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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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CHRISTGO (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. - There is an inner contradiction between following Christ and the exercise of leadership in government.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	107	3.6%	3.6%
Agree	797	26.7%	30.3%
Uncertain	923	30.9%	61.2%
Disagree	903	30.2%	91.4%
Strongly disagree	257	8.6%	100%
Missing	100	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.3% 72	2.1% 17	1.8% 10	2.9% 7	2.0% 1	3.6% 107
Agree	32.5% 438	25.6% 205	18.8% 102	18.4% 45	12.0% 6	26.7% 796
Uncertain	30.7% 413	33.2% 266	28.1% 153	32.0% 78	26.0% 13	30.9% 923
Disagree	25.6% 344	30.2% 242	38.6% 210	34.8% 85	42.0% 21	30.2% 902
Strongly disagree	5.9% 79	9.0% 72	12.7% 69	11.9% 29	18.0% 9	8.6% 258
Missing	49	24	15	10	1	99
TOTAL	100.0% 1346	100.0% 802	100.0% 544	100.0% 244	100.0% 50	2986

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.4% 62	2.9% 46	0	3.6% 108
Agree	30.3% 425	23.4% 368	3	26.7% 793
Uncertain	25.3% 355	35.7% 561	6	30.8% 916
Disagree	30.0% 420	30.6% 480	3	30.3% 900
Strongly disagree	9.9% 139	7.4% 116	3	8.6% 255
Missing	30	65	0	95
TOTAL	100.0% 1401	100.0% 1571	15	2972

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.0% 11	2.1% 14	4.3% 22	4.4% 31	5.5% 28	2	3.6% 106
Agree	21.1% 116	24.7% 168	22.1% 114	33.5% 238	30.7% 157	3	26.7% 793
Uncertain	41.0% 225	30.5% 208	29.2% 151	24.5% 174	30.7% 157	7	30.8% 915
Disagree	27.1% 149	34.1% 232	35.8% 185	29.1% 207	24.7% 126	4	30.3% 899
Strongly disagree	8.7% 48	8.7% 59	8.7% 45	8.6% 61	8.4% 43	1	8.6% 256
Missing	3	4	4	33	53	0	97
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 681	100.0% 517	100.0% 711	100.0% 511	17	2969

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.7% 7	3.9% 94	4.6% 6	0.0% 0	0	3.6% 107
Agree	22.2% 92	27.4% 656	30.0% 39	18.0% 9	1	26.7% 796
Uncertain	41.1% 170	28.9% 692	36.9% 48	26.0% 13	1	30.9% 923
Disagree	24.9% 103	31.3% 748	22.3% 29	46.0% 23	0	30.2% 903
Strongly disagree	10.1% 42	8.4% 202	6.2% 8	10.0% 5	0	8.6% 257
Missing	11	71	12	4	0	98
TOTAL	100.0% 414	100.0% 2392	100.0% 130	100.0% 50	2	2986

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.6% 36	3.5% 29	2.2% 12	1.9% 6	3.7% 24	0	3.6% 107
Agree	30.9% 200	26.3% 216	22.6% 125	21.9% 68	28.6% 185	3	26.7% 794
Uncertain	32.7% 212	35.0% 287	29.5% 163	32.2% 100	24.1% 156	6	30.8% 918
Disagree	23.8% 154	26.7% 219	37.0% 204	34.7% 108	33.4% 216	2	30.3% 901
Strongly disagree	7.1% 46	8.4% 69	8.7% 48	9.3% 29	10.2% 66	0	8.7% 258
Missing	59	26	10	1	2	0	98
TOTAL	100.0% 648	100.0% 820	100.0% 552	100.0% 311	100.0% 647	11	2978

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.9% 80	3.0% 27	0.0% 0	0	3.6% 107
Agree	27.9% 567	23.6% 215	38.5% 5	10	26.6% 787
Uncertain	29.7% 603	33.4% 305	30.8% 4	11	30.9% 912
Disagree	29.6% 601	31.6% 288	30.8% 4	10	30.2% 893
Strongly disagree	8.9% 180	8.4% 77	0.0% 0	0	8.7% 257
Missing	62	35	0	0	97
TOTAL	100.0% 2031	100.0% 912	100.0% 13	31	2956

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.7% 42	3.3% 44	2.5% 3	3.6% 8	10	3.5% 97
Agree	32.9% 372	23.6% 315	18.3% 22	21.3% 47	41	26.9% 756
Uncertain	28.8% 326	31.7% 424	32.5% 39	27.1% 60	73	30.2% 849
Disagree	27.1% 306	32.1% 429	36.7% 44	37.6% 83	42	30.7% 862
Strongly disagree	7.4% 84	9.3% 125	10.0% 12	10.4% 23	13	8.7% 244
Missing	24	44	2	8	0	78
TOTAL	100.0% 1130	100.0% 1337	100.0% 120	100.0% 221	179	2808

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.3% 19	3.2% 23	2.9% 15	3.3% 13	3.9% 21	15	3.3% 91
Agree	31.8% 184	26.3% 188	26.0% 136	26.8% 106	25.3% 136	47	27.3% 750
Uncertain	30.6% 177	33.1% 237	30.7% 161	26.3% 104	25.9% 139	104	29.7% 818
Disagree	25.9% 150	28.3% 202	32.8% 172	33.9% 134	35.4% 190	55	30.8% 848
Strongly disagree	8.5% 49	9.1% 65	7.6% 40	9.6% 38	9.5% 51	13	8.8% 243
Missing	46	12	5	4	6	0	73
TOTAL	100.0% 579	100.0% 715	100.0% 524	100.0% 395	100.0% 537	234	2750

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.8% 11	3.5% 39	2.9% 2	55	3.3% 52
Agree	29.4% 117	25.8% 287	29.0% 20	373	26.8% 424
Uncertain	29.4% 117	26.9% 299	34.8% 24	483	27.8% 440
Disagree	30.4% 121	33.5% 373	24.6% 17	392	32.3% 511
Strongly disagree	8.0% 32	10.3% 115	8.7% 6	104	9.7% 153
Missing	4	19	2	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 398	100.0% 1113	100.0% 69	1407	1580