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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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NEWTECH (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. - Using the latest technological advances is usually the best way to get the job done.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	77	2.5%	2.5%
Agree	731	24.2%	26.7%
Uncertain	941	31.1%	57.8%
Disagree	1195	39.5%	97.3%
Strongly disagree	78	2.6%	99.9%
Missing	64	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.8% 25	3.2% 26	3.8% 21	1.6% 4	2.0% 1	2.5% 77
Agree	22.5% 305	24.0% 196	27.8% 153	25.3% 63	28.6% 14	24.2% 731
Uncertain	32.2% 436	32.1% 262	27.9% 154	29.7% 74	28.6% 14	31.1% 940
Disagree	40.6% 550	38.4% 314	38.5% 212	40.2% 100	38.8% 19	39.6% 1195
Strongly disagree	2.9% 39	2.3% 19	2.0% 11	3.2% 8	2.0% 1	2.6% 78
Missing	39	10	9	4	1	63
TOTAL	100.0% 1355	100.0% 817	100.0% 551	100.0% 249	100.0% 49	3021

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.1% 43	2.2% 35	0	2.6% 78
Agree	29.7% 418	19.4% 310	4	24.2% 728
Uncertain	28.0% 394	33.6% 538	9	31.0% 932
Disagree	36.2% 509	42.7% 683	3	39.6% 1192
Strongly disagree	3.1% 43	2.2% 35	0	2.6% 78
Missing	25	36	0	61
TOTAL	100.0% 1407	100.0% 1601	16	3008

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.0% 11	1.9% 13	2.7% 14	2.9% 21	3.4% 18	0	2.6% 77
Agree	27.6% 152	23.1% 158	23.1% 120	23.9% 173	23.3% 123	6	24.1% 726
Uncertain	27.8% 153	26.4% 181	27.9% 145	31.9% 231	43.0% 227	5	31.2% 937
Disagree	39.6% 218	46.1% 316	42.8% 222	39.0% 282	28.8% 152	5	39.6% 1190
Strongly disagree	3.1% 17	2.5% 17	3.5% 18	2.3% 17	1.5% 8	2	2.6% 77
Missing	1	2	3	20	37	0	63
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 685	100.0% 519	100.0% 724	100.0% 528	18	3007

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.1% 13	2.4% 59	2.2% 3	6.0% 3	0	2.6% 78
Agree	28.5% 119	23.6% 570	22.8% 31	20.0% 10	2	24.2% 730
Uncertain	30.2% 126	30.5% 736	41.2% 56	42.0% 21	1	31.1% 939
Disagree	34.8% 145	40.9% 989	31.6% 43	32.0% 16	1	39.5% 1193
Strongly disagree	3.4% 14	2.6% 62	2.2% 3	0.0% 0	0	2.6% 79
Missing	8	47	6	4	0	65
TOTAL	100.0% 417	100.0% 2416	100.0% 136	100.0% 50	4	3019

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.0% 27	2.2% 18	3.2% 18	1.0% 3	1.9% 12	0	2.6% 78
Agree	26.4% 178	23.8% 196	22.7% 126	26.8% 83	22.5% 145	3	24.2% 728
Uncertain	35.7% 241	30.7% 253	31.1% 173	25.2% 78	29.5% 190	6	31.1% 935
Disagree	31.7% 214	40.6% 335	41.0% 228	43.9% 136	43.3% 279	3	39.6% 1192
Strongly disagree	2.2% 15	2.8% 23	2.0% 11	3.2% 10	2.9% 19	0	2.6% 78
Missing	33	20	7	0	3	0	63
TOTAL	100.0% 675	100.0% 825	100.0% 556	100.0% 310	100.0% 645	12	3011

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.1% 43	3.6% 33	7.7% 1	1	2.6% 77
Agree	23.9% 491	24.3% 225	15.4% 2	13	24.0% 718
Uncertain	31.8% 652	29.9% 277	15.4% 2	9	31.1% 931
Disagree	39.5% 811	39.6% 367	61.5% 8	9	39.7% 1186
Strongly disagree	2.6% 54	2.6% 24	0.0% 0	1	2.6% 78
Missing	42	21	0	0	63
TOTAL	100.0% 2051	100.0% 926	100.0% 13	33	2990

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.2% 25	2.5% 34	1.7% 2	3.6% 8	7	2.4% 69
Agree	22.8% 260	24.6% 333	30.5% 36	27.1% 61	42	24.3% 690
Uncertain	31.5% 359	32.8% 443	22.9% 27	23.6% 53	58	31.1% 882
Disagree	41.0% 467	37.4% 505	44.1% 52	42.2% 95	76	39.5% 1119
Strongly disagree	2.5% 29	2.7% 37	0.8% 1	3.6% 8	4	2.6% 75
Missing	15	28	4	3	0	50
TOTAL	100.0% 1140	100.0% 1352	100.0% 118	100.0% 225	187	2835

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.1% 18	2.8% 20	0.8% 4	2.0% 8	4.1% 22	5	2.6% 72
Agree	22.2% 131	22.4% 162	24.4% 129	27.1% 108	25.7% 138	65	24.1% 668
Uncertain	33.4% 197	28.3% 204	33.1% 175	29.1% 116	29.2% 157	92	30.6% 849
Disagree	39.7% 234	43.9% 317	39.4% 208	39.2% 156	37.2% 200	79	40.2% 1115
Strongly disagree	1.7% 10	2.6% 19	2.3% 12	2.5% 10	3.7% 20	9	2.6% 71
Missing	37	6	2	3	6	0	54
TOTAL	100.0% 590	100.0% 722	100.0% 528	100.0% 398	100.0% 537	250	2775

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.3% 5	2.5% 28	0.0% 0	44	2.1% 33
Agree	20.3% 81	27.5% 308	18.3% 13	329	25.3% 402
Uncertain	30.6% 122	31.5% 353	36.6% 26	440	31.5% 501
Disagree	42.6% 170	37.4% 420	42.3% 30	575	38.9% 620
Strongly disagree	5.3% 21	1.2% 13	2.8% 2	43	2.3% 36
Missing	4	9	1	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1122	100.0% 71	1431	1592