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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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NEGEVANG (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. - Evangelism has so many negative connotations that we shouldn't even use the term.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	28	.9%	.9%
Agree	229	7.6%	8.5%
Uncertain	604	20.1%	28.6%
Disagree	1746	58%	86.6%
Strongly disagree	403	13.4%	100%
Missing	77	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.7% 9	1.5% 12	0.9% 5	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 27
Agree	8.3% 113	10.0% 81	4.6% 25	4.0% 10	2.0% 1	7.6% 230
Uncertain	20.3% 275	25.0% 202	14.2% 78	17.2% 43	14.0% 7	20.1% 605
Disagree	58.7% 796	51.2% 414	64.1% 351	62.0% 155	60.0% 30	58.0% 1746
Strongly disagree	12.0% 162	12.3% 99	16.2% 89	16.4% 41	24.0% 12	13.4% 403
Missing	39	20	12	5	1	77
TOTAL	100.0% 1355	100.0% 808	100.0% 548	100.0% 250	100.0% 50	3011

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.1% 15	0.8% 13	0	0.9% 28
Agree	6.9% 96	8.3% 133	1	7.6% 229
Uncertain	18.3% 256	21.6% 344	5	20.0% 600
Disagree	56.9% 797	59.0% 941	9	58.0% 1738
Strongly disagree	16.9% 237	10.3% 164	1	13.4% 401
Missing	31	42	0	73
TOTAL	100.0% 1401	100.0% 1595	16	2996

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.1% 6	1.2% 8	0.2% 1	0.6% 4	1.7% 9	0	0.9% 28
Agree	11.6% 64	9.8% 67	5.0% 26	4.9% 35	6.7% 35	3	7.6% 227
Uncertain	24.5% 135	19.0% 130	19.1% 99	14.8% 106	24.7% 129	6	20.0% 599
Disagree	51.5% 284	57.4% 393	60.8% 315	64.0% 459	54.9% 287	8	58.0% 1738
Strongly disagree	11.3% 62	12.7% 87	14.9% 77	15.8% 113	12.0% 63	2	13.4% 402
Missing	1	2	4	28	41	0	76
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 685	100.0% 518	100.0% 717	100.0% 523	19	2994

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.4% 6	0.8% 19	1.5% 2	2.0% 1	0	0.9% 28
Agree	10.1% 42	7.0% 168	9.7% 13	12.2% 6	0	7.6% 229
Uncertain	27.6% 115	18.3% 440	23.9% 32	32.7% 16	1	20.1% 603
Disagree	52.2% 217	59.7% 1437	53.0% 71	36.7% 18	3	58.0% 1743
Strongly disagree	8.7% 36	14.2% 342	11.9% 16	16.3% 8	0	13.4% 402
Missing	7	57	8	4	0	76
TOTAL	100.0% 416	100.0% 2406	100.0% 134	100.0% 49	4	3005

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.8% 5	0.9% 7	1.3% 7	1.0% 3	0.9% 6	0	0.9% 28
Agree	6.4% 42	7.2% 59	9.3% 52	6.8% 21	8.3% 54	1	7.6% 228
Uncertain	27.2% 180	21.3% 175	16.9% 94	16.1% 50	15.8% 102	3	20.0% 601
Disagree	54.2% 358	58.9% 484	59.4% 331	61.4% 191	58.0% 375	7	58.0% 1739
Strongly disagree	11.5% 76	11.8% 97	13.1% 73	14.8% 46	17.0% 110	1	13.4% 402
Missing	46	23	5	0	2	0	76
TOTAL	100.0% 661	100.0% 822	100.0% 557	100.0% 311	100.0% 647	12	2998

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.7% 15	1.3% 12	7.1% 1	0	0.9% 28
Agree	7.2% 148	8.5% 78	7.1% 1	2	7.6% 227
Uncertain	20.2% 413	19.8% 182	14.3% 2	8	20.0% 597
Disagree	58.5% 1198	56.9% 522	57.1% 8	19	58.0% 1728
Strongly disagree	13.4% 274	13.4% 123	14.3% 2	4	13.4% 399
Missing	45	30	0	0	75
TOTAL	100.0% 2048	100.0% 917	100.0% 14	33	2979

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.9% 10	1.0% 14	1.7% 2	0.4% 1	1	1.0% 27
Agree	6.7% 76	7.6% 102	7.6% 9	9.4% 21	22	7.4% 208
Uncertain	17.8% 203	20.4% 274	16.8% 20	24.7% 55	52	19.5% 552
Disagree	60.7% 691	57.5% 773	58.0% 69	54.7% 122	92	58.6% 1655
Strongly disagree	14.0% 159	13.5% 181	16.0% 19	10.8% 24	20	13.6% 383
Missing	15	38	3	6	0	62
TOTAL	100.0% 1139	100.0% 1344	100.0% 119	100.0% 223	187	2825

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.0% 6	0.7% 5	0.6% 3	0.8% 3	0.9% 5	5	0.8% 22
Agree	7.8% 46	6.0% 43	9.3% 49	7.6% 30	8.6% 46	15	7.7% 214
Uncertain	19.5% 115	19.8% 142	17.6% 93	19.2% 76	16.7% 89	89	18.6% 515
Disagree	57.5% 340	58.9% 423	56.8% 300	60.9% 241	62.2% 332	110	59.1% 1636
Strongly disagree	14.2% 84	14.6% 105	15.7% 83	11.6% 46	11.6% 62	22	13.7% 380
Missing	34	9	1	3	8	0	55
TOTAL	100.0% 591	100.0% 718	100.0% 528	100.0% 396	100.0% 534	241	2767

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.3% 5	0.6% 7	0.0% 0	16	0.8% 12
Agree	12.1% 48	5.8% 65	9.9% 7	110	7.6% 120
Uncertain	25.6% 102	15.7% 175	25.4% 18	308	18.6% 295
Disagree	51.3% 204	63.1% 706	53.5% 38	799	59.7% 948
Strongly disagree	9.8% 39	14.8% 165	11.3% 8	191	13.4% 212
Missing	4	14	1	0	19
TOTAL	100.0% 398	100.0% 1118	100.0% 71	1424	1587