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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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NOTTENSE (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. - There is no great tension between church and world, between the commandments of Christ and the laws of my society.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	30	1%	1%
Agree	202	6.7%	7.7%
Uncertain	306	10.2%	17.9%
Disagree	1693	56.3%	74.2%
Strongly disagree	777	25.8%	100%
Missing	78	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.2% 16	1.0% 8	0.9% 5	0.4% 1	2.0% 1	1.0% 31
Agree	6.2% 83	8.0% 65	6.5% 36	6.0% 15	6.0% 3	6.7% 202
Uncertain	11.0% 148	12.4% 101	6.2% 34	8.5% 21	6.0% 3	10.2% 307
Disagree	58.2% 785	54.2% 440	56.3% 310	54.0% 134	48.0% 24	56.2% 1693
Strongly disagree	23.5% 317	24.4% 198	30.1% 166	31.0% 77	38.0% 19	25.8% 777
Missing	46	15	8	8	1	78
TOTAL	100.0% 1349	100.0% 812	100.0% 551	100.0% 248	100.0% 50	3010

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.1% 15	1.0% 16	0	1.0% 31
Agree	6.8% 95	6.5% 103	4	6.6% 198
Uncertain	10.5% 147	9.8% 156	3	10.1% 303
Disagree	53.5% 751	58.8% 934	8	56.3% 1685
Strongly disagree	28.2% 396	23.9% 379	2	25.9% 775
Missing	27	49	0	76
TOTAL	100.0% 1404	100.0% 1588	17	2992

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.4% 8	0.4% 3	0.2% 1	1.3% 9	1.9% 10	0	1.0% 31
Agree	4.9% 27	3.8% 26	5.8% 30	8.2% 59	10.6% 55	4	6.6% 197
Uncertain	11.4% 63	6.7% 46	11.2% 58	7.4% 53	16.5% 86	1	10.2% 306
Disagree	53.3% 294	61.8% 422	51.7% 269	60.2% 431	52.0% 271	6	56.4% 1687
Strongly disagree	29.0% 160	27.2% 186	31.2% 162	22.9% 164	19.0% 99	6	25.8% 771
Missing	0	2	2	28	43	0	75
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 683	100.0% 520	100.0% 716	100.0% 521	17	2992

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.9% 8	1.0% 23	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	1.0% 31
Agree	6.2% 26	6.3% 152	13.5% 18	10.2% 5	1	6.7% 201
Uncertain	13.7% 57	9.1% 220	13.5% 18	18.4% 9	1	10.1% 304
Disagree	52.8% 220	57.5% 1384	51.9% 69	38.8% 19	2	56.3% 1692
Strongly disagree	25.4% 106	26.1% 627	21.1% 28	32.7% 16	1	25.9% 777
Missing	7	58	10	4	0	79
TOTAL	100.0% 417	100.0% 2406	100.0% 133	100.0% 49	5	3005

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.8% 12	0.5% 4	1.4% 8	0.6% 2	0.8% 5	0	1.0% 31
Agree	9.7% 64	7.9% 65	4.9% 27	4.5% 14	4.9% 32	1	6.7% 202
Uncertain	19.1% 126	9.8% 81	8.5% 47	5.2% 16	5.7% 37	0	10.2% 307
Disagree	52.3% 346	60.2% 497	54.7% 304	63.9% 198	52.3% 339	10	56.1% 1684
Strongly disagree	17.1% 113	21.7% 179	30.6% 170	25.8% 80	36.3% 235	1	25.9% 777
Missing	47	20	6	1	2	0	76
TOTAL	100.0% 661	100.0% 826	100.0% 556	100.0% 310	100.0% 648	12	3001

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.2% 25	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	2	0.9% 28
Agree	6.4% 131	7.0% 65	7.1% 1	6	6.6% 197
Uncertain	10.5% 214	9.4% 87	7.1% 1	4	10.1% 302
Disagree	56.0% 1142	57.5% 530	35.7% 5	16	56.3% 1677
Strongly disagree	25.9% 529	25.7% 237	50.0% 7	4	26.0% 773
Missing	52	25	0	0	77
TOTAL	100.0% 2041	100.0% 922	100.0% 14	32	2977

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.9% 10	1.0% 13	1.7% 2	0.4% 1	4	0.9% 26
Agree	6.0% 68	7.0% 95	5.8% 7	5.8% 13	19	6.5% 183
Uncertain	7.4% 84	11.5% 155	7.5% 9	9.9% 22	36	9.5% 270
Disagree	60.9% 692	54.7% 737	50.0% 60	53.8% 120	84	56.9% 1609
Strongly disagree	24.9% 283	25.8% 348	35.0% 42	30.0% 67	38	26.2% 740
Missing	18	33	2	5	0	58
TOTAL	100.0% 1137	100.0% 1348	100.0% 120	100.0% 223	181	2828

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.0% 6	1.1% 8	0.6% 3	1.0% 4	0.9% 5	5	0.9% 26
Agree	9.5% 56	5.8% 42	3.8% 20	6.3% 25	6.7% 36	23	6.5% 179
Uncertain	10.7% 63	9.2% 66	8.5% 45	9.1% 36	9.1% 49	48	9.4% 259
Disagree	53.9% 317	55.6% 400	60.5% 319	59.2% 235	56.0% 302	120	56.8% 1573
Strongly disagree	24.8% 146	28.2% 203	26.6% 140	24.4% 97	27.3% 147	45	26.5% 733
Missing	38	10	3	3	5	0	59
TOTAL	100.0% 588	100.0% 719	100.0% 527	100.0% 397	100.0% 539	241	2770

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.8% 3	1.6% 18	0.0% 0	10	1.3% 21
Agree	6.5% 26	6.5% 72	2.9% 2	102	6.3% 100
Uncertain	9.3% 37	9.2% 103	5.7% 4	163	9.1% 144
Disagree	52.9% 211	57.0% 636	58.6% 41	805	56.0% 888
Strongly disagree	30.6% 122	25.7% 287	32.9% 23	345	27.3% 432
Missing	4	16	2	0	22
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1116	100.0% 70	1425	1585