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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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ADMONISH (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. - For me to be a church member means to give and receive mutual admonition about how we live our lives.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	316	10.4%	10.4%
Agree	1982	65.4%	75.8%
Uncertain	450	14.9%	90.7%
Disagree	261	8.6%	99.3%
Strongly disagree	20	.7%	100%
Missing	57	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.0% 149	9.1% 74	11.7% 65	10.0% 25	5.9% 3	10.4% 316
Agree	66.4% 903	64.1% 522	68.1% 377	59.8% 150	60.8% 31	65.4% 1983
Uncertain	14.6% 198	15.1% 123	11.7% 65	21.1% 53	21.6% 11	14.9% 450
Disagree	7.6% 104	10.4% 85	8.1% 45	8.8% 22	11.8% 6	8.6% 262
Strongly disagree	0.4% 6	1.2% 10	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 19
Missing	35	13	5	4	1	58
TOTAL	100.0% 1360	100.0% 814	100.0% 554	100.0% 251	100.0% 51	3030

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.8% 180	8.3% 133	3	10.4% 313
Agree	67.5% 950	63.7% 1022	10	65.5% 1972
Uncertain	12.3% 173	17.1% 275	3	14.9% 448
Disagree	6.9% 97	10.1% 162	2	8.6% 259
Strongly disagree	0.6% 8	0.7% 12	0	0.7% 20
Missing	24	32	0	56
TOTAL	100.0% 1408	100.0% 1604	18	3012

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.5% 47	8.6% 59	11.4% 59	10.9% 79	13.3% 71	2	10.5% 315
Agree	58.5% 323	64.7% 442	62.9% 326	71.4% 518	67.7% 362	11	65.4% 1971
Uncertain	22.6% 125	16.5% 113	15.1% 78	9.2% 67	11.8% 63	4	14.8% 446
Disagree	10.1% 56	8.9% 61	10.0% 52	7.9% 57	6.5% 35	0	8.7% 261
Strongly disagree	0.2% 1	1.2% 8	0.6% 3	0.6% 4	0.7% 4	0	0.7% 20
Missing	1	3	3	19	29	0	55
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 683	100.0% 518	100.0% 725	100.0% 535	17	3013

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.4% 39	10.5% 255	13.9% 19	8.0% 4	0	10.5% 317
Agree	57.3% 239	67.5% 1634	58.4% 80	54.0% 27	2	65.5% 1980
Uncertain	24.0% 100	13.0% 315	16.1% 22	22.0% 11	2	14.8% 448
Disagree	9.1% 38	8.3% 201	10.9% 15	12.0% 6	1	8.6% 260
Strongly disagree	0.2% 1	0.7% 16	0.7% 1	4.0% 2	0	0.7% 20
Missing	7	41	5	4	0	57
TOTAL	100.0% 417	100.0% 2421	100.0% 137	100.0% 50	5	3025

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.6% 72	7.9% 65	9.7% 54	8.7% 27	15.2% 98	0	10.5% 316
Agree	67.4% 460	64.5% 531	65.8% 366	64.7% 200	64.2% 414	10	65.4% 1971
Uncertain	15.5% 106	17.5% 144	14.2% 79	14.9% 46	11.2% 72	2	14.8% 447
Disagree	6.0% 41	9.5% 78	9.2% 51	10.7% 33	9.0% 58	0	8.7% 261
Strongly disagree	0.4% 3	0.6% 5	1.1% 6	1.0% 3	0.5% 3	0	0.7% 20
Missing	25	21	6	2	3	0	57
TOTAL	100.0% 682	100.0% 823	100.0% 556	100.0% 309	100.0% 645	12	3015

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.3% 211	10.6% 99	7.7% 1	5	10.4% 311
Agree	64.8% 1331	66.7% 622	84.6% 11	18	65.5% 1964
Uncertain	15.9% 326	13.1% 122	0.0% 0	2	14.9% 448
Disagree	8.5% 175	8.7% 81	7.7% 1	4	8.6% 257
Strongly disagree	0.6% 12	0.9% 8	0.0% 0	0	0.7% 20
Missing	38	15	0	0	53
TOTAL	100.0% 2055	100.0% 932	100.0% 13	29	3000

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.2% 139	9.8% 133	8.3% 10	6.6% 15	20	10.4% 297
Agree	69.9% 794	65.8% 896	55.0% 66	54.4% 123	103	66.1% 1879
Uncertain	11.6% 132	14.1% 192	19.2% 23	23.5% 53	50	14.1% 400
Disagree	6.1% 69	9.5% 129	16.7% 20	13.7% 31	12	8.8% 249
Strongly disagree	0.2% 2	0.9% 12	0.8% 1	1.8% 4	2	0.7% 19
Missing	17	18	3	3	0	41
TOTAL	100.0% 1136	100.0% 1362	100.0% 120	100.0% 226	187	2844

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.4% 68	13.7% 98	10.8% 57	7.3% 29	8.0% 43	22	10.6% 295
Agree	66.8% 399	64.2% 460	68.8% 364	67.4% 267	64.7% 349	144	66.2% 1839
Uncertain	14.9% 89	12.1% 87	13.8% 73	12.9% 51	16.0% 86	64	13.9% 386
Disagree	6.5% 39	8.9% 64	6.4% 34	11.1% 44	10.9% 59	20	8.6% 240
Strongly disagree	0.3% 2	1.1% 8	0.2% 1	1.3% 5	0.4% 2	2	0.6% 18
Missing	30	10	1	4	3	0	48
TOTAL	100.0% 597	100.0% 717	100.0% 529	100.0% 396	100.0% 539	252	2778

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.1% 48	8.8% 98	10.0% 7	163	9.7% 153
Agree	61.1% 242	67.3% 752	70.0% 49	939	65.8% 1043
Uncertain	13.6% 54	14.8% 166	10.0% 7	223	14.3% 227
Disagree	11.6% 46	8.8% 98	5.7% 4	113	9.3% 148
Strongly disagree	1.5% 6	0.4% 4	4.3% 3	8	0.8% 13
Missing	7	14	1	0	22
TOTAL	100.0% 396	100.0% 1118	100.0% 70	1446	1584