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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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NOPRAYER (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. - Legislative proposals that would require prayer in the public schools should be rejected.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	133	4.4%	4.4%
Agree	641	21.3%	25.7%
Uncertain	600	19.9%	45.6%
Disagree	1271	42.2%	87.8%
Strongly disagree	369	12.2%	100%
Missing	72	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.2% 71	4.2% 34	3.6% 20	3.2% 8	2.0% 1	4.4% 134
Agree	23.4% 316	21.3% 173	18.5% 102	15.1% 38	25.5% 13	21.3% 642
Uncertain	20.3% 275	18.1% 147	22.5% 124	17.9% 45	17.6% 9	19.9% 600
Disagree	41.3% 559	42.3% 343	42.4% 233	45.8% 115	39.2% 20	42.1% 1270
Strongly disagree	9.8% 132	14.1% 114	12.9% 71	17.9% 45	15.7% 8	12.3% 370
Missing	42	16	9	3	1	71
TOTAL	100.0% 1353	100.0% 811	100.0% 550	100.0% 251	100.0% 51	3016

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.9% 69	3.9% 62	2	4.4% 131
Agree	25.9% 364	17.4% 277	0	21.4% 641
Uncertain	20.6% 290	19.2% 306	5	19.9% 596
Disagree	38.3% 538	45.5% 726	8	42.1% 1264
Strongly disagree	10.2% 144	14.0% 223	2	12.2% 367
Missing	27	42	0	69
TOTAL	100.0% 1405	100.0% 1594	17	2999

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.5% 25	5.3% 36	4.2% 22	3.5% 25	5.0% 26	0	4.5% 134
Agree	19.1% 105	23.9% 163	24.5% 127	20.5% 148	18.1% 95	4	21.3% 638
Uncertain	24.5% 135	20.4% 139	19.1% 99	17.1% 123	18.9% 99	5	19.9% 595
Disagree	40.5% 223	41.1% 280	40.5% 210	45.2% 326	42.6% 223	9	42.1% 1262
Strongly disagree	11.3% 62	9.4% 64	11.8% 61	13.7% 99	15.5% 81	2	12.2% 367
Missing	1	2	3	24	41	0	71
TOTAL	100.0% 550	100.0% 682	100.0% 519	100.0% 721	100.0% 524	20	2996

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.9% 8	4.9% 118	3.0% 4	6.3% 3	0	4.4% 133
Agree	19.7% 82	21.6% 521	20.7% 28	18.8% 9	1	21.3% 640
Uncertain	26.4% 110	18.6% 449	20.7% 28	25.0% 12	0	19.9% 599
Disagree	41.7% 174	42.5% 1024	40.7% 55	31.3% 15	3	42.2% 1268
Strongly disagree	10.3% 43	12.3% 296	14.8% 20	18.8% 9	0	12.2% 368
Missing	6	55	8	4	0	73
TOTAL	100.0% 417	100.0% 2408	100.0% 135	100.0% 48	4	3008

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.4% 16	2.4% 20	4.7% 26	4.5% 14	8.8% 57	0	4.4% 133
Agree	8.2% 54	14.8% 122	24.1% 134	30.1% 94	36.6% 237	1	21.3% 641
Uncertain	21.0% 139	18.4% 152	21.4% 119	21.8% 68	18.4% 119	3	19.9% 597
Disagree	50.9% 337	50.1% 414	39.1% 218	36.2% 113	28.1% 182	8	42.1% 1264
Strongly disagree	17.5% 116	14.3% 118	10.8% 60	7.4% 23	8.0% 52	0	12.3% 369
Missing	46	19	4	0	3	0	72
TOTAL	100.0% 662	100.0% 826	100.0% 557	100.0% 312	100.0% 647	12	3004

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.4% 111	2.0% 18	21.4% 3	2	4.4% 132
Agree	23.7% 486	16.1% 148	14.3% 2	6	21.3% 636
Uncertain	20.4% 419	18.9% 174	21.4% 3	4	20.0% 596
Disagree	39.5% 810	47.8% 440	42.9% 6	16	42.1% 1256
Strongly disagree	10.9% 223	15.3% 141	0.0% 0	5	12.2% 364
Missing	46	25	0	0	71
TOTAL	100.0% 2049	100.0% 921	100.0% 14	33	2984

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.6% 52	3.6% 48	4.2% 5	6.7% 15	12	4.2% 120
Agree	26.0% 295	19.0% 257	21.8% 26	19.2% 43	20	22.0% 621
Uncertain	21.8% 247	20.2% 273	16.8% 20	13.4% 30	29	20.2% 570
Disagree	38.2% 434	43.9% 593	42.9% 51	45.1% 101	93	41.7% 1179
Strongly disagree	9.4% 107	13.3% 179	14.3% 17	15.6% 35	32	12.0% 338
Missing	19	31	2	4	0	56
TOTAL	100.0% 1135	100.0% 1350	100.0% 119	100.0% 224	186	2828

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.4% 26	2.5% 18	5.7% 30	5.3% 21	5.0% 27	12	4.4% 122
Agree	17.9% 105	20.9% 151	25.2% 133	24.1% 96	23.7% 128	29	22.1% 613
Uncertain	18.6% 109	20.8% 150	19.0% 100	19.3% 77	19.3% 104	59	19.5% 540
Disagree	45.1% 264	44.0% 318	40.8% 215	37.9% 151	40.3% 217	106	42.0% 1165
Strongly disagree	13.8% 81	11.8% 85	9.3% 49	13.3% 53	11.7% 63	38	11.9% 331
Missing	41	5	2	2	4	0	54
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 722	100.0% 527	100.0% 398	100.0% 539	244	2771

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.3% 57	3.3% 37	8.5% 6	33	6.3% 100
Agree	38.3% 153	21.2% 237	29.6% 21	230	25.8% 411
Uncertain	18.8% 75	19.7% 221	21.1% 15	290	19.5% 311
Disagree	24.0% 96	43.2% 484	28.2% 20	671	37.7% 600
Strongly disagree	4.8% 19	12.6% 141	12.7% 9	201	10.6% 169
Missing	3	11	1	0	15
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1120	100.0% 71	1425	1591