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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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ENVIRON (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. - Modern technological achievements have had destructive consequences for the natural environment in which we live.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	428	14.3%	14.3%
Agree	1686	56.3%	70.6%
Uncertain	579	19.3%	89.9%
Disagree	267	8.9%	98.8%
Strongly disagree	36	1.2%	100%
Missing	90	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.8% 199	15.4% 124	13.3% 73	10.5% 26	10.2% 5	14.3% 427
Agree	55.6% 749	57.3% 462	56.5% 309	56.0% 139	55.1% 27	56.3% 1686
Uncertain	21.5% 289	16.5% 133	17.6% 96	21.0% 52	18.4% 9	19.3% 579
Disagree	7.1% 96	9.6% 77	11.2% 61	10.9% 27	14.3% 7	8.9% 268
Strongly disagree	1.0% 13	1.2% 10	1.5% 8	1.6% 4	2.0% 1	1.2% 36
Missing	49	21	12	7	1	90
TOTAL	100.0% 1346	100.0% 806	100.0% 547	100.0% 248	100.0% 49	2996

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	15.6% 219	13.2% 208	1	14.3% 427
Agree	54.6% 766	57.8% 912	7	56.3% 1678
Uncertain	17.9% 251	20.5% 324	5	19.3% 575
Disagree	10.6% 149	7.3% 115	3	8.9% 264
Strongly disagree	1.2% 17	1.3% 20	0	1.2% 37
Missing	29	57	0	86
TOTAL	100.0% 1402	100.0% 1579	16	2981

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	17.8% 98	15.1% 103	13.9% 72	14.8% 106	9.2% 47	2	14.3% 426
Agree	49.8% 274	59.5% 407	56.6% 294	58.1% 416	55.6% 285	11	56.2% 1676
Uncertain	20.5% 113	15.4% 105	17.9% 93	17.5% 125	27.7% 142	2	19.4% 578
Disagree	11.1% 61	8.8% 60	10.4% 54	8.1% 58	6.2% 32	2	8.9% 265
Strongly disagree	0.7% 4	1.3% 9	1.2% 6	1.5% 11	1.4% 7	0	1.2% 37
Missing	1	1	3	28	53	0	86
TOTAL	100.0% 550	100.0% 684	100.0% 519	100.0% 716	100.0% 513	17	2982

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	17.1% 71	14.3% 344	7.0% 9	8.0% 4	0	14.3% 428
Agree	49.8% 207	57.2% 1373	57.0% 73	64.0% 32	1	56.3% 1685
Uncertain	21.4% 89	18.6% 446	28.1% 36	16.0% 8	1	19.3% 579
Disagree	11.1% 46	8.6% 206	7.0% 9	10.0% 5	1	8.9% 266
Strongly disagree	0.7% 3	1.3% 31	0.8% 1	2.0% 1	0	1.2% 36
Missing	8	63	14	4	0	89
TOTAL	100.0% 416	100.0% 2400	100.0% 128	100.0% 50	3	2994

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.8% 57	9.0% 74	16.4% 91	18.1% 56	23.0% 149	0	14.3% 427
Agree	51.6% 335	56.7% 467	57.1% 317	60.8% 188	57.7% 373	6	56.3% 1680
Uncertain	30.0% 195	23.5% 193	15.7% 87	10.4% 32	10.2% 66	6	19.2% 573
Disagree	7.6% 49	9.6% 79	9.2% 51	10.0% 31	8.8% 57	1	9.0% 267
Strongly disagree	2.0% 13	1.2% 10	1.6% 9	0.6% 2	0.3% 2	0	1.2% 36
Missing	59	21	6	1	3	0	90
TOTAL	100.0% 649	100.0% 823	100.0% 555	100.0% 309	100.0% 647	13	2983

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.2% 268	16.5% 151	35.7% 5	5	14.3% 424
Agree	55.4% 1127	58.0% 532	35.7% 5	21	56.1% 1664
Uncertain	20.9% 425	16.1% 148	14.3% 2	4	19.4% 575
Disagree	9.5% 193	7.9% 72	0.0% 0	2	8.9% 265
Strongly disagree	1.0% 21	1.5% 14	14.3% 2	0	1.2% 37
Missing	59	29	0	0	88
TOTAL	100.0% 2034	100.0% 917	100.0% 14	32	2965

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	15.6% 177	14.1% 188	11.8% 14	14.9% 33	16	14.7% 412
Agree	58.5% 665	56.6% 755	51.3% 61	55.4% 123	81	57.1% 1604
Uncertain	19.0% 216	18.2% 243	17.6% 21	17.1% 38	61	18.4% 518
Disagree	6.3% 71	9.4% 125	18.5% 22	11.7% 26	23	8.7% 244
Strongly disagree	0.6% 7	1.7% 23	0.8% 1	0.9% 2	2	1.2% 33
Missing	18	46	2	6	0	72
TOTAL	100.0% 1136	100.0% 1334	100.0% 119	100.0% 222	183	2811

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.8% 63	14.9% 107	19.5% 103	13.1% 52	15.1% 81	22	14.7% 406
Agree	57.9% 337	55.1% 395	54.2% 286	59.8% 237	58.7% 315	115	56.9% 1570
Uncertain	22.7% 132	20.5% 147	16.7% 88	16.4% 65	14.5% 78	69	18.5% 510
Disagree	7.6% 44	8.1% 58	8.3% 44	9.3% 37	10.6% 57	27	8.7% 240
Strongly disagree	1.0% 6	1.4% 10	1.3% 7	1.3% 5	1.1% 6	1	1.2% 34
Missing	45	10	2	3	5	0	65
TOTAL	100.0% 582	100.0% 717	100.0% 528	100.0% 396	100.0% 537	234	2760

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	26.4% 105	10.0% 112	17.4% 12	199	14.5% 229
Agree	53.4% 212	56.4% 631	52.2% 36	806	55.5% 879
Uncertain	12.8% 51	21.1% 236	26.1% 18	274	19.3% 305
Disagree	6.0% 24	11.3% 126	4.3% 3	114	9.7% 153
Strongly disagree	1.3% 5	1.2% 13	0.0% 0	18	1.1% 18
Missing	5	13	2	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 397	100.0% 1118	100.0% 69	1411	1584