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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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WORLDEND (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. - The fact that the world has not come to an end as predicted in the New Testament probably means that it never really will.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	21	.7%	.7%
Agree	40	1.3%	2%
Uncertain	146	4.8%	6.8%
Disagree	1283	42.4%	49.2%
Strongly disagree	1537	50.8%	100%
Missing	60	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.4% 6	0.7% 6	1.5% 8	0.4% 1	2.0% 1	0.7% 22
Agree	1.8% 24	1.6% 13	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 40
Uncertain	4.8% 66	6.9% 56	2.2% 12	4.8% 12	2.0% 1	4.9% 147
Disagree	43.8% 597	46.8% 380	36.8% 203	34.5% 87	31.4% 16	42.4% 1283
Strongly disagree	49.2% 670	44.0% 357	59.2% 326	59.9% 151	64.7% 33	50.7% 1537
Missing	31	15	9	4	1	60
TOTAL	100.0% 1363	100.0% 812	100.0% 551	100.0% 252	100.0% 51	3029

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.6% 8	0.8% 13	0	0.7% 21
Agree	1.2% 17	1.3% 21	2	1.3% 38
Uncertain	5.8% 82	3.9% 63	1	4.8% 145
Disagree	40.4% 567	44.1% 708	8	42.4% 1275
Strongly disagree	52.0% 729	49.9% 802	6	50.9% 1531
Missing	28	29	0	57
TOTAL	100.0% 1403	100.0% 1607	17	3010

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.4% 2	1.0% 7	1.9% 10	0	0.7% 20
Agree	1.8% 10	0.7% 5	0.2% 1	0.7% 5	3.0% 16	2	1.2% 37
Uncertain	6.9% 38	3.8% 26	4.4% 23	3.7% 27	5.7% 30	1	4.8% 144
Disagree	34.5% 190	43.9% 300	39.3% 204	46.1% 333	46.7% 247	9	42.4% 1274
Strongly disagree	56.7% 312	51.5% 352	55.7% 289	48.5% 350	42.7% 226	8	50.9% 1529
Missing	1	1	2	22	34	0	60
TOTAL	100.0% 550	100.0% 684	100.0% 519	100.0% 722	100.0% 529	20	3004

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.0% 4	0.6% 15	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.7% 21
Agree	1.9% 8	1.2% 30	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0	1.3% 40
Uncertain	8.1% 34	4.1% 100	3.6% 5	14.0% 7	0	4.8% 146
Disagree	36.5% 153	42.8% 1034	56.1% 78	32.0% 16	2	42.4% 1281
Strongly disagree	52.5% 220	51.2% 1237	37.4% 52	54.0% 27	1	50.8% 1536
Missing	5	47	4	4	0	60
TOTAL	100.0% 419	100.0% 2416	100.0% 139	100.0% 50	3	3024

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.0% 7	0.4% 3	1.1% 6	0.3% 1	0.6% 4	0	0.7% 21
Agree	2.1% 14	0.8% 7	1.1% 6	1.6% 5	1.1% 7	0	1.3% 39
Uncertain	6.3% 42	4.0% 33	4.8% 27	3.2% 10	5.4% 35	0	4.9% 147
Disagree	42.0% 282	46.4% 384	41.9% 234	40.5% 126	38.3% 248	9	42.3% 1274
Strongly disagree	48.7% 327	48.4% 400	51.1% 285	54.3% 169	54.6% 353	4	50.9% 1534
Missing	36	18	4	0	2	0	60
TOTAL	100.0% 672	100.0% 827	100.0% 558	100.0% 311	100.0% 647	13	3015

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.7% 14	0.8% 7	0.0% 0	0	0.7% 21
Agree	1.3% 27	1.0% 9	0.0% 0	4	1.2% 36
Uncertain	4.5% 93	5.5% 51	0.0% 0	1	4.8% 144
Disagree	42.7% 879	41.6% 384	53.8% 7	13	42.4% 1270
Strongly disagree	50.8% 1045	51.1% 472	46.2% 6	14	50.9% 1523
Missing	35	24	0	0	59
TOTAL	100.0% 2058	100.0% 923	100.0% 13	32	2994

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.4% 4	0.9% 12	0.8% 1	0.9% 2	1	0.7% 19
Agree	0.8% 9	1.6% 22	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9	1.1% 31
Uncertain	4.0% 46	4.1% 56	3.3% 4	9.9% 22	18	4.5% 128
Disagree	42.7% 487	42.4% 573	39.2% 47	43.9% 98	77	42.5% 1205
Strongly disagree	52.1% 595	51.0% 690	56.7% 68	45.3% 101	84	51.3% 1454
Missing	14	27	2	6	0	49
TOTAL	100.0% 1141	100.0% 1353	100.0% 120	100.0% 223	189	2837

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.0% 6	1.0% 7	0.2% 1	0.5% 2	0.4% 2	4	0.6% 18
Agree	2.4% 14	0.6% 4	0.9% 5	1.0% 4	0.9% 5	7	1.2% 32
Uncertain	3.0% 18	3.8% 27	4.7% 25	6.0% 24	5.2% 28	24	4.4% 122
Disagree	42.1% 250	41.4% 297	43.0% 228	47.2% 188	42.5% 229	92	42.9% 1192
Strongly disagree	51.5% 306	53.3% 383	51.1% 271	45.2% 180	51.0% 275	123	50.9% 1415
Missing	31	10	1	3	5	0	50
TOTAL	100.0% 594	100.0% 718	100.0% 530	100.0% 398	100.0% 539	250	2779

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	0.7% 8	0.0% 0	13	0.5% 8
Agree	2.8% 11	1.0% 11	0.0% 0	18	1.4% 22
Uncertain	8.0% 32	3.1% 35	4.3% 3	75	4.4% 70
Disagree	45.6% 182	39.5% 442	55.7% 39	619	41.8% 663
Strongly disagree	43.6% 174	55.7% 623	40.0% 28	713	52.0% 825
Missing	4	12	1	0	17
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1119	100.0% 70	1438	1588