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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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PERSONAL (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. - It's not really the business of the church to be directly involved in my personal affairs.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	63	2.1%	2.1%
Agree	667	22%	24.1%
Uncertain	526	17.3%	41.4%
Disagree	1578	52%	93.4%
Strongly disagree	200	6.6%	100%
Missing	53	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.0% 27	2.8% 23	1.4% 8	1.2% 3	3.8% 2	2.1% 63
Agree	22.0% 300	23.9% 194	18.3% 101	23.8% 60	25.0% 13	22.0% 668
Uncertain	17.5% 239	17.7% 144	14.3% 79	21.8% 55	19.2% 10	17.4% 527
Disagree	52.0% 711	49.1% 399	58.4% 323	47.6% 120	46.2% 24	52.0% 1577
Strongly disagree	6.5% 89	6.4% 52	7.6% 42	5.6% 14	5.8% 3	6.6% 200
Missing	28	15	6	3	1	53
TOTAL	100.0% 1366	100.0% 812	100.0% 553	100.0% 252	100.0% 52	3035

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.1% 29	2.0% 32	2	2.0% 61
Agree	20.7% 291	23.1% 372	5	22.0% 663
Uncertain	15.5% 218	18.9% 304	4	17.3% 522
Disagree	53.2% 749	51.1% 822	6	52.1% 1571
Strongly disagree	8.7% 122	4.9% 78	0	6.6% 200
Missing	23	28	0	51
TOTAL	100.0% 1409	100.0% 1608	17	3017

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.9% 5	1.5% 10	0.4% 2	2.1% 15	5.8% 31	0	2.1% 63
Agree	21.8% 120	17.0% 116	20.3% 105	21.0% 153	31.0% 166	7	21.9% 660
Uncertain	20.2% 111	16.6% 113	13.9% 72	14.4% 105	22.6% 121	4	17.3% 522
Disagree	50.4% 277	58.2% 397	57.3% 297	55.0% 400	36.9% 198	8	52.1% 1569
Strongly disagree	6.7% 37	6.7% 46	8.1% 42	7.4% 54	3.7% 20	1	6.6% 199
Missing	2	3	3	17	27	0	52
TOTAL	100.0% 550	100.0% 682	100.0% 518	100.0% 727	100.0% 536	20	3013

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.2% 5	1.9% 46	6.4% 9	6.1% 3	0	2.1% 63
Agree	23.3% 97	20.8% 504	34.0% 48	32.7% 16	2	21.9% 665
Uncertain	21.3% 89	16.3% 395	23.4% 33	18.4% 9	0	17.4% 526
Disagree	47.2% 197	54.1% 1310	34.8% 49	40.8% 20	2	52.0% 1576
Strongly disagree	7.0% 29	6.9% 168	1.4% 2	2.0% 1	0	6.6% 200
Missing	8	40	2	4	0	54
TOTAL	100.0% 417	100.0% 2423	100.0% 141	100.0% 49	4	3030

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.2% 29	2.1% 17	1.4% 8	1.3% 4	0.8% 5	0	2.1% 63
Agree	27.4% 187	26.6% 220	20.4% 113	17.8% 55	13.9% 90	1	22.0% 665
Uncertain	24.5% 167	19.0% 157	15.9% 88	14.2% 44	10.2% 66	4	17.3% 522
Disagree	40.3% 275	48.3% 399	56.0% 311	58.3% 180	62.7% 405	7	52.0% 1570
Strongly disagree	3.7% 25	4.0% 33	6.3% 35	8.4% 26	12.4% 80	0	6.6% 199
Missing	23	19	8	1	2	0	53
TOTAL	100.0% 683	100.0% 826	100.0% 555	100.0% 309	100.0% 646	12	3019

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.2% 46	1.5% 14	0.0% 0	3	2.0% 60
Agree	22.7% 467	20.8% 193	13.3% 2	5	22.0% 662
Uncertain	17.9% 369	16.1% 149	20.0% 3	6	17.3% 521
Disagree	51.1% 1052	53.8% 499	60.0% 9	18	51.9% 1560
Strongly disagree	6.1% 126	7.9% 73	6.7% 1	1	6.7% 200
Missing	35	17	0	0	52
TOTAL	100.0% 2060	100.0% 928	100.0% 15	33	3003

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.5% 17	2.2% 30	2.4% 3	1.8% 4	9	1.9% 54
Agree	19.8% 225	21.9% 298	27.6% 34	27.4% 62	48	21.8% 619
Uncertain	16.0% 182	16.5% 224	13.0% 16	23.5% 53	51	16.7% 475
Disagree	55.6% 630	52.5% 715	50.4% 62	42.0% 95	76	52.8% 1502
Strongly disagree	7.1% 80	6.9% 94	6.5% 8	5.3% 12	7	6.8% 194
Missing	20	20	1	2	0	43
TOTAL	100.0% 1134	100.0% 1361	100.0% 123	100.0% 226	191	2844

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.9% 23	2.4% 17	0.8% 4	0.3% 1	0.9% 5	12	1.8% 50
Agree	24.5% 146	20.1% 145	20.6% 109	21.4% 85	20.7% 112	71	21.4% 597
Uncertain	19.9% 119	16.5% 119	14.8% 78	13.3% 53	15.4% 83	74	16.2% 452
Disagree	45.4% 271	53.1% 383	57.0% 301	59.8% 238	55.9% 302	83	53.7% 1495
Strongly disagree	6.4% 38	7.9% 57	6.8% 36	5.3% 21	7.0% 38	11	6.8% 190
Missing	30	7	1	2	3	0	43
TOTAL	100.0% 597	100.0% 721	100.0% 528	100.0% 398	100.0% 540	251	2784

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.5% 6	1.9% 21	1.4% 1	34	1.8% 28
Agree	21.8% 87	22.7% 254	16.9% 12	314	22.2% 353
Uncertain	12.5% 50	18.7% 209	21.1% 15	253	17.3% 274
Disagree	55.0% 220	51.7% 577	54.9% 39	741	52.6% 836
Strongly disagree	9.3% 37	5.0% 56	5.6% 4	104	6.1% 97
Missing	2	14	1	0	17
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1117	100.0% 71	1446	1588