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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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SCIENTST (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. - When engaged in scientific endeavor, a scientist who is also a Christian must nevertheless suspend personal beliefs in the supernatural.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	57	1.9%	1.9%
Agree	327	11%	12.9%
Uncertain	640	21.5%	34.4%
Disagree	1329	44.7%	79.1%
Strongly disagree	622	20.9%	100%
Missing	112	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.9% 25	2.1% 17	2.0% 11	1.2% 3	2.0% 1	1.9% 57
Agree	10.3% 138	14.4% 115	7.9% 43	10.5% 26	10.0% 5	11.0% 327
Uncertain	23.2% 311	22.6% 180	15.0% 82	24.3% 60	16.0% 8	21.5% 641
Disagree	45.1% 603	43.5% 347	46.4% 253	42.5% 105	42.0% 21	44.6% 1329
Strongly disagree	19.5% 261	17.3% 138	28.6% 156	21.5% 53	30.0% 15	20.9% 623
Missing	57	30	15	9	1	112
TOTAL	100.0% 1338	100.0% 797	100.0% 545	100.0% 247	100.0% 50	2977

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.4% 20	2.4% 37	0	1.9% 57
Agree	11.2% 156	10.6% 167	4	10.9% 323
Uncertain	17.1% 237	25.3% 398	6	21.4% 635
Disagree	45.3% 629	44.3% 696	4	44.7% 1325
Strongly disagree	25.0% 348	17.4% 274	1	21.0% 622
Missing	41	66	0	107
TOTAL	100.0% 1390	100.0% 1572	15	2962

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.6% 9	1.2% 8	1.5% 8	2.4% 17	2.8% 14	0	1.9% 56
Agree	12.6% 69	8.1% 55	6.7% 35	10.9% 77	17.9% 90	2	11.0% 326
Uncertain	27.2% 149	20.7% 141	17.9% 93	16.4% 116	27.1% 136	5	21.5% 635
Disagree	39.6% 217	46.8% 318	48.0% 250	48.8% 345	38.2% 192	7	44.7% 1322
Strongly disagree	19.0% 104	23.2% 158	25.9% 135	21.5% 152	13.9% 70	4	20.9% 619
Missing	3	6	2	36	63	0	110
TOTAL	100.0% 548	100.0% 680	100.0% 521	100.0% 707	100.0% 502	18	2958

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.2% 5	2.0% 47	2.3% 3	4.1% 2	0	1.9% 57
Agree	11.4% 47	10.2% 244	15.6% 20	30.6% 15	1	11.0% 326
Uncertain	27.8% 115	19.9% 475	29.7% 38	22.4% 11	1	21.5% 639
Disagree	39.4% 163	46.1% 1098	39.1% 50	34.7% 17	1	44.7% 1328
Strongly disagree	20.3% 84	21.7% 517	13.3% 17	8.2% 4	0	20.9% 622
Missing	9	82	15	4	0	110
TOTAL	100.0% 414	100.0% 2381	100.0% 128	100.0% 49	3	2972

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.0% 19	1.2% 10	2.2% 12	1.0% 3	2.0% 13	0	1.9% 57
Agree	19.7% 126	12.7% 104	8.1% 45	6.8% 21	4.6% 30	0	11.0% 326
Uncertain	29.2% 186	27.6% 226	20.4% 113	15.2% 47	10.1% 65	4	21.5% 637
Disagree	36.2% 231	43.8% 358	46.8% 259	52.4% 162	48.5% 313	7	44.6% 1323
Strongly disagree	11.9% 76	14.7% 120	22.6% 125	24.6% 76	34.8% 225	0	21.0% 622
Missing	70	26	9	2	3	0	110
TOTAL	100.0% 638	100.0% 818	100.0% 554	100.0% 309	100.0% 646	11	2965

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.7% 35	2.4% 22	0.0% 0	0	1.9% 57
Agree	10.9% 220	10.6% 97	15.4% 2	8	10.8% 319
Uncertain	22.6% 457	19.1% 174	7.7% 1	8	21.5% 632
Disagree	43.3% 876	47.6% 434	53.8% 7	12	44.7% 1317
Strongly disagree	21.5% 434	20.2% 184	23.1% 3	2	21.1% 621
Missing	72	35	0	0	107
TOTAL	100.0% 2022	100.0% 911	100.0% 13	30	2946

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.8% 20	1.7% 23	4.2% 5	1.8% 4	5	1.9% 52
Agree	8.8% 100	11.7% 156	7.5% 9	11.4% 25	36	10.4% 290
Uncertain	19.9% 225	21.7% 289	15.8% 19	21.5% 47	61	20.7% 580
Disagree	48.4% 547	43.3% 575	49.2% 59	43.4% 95	54	45.6% 1276
Strongly disagree	21.1% 239	21.5% 286	23.3% 28	21.9% 48	22	21.5% 601
Missing	23	52	2	11	0	88
TOTAL	100.0% 1131	100.0% 1329	100.0% 120	100.0% 219	178	2799

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.3% 13	2.5% 18	1.3% 7	0.8% 3	1.9% 10	5	1.9% 51
Agree	16.5% 95	10.4% 74	10.4% 55	7.8% 31	7.3% 39	34	10.7% 294
Uncertain	22.8% 131	21.6% 154	17.2% 91	22.0% 87	18.2% 97	81	20.4% 560
Disagree	44.0% 253	41.7% 297	47.3% 250	47.5% 188	49.2% 262	79	45.5% 1250
Strongly disagree	14.4% 83	23.8% 170	23.7% 125	22.0% 87	23.5% 125	32	21.5% 590
Missing	50	16	2	4	10	0	82
TOTAL	100.0% 575	100.0% 713	100.0% 528	100.0% 396	100.0% 533	231	2745

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.8% 7	1.4% 16	4.3% 3	31	1.6% 26
Agree	8.0% 32	11.4% 126	7.1% 5	163	10.3% 163
Uncertain	21.1% 84	20.6% 228	24.3% 17	312	20.9% 329
Disagree	45.9% 183	44.1% 488	42.9% 30	628	44.5% 701
Strongly disagree	23.3% 93	22.5% 249	21.4% 15	266	22.7% 357
Missing	4	25	2	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1107	100.0% 70	1400	1576