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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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CRITMESS (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. - We should become more critical of the myriad of secular messages intruding upon our consciousness every day.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	587	19.6%	19.6%
Agree	1747	58.5%	78.1%
Uncertain	508	17%	95.1%
Disagree	112	3.7%	98.8%
Strongly disagree	34	1.1%	99.9%
Missing	98	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	17.3% 232	19.2% 154	25.0% 137	20.3% 50	26.5% 13	19.6% 586
Agree	55.9% 749	61.3% 492	60.7% 333	58.5% 144	59.2% 29	58.5% 1747
Uncertain	21.6% 289	15.4% 124	9.7% 53	14.6% 36	12.2% 6	17.0% 508
Disagree	4.1% 55	3.4% 27	3.1% 17	4.9% 12	2.0% 1	3.8% 112
Strongly disagree	1.0% 14	0.7% 6	1.6% 9	1.6% 4	0.0% 0	1.1% 33
Missing	55	24	11	7	1	98
TOTAL	100.0% 1339	100.0% 803	100.0% 549	100.0% 246	100.0% 49	2986

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.7% 274	19.7% 311	2	19.7% 585
Agree	57.3% 798	59.4% 938	10	58.4% 1736
Uncertain	17.2% 240	16.7% 264	5	17.0% 504
Disagree	4.5% 63	3.1% 49	0	3.8% 112
Strongly disagree	1.3% 18	1.0% 16	0	1.1% 34
Missing	37	58	0	95
TOTAL	100.0% 1393	100.0% 1578	17	2971

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.3% 117	22.6% 154	23.7% 123	17.3% 124	12.8% 65	5	19.6% 583
Agree	50.5% 277	56.2% 383	58.1% 301	63.3% 453	63.6% 322	10	58.5% 1736
Uncertain	23.1% 127	17.5% 119	14.7% 76	12.4% 89	18.8% 95	2	17.0% 506
Disagree	4.4% 24	3.2% 22	2.3% 12	5.3% 38	3.2% 16	0	3.8% 112
Strongly disagree	0.7% 4	0.4% 3	1.2% 6	1.7% 12	1.6% 8	0	1.1% 33
Missing	3	4	4	27	58	0	96
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 681	100.0% 518	100.0% 716	100.0% 506	17	2970

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.9% 82	19.7% 472	19.8% 26	16.0% 8	1	19.7% 588
Agree	51.6% 213	60.0% 1435	61.8% 81	32.0% 16	2	58.4% 1745
Uncertain	23.5% 97	15.5% 370	16.0% 21	40.0% 20	1	17.0% 508
Disagree	4.6% 19	3.6% 87	0.8% 1	10.0% 5	0	3.7% 112
Strongly disagree	0.5% 2	1.2% 29	1.5% 2	2.0% 1	0	1.1% 34
Missing	12	70	11	4	0	97
TOTAL	100.0% 413	100.0% 2393	100.0% 131	100.0% 50	4	2987

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.5% 68	13.7% 112	24.0% 133	25.7% 80	29.9% 193	1	19.7% 586
Agree	54.9% 356	58.3% 476	59.5% 330	63.7% 198	58.3% 376	10	58.4% 1736
Uncertain	27.3% 177	22.3% 182	12.8% 71	8.7% 27	7.8% 50	2	17.0% 507
Disagree	5.7% 37	4.7% 38	2.5% 14	1.6% 5	2.8% 18	0	3.8% 112
Strongly disagree	1.5% 10	1.0% 8	1.3% 7	0.3% 1	1.2% 8	0	1.1% 34
Missing	60	28	7	0	3	0	98
TOTAL	100.0% 648	100.0% 816	100.0% 555	100.0% 311	100.0% 645	13	2975

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	18.2% 369	22.3% 204	35.7% 5	9	19.5% 578
Agree	58.4% 1186	58.8% 538	42.9% 6	17	58.5% 1730
Uncertain	17.7% 359	15.8% 145	14.3% 2	2	17.1% 506
Disagree	4.3% 88	2.4% 22	7.1% 1	2	3.8% 111
Strongly disagree	1.4% 28	0.7% 6	0.0% 0	0	1.1% 34
Missing	64	30	0	0	94
TOTAL	100.0% 2030	100.0% 915	100.0% 14	30	2959

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.3% 229	19.8% 264	17.8% 21	22.2% 49	23	20.1% 563
Agree	60.9% 687	58.6% 783	63.6% 75	54.3% 120	81	59.4% 1665
Uncertain	14.9% 168	16.6% 222	15.3% 18	17.2% 38	62	15.9% 446
Disagree	3.2% 36	3.9% 52	1.7% 2	4.1% 9	12	3.5% 99
Strongly disagree	0.8% 9	1.1% 15	1.7% 2	2.3% 5	3	1.1% 31
Missing	25	44	2	7	0	78
TOTAL	100.0% 1129	100.0% 1336	100.0% 118	100.0% 221	181	2804

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.4% 95	23.2% 166	20.9% 110	20.2% 80	21.1% 113	23	20.5% 564
Agree	60.3% 349	52.3% 374	59.9% 315	60.4% 239	63.0% 337	133	58.7% 1614
Uncertain	16.8% 97	19.0% 136	15.2% 80	14.6% 58	12.9% 69	68	16.0% 440
Disagree	4.3% 25	4.1% 29	3.4% 18	3.5% 14	2.4% 13	14	3.6% 99
Strongly disagree	2.2% 13	1.4% 10	0.6% 3	1.3% 5	0.6% 3	0	1.2% 34
Missing	47	13	3	4	8	0	75
TOTAL	100.0% 579	100.0% 715	100.0% 526	100.0% 396	100.0% 535	238	2751

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	23.6% 94	18.3% 203	27.1% 19	271	20.0% 316
Agree	56.8% 226	59.8% 663	50.0% 35	823	58.6% 924
Uncertain	13.8% 55	16.6% 184	20.0% 14	255	16.0% 253
Disagree	4.0% 16	4.1% 45	1.4% 1	50	3.9% 62
Strongly disagree	1.8% 7	1.3% 14	1.4% 1	12	1.4% 22
Missing	4	22	2	0	28
TOTAL	100.0% 398	100.0% 1109	100.0% 70	1411	1577