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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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NOTWORLD (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. - Christians should avoid involvements in the "kingdom of this world" as much as possible.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	443	14.6%	14.6%
Agree	1328	43.8%	58.4%
Uncertain	481	15.8%	74.2%
Disagree	709	23.4%	97.6%
Strongly disagree	74	2.4%	100%
Missing	52	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	15.5% 212	11.8% 96	16.2% 90	13.9% 35	20.0% 10	14.6% 443
Agree	43.6% 595	42.7% 348	43.6% 242	47.4% 119	48.0% 24	43.8% 1328
Uncertain	16.0% 218	17.1% 139	14.2% 79	15.1% 38	12.0% 6	15.8% 480
Disagree	22.9% 312	25.3% 206	23.4% 130	20.7% 52	18.0% 9	23.4% 709
Strongly disagree	2.0% 27	3.2% 26	2.5% 14	2.8% 7	2.0% 1	2.5% 75
Missing	30	12	5	4	1	52
TOTAL	100.0% 1364	100.0% 815	100.0% 555	100.0% 251	100.0% 50	3035

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.8% 209	14.3% 231	4	14.6% 440
Agree	42.3% 596	44.9% 723	9	43.7% 1319
Uncertain	13.8% 194	17.6% 284	3	15.8% 478
Disagree	25.7% 362	21.5% 346	1	23.5% 708
Strongly disagree	3.3% 47	1.7% 27	0	2.5% 74
Missing	24	26	0	50
TOTAL	100.0% 1408	100.0% 1611	17	3019

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.1% 50	9.8% 67	12.0% 62	18.5% 134	23.6% 128	2	14.6% 441
Agree	35.3% 195	38.9% 266	43.4% 224	45.8% 332	55.9% 303	9	43.7% 1320
Uncertain	23.2% 128	15.6% 107	16.5% 85	13.8% 100	10.5% 57	5	15.8% 477
Disagree	27.7% 153	33.6% 230	25.2% 130	20.3% 147	8.7% 47	3	23.4% 707
Strongly disagree	4.7% 26	2.0% 14	2.9% 15	1.7% 12	1.3% 7	0	2.5% 74
Missing	1	1	6	19	23	0	50
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 684	100.0% 516	100.0% 725	100.0% 542	19	3019

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.0% 50	14.5% 350	20.9% 29	26.0% 13	0	14.6% 442
Agree	35.6% 149	44.3% 1074	61.9% 86	32.0% 16	2	43.7% 1325
Uncertain	24.2% 101	14.7% 355	10.8% 15	20.0% 10	0	15.9% 481
Disagree	25.1% 105	24.2% 586	5.8% 8	18.0% 9	1	23.4% 708
Strongly disagree	3.1% 13	2.4% 57	0.7% 1	4.0% 2	0	2.4% 73
Missing	5	40	3	4	0	52
TOTAL	100.0% 418	100.0% 2422	100.0% 139	100.0% 50	3	3029

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.8% 156	16.5% 136	13.4% 75	8.4% 26	7.9% 51	0	14.7% 444
Agree	52.1% 356	48.2% 398	39.6% 222	36.7% 114	35.7% 230	9	43.7% 1320
Uncertain	13.6% 93	16.8% 139	18.2% 102	16.1% 50	14.9% 96	1	15.9% 480
Disagree	10.5% 72	16.7% 138	26.4% 148	36.3% 113	36.6% 236	3	23.4% 707
Strongly disagree	0.9% 6	1.8% 15	2.3% 13	2.6% 8	4.8% 31	0	2.4% 73
Missing	25	20	2	0	5	0	52
TOTAL	100.0% 683	100.0% 826	100.0% 560	100.0% 311	100.0% 644	13	3024

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.7% 302	14.1% 131	7.7% 1	10	14.5% 434
Agree	44.9% 925	41.3% 383	38.5% 5	15	43.7% 1313
Uncertain	15.3% 315	17.3% 161	15.4% 2	2	15.9% 478
Disagree	23.3% 480	23.9% 222	30.8% 4	3	23.5% 706
Strongly disagree	1.9% 39	3.3% 31	7.7% 1	2	2.4% 71
Missing	33	17	0	0	50
TOTAL	100.0% 2061	100.0% 928	100.0% 13	32	3002

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.8% 168	14.2% 193	18.2% 22	10.1% 23	36	14.3% 406
Agree	43.6% 494	44.2% 602	38.8% 47	44.5% 101	84	43.8% 1244
Uncertain	13.8% 156	15.9% 217	19.0% 23	19.8% 45	40	15.5% 441
Disagree	25.5% 289	23.2% 316	19.8% 24	22.9% 52	28	24.0% 681
Strongly disagree	2.3% 26	2.5% 34	4.1% 5	2.6% 6	3	2.5% 71
Missing	21	18	1	2	0	42
TOTAL	100.0% 1133	100.0% 1362	100.0% 121	100.0% 227	191	2843

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.1% 120	14.8% 107	10.8% 57	14.0% 55	10.9% 59	46	14.3% 398
Agree	50.9% 304	43.1% 312	43.8% 231	38.8% 153	40.1% 216	112	43.7% 1216
Uncertain	12.9% 77	15.5% 112	16.5% 87	17.0% 67	15.6% 84	53	15.3% 427
Disagree	13.1% 78	24.3% 176	25.2% 133	29.2% 115	30.8% 166	41	24.0% 668
Strongly disagree	3.0% 18	2.3% 17	3.8% 20	1.0% 4	2.6% 14	1	2.6% 73
Missing	29	5	2	5	3	0	44
TOTAL	100.0% 597	100.0% 724	100.0% 528	100.0% 394	100.0% 539	253	2782

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.0% 20	17.1% 191	7.0% 5	227	13.6% 216
Agree	39.4% 158	46.7% 523	42.3% 30	617	44.7% 711
Uncertain	17.7% 71	13.7% 153	21.1% 15	242	15.0% 239
Disagree	34.9% 140	20.6% 230	28.2% 20	320	24.5% 390
Strongly disagree	3.0% 12	2.0% 22	1.4% 1	39	2.2% 35
Missing	2	13	1	0	16
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1119	100.0% 71	1445	1591