.1% 23	2.9% 2	29	1.9% 30
Strongly disagree	0.5% 2	0.4% 5	0.0% 0	8	0.4% 7
Missing	2	11	1	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1120	100.0% 70	1446	1589