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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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MORALOGI (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. - Religious belief and moral conviction are plausible and justifiable only if they stand up to the rigors of logic and reason.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	41	1.4%	1.4%
Agree	269	9%	10.4%
Uncertain	484	16.3%	26.7%
Disagree	1403	47.1%	73.8%
Strongly disagree	779	26.2%	100%
Missing	111	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.7% 9	2.8% 22	1.5% 8	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	1.4% 41
Agree	8.5% 113	12.8% 102	6.0% 33	7.3% 18	6.0% 3	9.0% 269
Uncertain	18.1% 242	16.5% 132	10.8% 59	18.4% 45	14.0% 7	16.3% 485
Disagree	48.5% 648	45.1% 360	48.3% 264	44.9% 110	42.0% 21	47.1% 1403
Strongly disagree	24.2% 323	22.9% 183	33.5% 183	28.6% 70	38.0% 19	26.1% 778
Missing	58	28	13	11	1	111
TOTAL	100.0% 1335	100.0% 799	100.0% 547	100.0% 245	100.0% 50	2976

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.6% 22	1.3% 20	0	1.4% 42
Agree	11.8% 164	6.6% 103	2	9.0% 267
Uncertain	14.5% 202	17.5% 275	7	16.1% 477
Disagree	45.7% 635	48.6% 762	5	47.2% 1397
Strongly disagree	26.5% 368	26.1% 409	1	26.3% 777
Missing	40	67	0	107
TOTAL	100.0% 1391	100.0% 1569	15	2960

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.1% 6	0.7% 5	1.0% 5	1.1% 8	3.4% 17	0	1.4% 41
Agree	7.7% 42	7.2% 49	5.4% 28	10.0% 71	15.4% 78	2	9.1% 268
Uncertain	24.4% 133	12.6% 86	12.4% 64	13.6% 97	19.6% 99	5	16.2% 479
Disagree	40.7% 222	52.5% 357	49.3% 255	48.4% 344	43.7% 221	4	47.3% 1399
Strongly disagree	26.1% 142	26.9% 183	31.9% 165	26.9% 191	18.0% 91	7	26.1% 772
Missing	6	5	4	33	59	0	107
TOTAL	100.0% 545	100.0% 680	100.0% 517	100.0% 711	100.0% 506	18	2959

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.4% 10	1.1% 27	3.1% 4	0.0% 0	1	1.4% 41
Agree	8.5% 35	8.9% 211	13.3% 17	10.2% 5	1	9.0% 268
Uncertain	25.8% 106	14.2% 338	22.7% 29	20.4% 10	0	16.3% 483
Disagree	39.7% 163	48.6% 1159	43.0% 55	49.0% 24	2	47.1% 1401
Strongly disagree	23.6% 97	27.2% 649	18.0% 23	20.4% 10	0	26.2% 779
Missing	14	79	14	4	0	111
TOTAL	100.0% 411	100.0% 2384	100.0% 128	100.0% 49	4	2972

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.6% 10	1.5% 12	1.1% 6	1.0% 3	1.4% 9	1	1.4% 40
Agree	14.2% 91	7.9% 64	7.2% 40	4.2% 13	9.3% 60	1	9.0% 268
Uncertain	30.4% 195	17.8% 145	10.7% 59	10.1% 31	8.2% 53	0	16.3% 483
Disagree	36.2% 232	48.0% 391	52.4% 290	57.8% 178	46.9% 303	9	47.1% 1394
Strongly disagree	17.6% 113	24.8% 202	28.6% 158	26.9% 83	34.2% 221	1	26.2% 777
Missing	66	30	9	1	3	0	109
TOTAL	100.0% 641	100.0% 814	100.0% 553	100.0% 308	100.0% 646	12	2962

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.1% 23	2.0% 18	0.0% 0	0	1.4% 41
Agree	9.1% 184	8.3% 76	0.0% 0	9	8.8% 260
Uncertain	16.7% 336	15.4% 141	7.7% 1	6	16.2% 478
Disagree	46.6% 940	48.0% 439	76.9% 10	13	47.2% 1389
Strongly disagree	26.5% 534	26.3% 240	15.4% 2	3	26.4% 776
Missing	76	32	0	0	108
TOTAL	100.0% 2017	100.0% 914	100.0% 13	31	2944

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.1% 12	1.7% 22	0.8% 1	1.4% 3	3	1.4% 38
Agree	8.6% 97	9.5% 126	5.9% 7	8.6% 19	22	8.9% 249
Uncertain	14.9% 168	16.4% 218	12.6% 15	14.5% 32	51	15.5% 433
Disagree	48.8% 549	46.2% 616	48.7% 58	47.3% 104	75	47.4% 1327
Strongly disagree	26.6% 300	26.3% 350	31.9% 38	28.2% 62	28	26.8% 750
Missing	30	49	2	8	0	89
TOTAL	100.0% 1126	100.0% 1332	100.0% 119	100.0% 220	179	2797

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.1% 12	1.8% 13	1.0% 5	1.3% 5	0.6% 3	3	1.4% 38
Agree	12.5% 72	7.7% 55	8.2% 43	7.4% 29	9.1% 49	22	9.0% 248
Uncertain	17.0% 98	14.9% 106	13.0% 68	18.3% 72	10.8% 58	81	14.7% 402
Disagree	45.7% 263	47.8% 340	51.0% 268	46.7% 184	51.3% 275	72	48.5% 1330
Strongly disagree	22.6% 130	27.8% 198	26.9% 141	26.4% 104	28.2% 151	54	26.4% 724
Missing	50	15	4	6	7	0	82
TOTAL	100.0% 575	100.0% 712	100.0% 525	100.0% 394	100.0% 536	232	2742

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.5% 6	0.7% 8	1.4% 1	26	1.0% 15
Agree	10.8% 43	9.3% 103	2.9% 2	121	9.4% 148
Uncertain	11.6% 46	14.5% 160	20.3% 14	264	14.0% 220
Disagree	50.6% 201	47.0% 520	50.7% 35	647	48.1% 756
Strongly disagree	25.4% 101	28.5% 315	24.6% 17	346	27.5% 433
Missing	6	25	2	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 397	100.0% 1106	100.0% 69	1404	1572