Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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RELATGOD (Weighted by WTFACTOR) In general, how close do you describe your present relationship to God?   1) Quite unrelated   2) Rather distant   3) Between distant and close   4) Fairly close   5) Close   6) Very close

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Quite unrelated	5	.2%	.2%
Rather distant	90	2.9%	3.1%
Between distant and close	414	13.5%	16.6%
Fairly close	928	30.2%	46.8%
Close	1136	37%	83.8%
Very close	498	16.2%	100%
Missing	15	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church Sex Age Marital status Education Place of residence Nationality Household income Political party

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Quite unrelated	0.1% 2	0.2% 2	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 6
Rather distant	3.3% 46	3.3% 27	2.1% 12	2.4% 6	2.0% 1	3.0% 92
Between distant and close	12.5% 173	16.2% 133	12.9% 72	12.5% 32	7.8% 4	13.5% 414
Fairly close	31.3% 435	28.9% 237	29.7% 166	30.6% 78	23.5% 12	30.2% 928
Close	35.1% 488	37.0% 303	40.4% 226	37.3% 95	45.1% 23	36.9% 1135
Very close	17.6% 245	14.3% 117	14.7% 82	16.9% 43	21.6% 11	16.2% 498
Missing	6	8	1	0	0	15
TOTAL	100.0% 1389	100.0% 819	100.0% 559	100.0% 255	100.0% 51	3073

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Quite unrelated	0.2% 3	0.1% 2	0	0.2% 5
Rather distant	3.6% 52	2.3% 38	0	2.9% 90
Between distant and close	13.7% 195	13.5% 219	0	13.6% 414
Fairly close	32.3% 460	28.6% 465	4	30.3% 925
Close	36.3% 518	37.2% 604	13	36.8% 1122
Very close	13.9% 198	18.3% 297	3	16.2% 495
Missing	5	11	0	16
TOTAL	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1625	20	3051

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Quite unrelated	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	0.4% 2	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 6
Rather distant	6.4% 35	4.2% 29	1.7% 9	2.0% 15	0.5% 3	0	3.0% 91
Between distant and close	22.3% 122	19.5% 134	14.2% 74	7.7% 57	4.3% 24	3	13.5% 411
Fairly close	35.8% 196	32.8% 225	36.3% 189	25.4% 189	22.8% 127	2	30.3% 926
Close	28.5% 156	31.9% 219	34.0% 177	44.4% 330	43.5% 242	12	36.8% 1124
Very close	6.9% 38	11.4% 78	13.3% 69	20.3% 151	28.8% 160	2	16.2% 496
Missing	4	0	1	1	9	0	15
TOTAL	100.0% 548	100.0% 687	100.0% 520	100.0% 743	100.0% 556	19	3054

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Quite unrelated	0.2% 1	0.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 6
Rather distant	6.8% 29	2.3% 56	1.4% 2	5.7% 3	0	2.9% 90
Between distant and close	22.4% 95	12.6% 309	1.4% 2	11.3% 6	1	13.4% 412
Fairly close	31.6% 134	31.0% 759	15.6% 22	22.6% 12	1	30.2% 927
Close	32.8% 139	37.2% 911	44.0% 62	41.5% 22	2	37.0% 1134
Very close	6.1% 26	16.7% 409	37.6% 53	18.9% 10	1	16.2% 498
Missing	0	14	1	0	0	15
TOTAL	100.0% 424	100.0% 2449	100.0% 141	100.0% 53	5	3067

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Quite unrelated	0.3% 2	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0	0.2% 6
Rather distant	0.9% 6	4.2% 35	3.2% 18	5.8% 18	2.2% 14	0	3.0% 91
Between distant and close	11.1% 78	14.0% 118	15.1% 84	17.3% 54	12.5% 81	0	13.6% 415
Fairly close	25.4% 178	31.1% 262	34.6% 193	34.3% 107	28.6% 185	3	30.2% 925
Close	40.5% 284	36.2% 305	34.3% 191	29.8% 93	39.6% 256	7	36.9% 1129
Very close	21.9% 154	14.5% 122	12.6% 70	12.8% 40	16.8% 109	3	16.2% 495
Missing	6	3	5	0	1	0	15
TOTAL	100.0% 702	100.0% 843	100.0% 557	100.0% 312	100.0% 647	13	3061

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Quite unrelated	0.1% 3	0.1% 1	7.1% 1	0	0.2% 5
Rather distant	2.7% 57	3.3% 31	0.0% 0	2	2.9% 88
Between distant and close	12.9% 269	14.7% 138	14.3% 2	4	13.5% 409
Fairly close	29.9% 622	31.0% 292	35.7% 5	9	30.3% 919
Close	37.0% 770	36.9% 347	35.7% 5	14	37.0% 1122
Very close	17.3% 360	14.0% 132	7.1% 1	5	16.2% 493
Missing	11	4	0	0	15
TOTAL	100.0% 2081	100.0% 941	100.0% 14	34	3036

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Quite unrelated	0.1% 1	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	0	0.2% 5
Rather distant	2.9% 34	2.9% 40	2.5% 3	2.2% 5	7	2.9% 82
Between distant and close	12.2% 141	12.9% 177	20.7% 25	18.5% 42	30	13.4% 385
Fairly close	31.5% 363	30.4% 417	28.9% 35	24.7% 56	56	30.3% 871
Close	35.5% 410	39.5% 541	33.9% 41	32.6% 74	69	37.1% 1066
Very close	17.8% 205	14.2% 194	14.0% 17	21.1% 48	35	16.2% 464
Missing	0	9	0	2	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 1154	100.0% 1371	100.0% 121	100.0% 227	197	2873

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Quite unrelated	0.3% 2	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 6
Rather distant	2.1% 13	1.7% 12	4.2% 22	4.2% 17	3.7% 20	7	3.0% 84
Between distant and close	9.6% 60	14.5% 105	13.2% 70	16.2% 65	14.6% 79	35	13.5% 379
Fairly close	26.7% 166	29.8% 215	35.2% 186	30.9% 124	33.0% 179	60	30.9% 870
Close	39.1% 243	36.6% 264	35.7% 189	36.7% 147	34.9% 189	103	36.6% 1032
Very close	22.2% 138	17.3% 125	11.7% 62	11.2% 45	13.8% 75	53	15.8% 445
Missing	5	5	2	0	1	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 622	100.0% 722	100.0% 529	100.0% 401	100.0% 542	258	2816

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Quite unrelated	1.0% 4	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	1	0.3% 5
Rather distant	3.5% 14	2.0% 23	5.7% 4	49	2.6% 41
Between distant and close	15.8% 63	12.2% 137	14.3% 10	204	13.2% 210
Fairly close	34.1% 136	31.9% 358	28.6% 20	414	32.3% 514
Close	32.3% 129	36.9% 415	44.3% 31	560	36.1% 575
Very close	13.3% 53	16.9% 190	7.1% 5	249	15.6% 248
Missing	4	6	0	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1124	100.0% 70	1477	1593