Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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DEVOTION (Weighted by WTFACTOR) How often do you experience a family, private, or cell group devotional period in which the Bible or other religious literature is read?   1) Never   2) Seldom   3) Occasionally, perhaps once a month   4) Once a week more or less   5) Several times a week   6) Daily or more often

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Never	219	7.1%	7.1%
Seldom	605	19.7%	26.8%
Occasionally, perhaps once a month	518	16.9%	43.7%
Once a week more or less	662	21.5%	65.2%
Several times a week	508	16.5%	81.7%
Daily or more often	562	18.3%	100%
Missing	12	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church Sex Age Marital status Education Place of residence Nationality Household income Political party

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Never	7.1% 99	9.8% 80	2.9% 16	8.3% 21	5.9% 3	7.1% 219
Seldom	20.0% 278	23.1% 189	13.3% 74	21.3% 54	19.6% 10	19.7% 605
Occasionally, perhaps once a month	17.4% 243	17.7% 145	15.1% 84	15.0% 38	15.7% 8	16.8% 518
Once a week more or less	22.8% 317	16.5% 135	26.7% 149	19.3% 49	23.5% 12	21.5% 662
Several times a week	16.2% 225	14.2% 116	20.8% 116	16.9% 43	17.6% 9	16.6% 509
Daily or more often	16.6% 231	18.8% 154	21.3% 119	19.3% 49	17.6% 9	18.3% 562
Missing	2	8	2	1	1	14
TOTAL	100.0% 1393	100.0% 819	100.0% 558	100.0% 254	100.0% 51	3075

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Never	7.4% 105	6.9% 112	2	7.1% 217
Seldom	20.6% 294	18.9% 308	3	19.7% 602
Occasionally, perhaps once a month	17.4% 249	16.4% 267	3	16.9% 516
Once a week more or less	21.2% 303	21.9% 356	3	21.6% 659
Several times a week	16.9% 242	16.3% 265	2	16.6% 507
Daily or more often	16.5% 235	19.7% 320	6	18.2% 555
Missing	4	9	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 1428	100.0% 1628	19	3056

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Never	9.6% 53	9.2% 63	5.8% 30	4.7% 35	6.6% 37	1	7.1% 218
Seldom	25.6% 141	19.2% 131	20.8% 108	18.5% 137	15.3% 85	2	19.7% 602
Occasionally, perhaps once a month	15.1% 83	17.8% 122	17.9% 93	18.1% 134	15.3% 85	1	16.9% 517
Once a week more or less	23.4% 129	18.6% 127	22.7% 118	21.6% 160	22.1% 123	6	21.5% 657
Several times a week	15.6% 86	20.9% 143	17.3% 90	15.7% 116	12.6% 70	3	16.5% 505
Daily or more often	10.7% 59	14.3% 98	15.6% 81	21.4% 158	28.2% 157	7	18.1% 553
Missing	0	0	2	4	7	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 684	100.0% 520	100.0% 740	100.0% 557	20	3052

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Never	9.5% 40	6.8% 166	5.0% 7	9.3% 5	1	7.1% 218
Seldom	21.9% 92	19.3% 473	17.7% 25	24.1% 13	2	19.6% 603
Occasionally, perhaps once a month	16.2% 68	17.0% 418	17.7% 25	14.8% 8	0	16.9% 519
Once a week more or less	21.4% 90	21.3% 522	27.0% 38	22.2% 12	0	21.6% 662
Several times a week	17.4% 73	16.7% 411	10.6% 15	16.7% 9	1	16.5% 508
Daily or more often	13.6% 57	19.0% 466	22.0% 31	13.0% 7	1	18.3% 561
Missing	4	8	1	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 420	100.0% 2456	100.0% 141	100.0% 54	5	3071

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Never	6.1% 43	8.2% 69	8.4% 47	8.7% 27	4.9% 32	0	7.1% 218
Seldom	19.0% 133	23.7% 199	19.3% 108	19.9% 62	15.7% 102	1	19.7% 604
Occasionally, perhaps once a month	16.6% 116	17.6% 148	16.6% 93	13.8% 43	17.9% 116	2	16.9% 516
Once a week more or less	22.3% 156	19.7% 166	22.0% 123	21.9% 68	22.2% 144	5	21.5% 657
Several times a week	14.7% 103	13.6% 114	17.0% 95	19.6% 61	20.4% 132	4	16.5% 505
Daily or more often	21.3% 149	17.2% 145	16.8% 94	16.1% 50	18.8% 122	2	18.3% 560
Missing	7	3	2	0	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 700	100.0% 841	100.0% 560	100.0% 311	100.0% 648	14	3060

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Never	7.4% 155	6.5% 61	7.7% 1	3	7.1% 217
Seldom	20.6% 430	17.8% 167	7.7% 1	7	19.7% 598
Occasionally, perhaps once a month	16.6% 347	17.6% 165	7.7% 1	5	16.9% 513
Once a week more or less	21.9% 458	20.7% 194	7.7% 1	10	21.5% 653
Several times a week	15.4% 321	19.2% 180	15.4% 2	5	16.5% 503
Daily or more often	18.1% 378	18.3% 172	53.8% 7	5	18.3% 557
Missing	5	7	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 2089	100.0% 939	100.0% 13	35	3041

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Never	6.3% 73	7.3% 100	4.1% 5	8.3% 19	21	6.8% 197
Seldom	18.6% 214	20.2% 277	26.4% 32	21.5% 49	34	19.9% 572
Occasionally, perhaps once a month	16.4% 189	17.8% 245	13.2% 16	17.1% 39	28	17.0% 489
Once a week more or less	22.4% 258	18.9% 259	31.4% 38	24.1% 55	51	21.2% 610
Several times a week	18.1% 209	16.1% 221	13.2% 16	13.6% 31	31	16.6% 477
Daily or more often	18.2% 210	19.8% 272	11.6% 14	15.4% 35	31	18.5% 531
Missing	1	5	0	0	0	6
TOTAL	100.0% 1153	100.0% 1374	100.0% 121	100.0% 228	196	2876

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Never	5.6% 35	6.8% 49	7.2% 38	10.0% 40	6.3% 34	23	7.0% 196
Seldom	18.0% 112	17.8% 129	19.6% 104	23.3% 93	20.6% 111	56	19.5% 549
Occasionally, perhaps once a month	15.9% 99	17.1% 124	16.2% 86	16.8% 67	21.0% 113	28	17.4% 489
Once a week more or less	23.0% 143	21.7% 157	20.8% 110	23.3% 93	21.9% 118	41	22.1% 621
Several times a week	16.6% 103	16.3% 118	19.2% 102	16.8% 67	15.4% 83	35	16.8% 473
Daily or more often	20.9% 130	20.4% 148	17.0% 90	9.8% 39	14.8% 80	74	17.3% 487
Missing	3	1	0	1	2	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 622	100.0% 725	100.0% 530	100.0% 399	100.0% 539	257	2815

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Never	7.4% 30	6.4% 72	2.8% 2	115	6.5% 104
Seldom	20.1% 81	21.2% 239	23.9% 17	268	21.1% 337
Occasionally, perhaps once a month	19.1% 77	15.8% 178	23.9% 17	246	17.0% 272
Once a week more or less	26.6% 107	22.4% 252	23.9% 17	286	23.5% 376
Several times a week	13.9% 56	15.5% 174	9.9% 7	272	14.8% 237
Daily or more often	12.9% 52	18.7% 211	15.5% 11	288	17.1% 274
Missing	0	5	1	0	6
TOTAL	100.0% 403	100.0% 1126	100.0% 71	1475	1600