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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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FAITHPRI (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. - In the last analysis faith is a private matter for each to decide and practice oneself.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	228	7.6%	7.6%
Agree	1427	47.4%	55%
Uncertain	331	11%	66%
Disagree	864	28.7%	94.7%
Strongly disagree	162	5.4%	100.1%
Missing	75	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.9% 93	9.5% 77	7.3% 40	6.4% 16	5.9% 3	7.6% 229
Agree	45.3% 614	53.2% 430	41.6% 229	50.2% 125	54.9% 28	47.3% 1426
Uncertain	13.8% 187	7.0% 57	8.9% 49	13.7% 34	9.8% 5	11.0% 332
Disagree	29.3% 397	24.4% 197	35.2% 194	25.3% 63	25.5% 13	28.7% 864
Strongly disagree	4.7% 63	5.9% 48	7.1% 39	4.4% 11	3.9% 2	5.4% 163
Missing	41	19	8	6	1	75
TOTAL	100.0% 1354	100.0% 809	100.0% 551	100.0% 249	100.0% 51	3014

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.3% 102	7.9% 126	1	7.6% 228
Agree	43.4% 610	50.7% 807	10	47.3% 1417
Uncertain	10.8% 151	11.1% 176	3	10.9% 327
Disagree	30.8% 433	27.0% 429	3	28.8% 862
Strongly disagree	7.7% 108	3.3% 53	1	5.4% 161
Missing	27	47	0	74
TOTAL	100.0% 1404	100.0% 1591	18	2995

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.9% 27	7.2% 49	7.7% 40	7.0% 50	11.4% 60	2	7.5% 226
Agree	49.1% 270	42.4% 288	45.6% 236	44.8% 322	57.0% 301	10	47.3% 1417
Uncertain	17.1% 94	12.9% 88	8.3% 43	7.5% 54	9.8% 52	1	11.1% 331
Disagree	24.9% 137	31.5% 214	31.5% 163	34.4% 247	18.8% 99	4	28.7% 860
Strongly disagree	4.0% 22	6.0% 41	6.9% 36	6.4% 46	3.0% 16	2	5.4% 161
Missing	3	6	4	25	36	0	74
TOTAL	100.0% 550	100.0% 680	100.0% 518	100.0% 719	100.0% 528	19	2995

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.6% 36	6.9% 166	11.1% 15	22.0% 11	1	7.6% 228
Agree	46.4% 195	47.1% 1132	53.3% 72	50.0% 25	2	47.3% 1424
Uncertain	16.9% 71	9.7% 232	14.1% 19	16.0% 8	1	11.0% 330
Disagree	25.2% 106	30.3% 728	18.5% 25	10.0% 5	0	28.7% 864
Strongly disagree	2.9% 12	6.0% 145	3.0% 4	2.0% 1	0	5.4% 162
Missing	5	59	7	4	0	75
TOTAL	100.0% 420	100.0% 2403	100.0% 135	100.0% 50	4	3008

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.1% 61	6.1% 50	8.5% 47	8.7% 27	6.7% 43	0	7.6% 228
Agree	49.3% 330	54.4% 445	49.1% 273	45.5% 141	35.6% 230	8	47.3% 1419
Uncertain	15.2% 102	14.3% 117	9.7% 54	7.4% 23	5.3% 34	1	11.0% 330
Disagree	22.9% 153	22.2% 182	28.8% 160	31.3% 97	41.5% 268	3	28.7% 860
Strongly disagree	3.4% 23	2.9% 24	4.0% 22	7.1% 22	11.0% 71	0	5.4% 162
Missing	39	27	7	0	3	0	76
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 818	100.0% 556	100.0% 310	100.0% 646	12	2999

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.6% 156	7.6% 70	0.0% 0	2	7.6% 226
Agree	48.1% 986	45.8% 421	30.8% 4	15	47.3% 1411
Uncertain	11.9% 244	9.1% 84	7.7% 1	3	11.0% 329
Disagree	27.7% 567	30.6% 281	46.2% 6	10	28.6% 854
Strongly disagree	4.7% 96	6.9% 63	15.4% 2	2	5.4% 161
Missing	45	28	0	0	73
TOTAL	100.0% 2049	100.0% 919	100.0% 13	32	2981

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.8% 65	8.5% 115	10.8% 13	10.7% 24	10	7.7% 217
Agree	45.2% 511	48.2% 652	50.8% 61	48.9% 110	93	47.2% 1334
Uncertain	11.8% 133	9.5% 129	6.7% 8	12.4% 28	33	10.5% 298
Disagree	31.5% 356	27.9% 377	28.3% 34	24.9% 56	42	29.1% 823
Strongly disagree	5.8% 65	5.8% 79	3.3% 4	3.1% 7	7	5.5% 155
Missing	25	28	3	3	0	59
TOTAL	100.0% 1130	100.0% 1352	100.0% 120	100.0% 225	185	2827

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.6% 45	7.8% 56	5.3% 28	7.3% 29	8.6% 46	24	7.4% 204
Agree	54.0% 318	46.6% 336	43.3% 228	46.6% 185	46.4% 249	112	47.5% 1316
Uncertain	11.5% 68	10.5% 76	8.7% 46	10.8% 43	9.1% 49	49	10.2% 282
Disagree	20.9% 123	28.8% 208	34.8% 183	30.5% 121	32.4% 174	55	29.2% 809
Strongly disagree	5.9% 35	6.2% 45	7.8% 41	4.8% 19	3.5% 19	4	5.7% 159
Missing	38	7	4	4	6	0	59
TOTAL	100.0% 589	100.0% 721	100.0% 526	100.0% 397	100.0% 537	244	2770

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.0% 24	7.8% 87	10.0% 7	111	7.5% 118
Agree	43.3% 172	51.4% 572	37.1% 26	656	48.7% 770
Uncertain	7.1% 28	11.9% 132	10.0% 7	163	10.6% 167
Disagree	35.0% 139	25.2% 280	35.7% 25	420	28.1% 444
Strongly disagree	8.6% 34	3.8% 42	7.1% 5	80	5.1% 81
Missing	5	18	1	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 397	100.0% 1113	100.0% 70	1430	1580