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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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JUSTDOIT (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 phrase, "if it feels good, do it," is a good principle of life for the Christian today.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	19	.6%	.6%
Agree	84	2.8%	3.4%
Uncertain	143	4.7%	8.1%
Disagree	1269	42%	50.1%
Strongly disagree	1510	49.9%	100%
Missing	62	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.7% 9	0.7% 6	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 18
Agree	3.4% 46	3.9% 32	0.9% 5	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	2.8% 85
Uncertain	5.4% 74	5.9% 48	1.6% 9	4.4% 11	2.0% 1	4.7% 143
Disagree	43.6% 593	45.4% 369	35.6% 196	38.0% 95	30.0% 15	41.9% 1268
Strongly disagree	47.0% 639	44.0% 357	61.5% 338	56.4% 141	68.0% 34	49.9% 1509
Missing	33	15	9	4	1	62
TOTAL	100.0% 1361	100.0% 812	100.0% 550	100.0% 250	100.0% 50	3023

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.6% 9	0.6% 10	0	0.6% 19
Agree	2.9% 41	2.7% 44	0	2.8% 85
Uncertain	4.9% 68	4.5% 72	3	4.7% 140
Disagree	42.2% 591	41.8% 672	6	42.0% 1263
Strongly disagree	49.4% 693	50.3% 809	8	49.9% 1502
Missing	29	31	0	60
TOTAL	100.0% 1402	100.0% 1607	17	3009

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	0.2% 1	0.6% 4	1.7% 9	0	0.6% 18
Agree	6.1% 34	1.3% 9	1.9% 10	1.4% 10	4.1% 22	0	2.8% 85
Uncertain	7.4% 41	3.7% 25	3.3% 17	3.2% 23	7.0% 37	1	4.8% 143
Disagree	37.4% 207	41.9% 286	42.6% 222	43.1% 311	44.4% 236	8	41.9% 1262
Strongly disagree	49.0% 271	52.5% 358	52.0% 271	51.8% 374	42.7% 227	9	49.9% 1501
Missing	0	3	2	22	34	0	61
TOTAL	100.0% 553	100.0% 682	100.0% 521	100.0% 722	100.0% 531	18	3009

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.5% 2	0.5% 13	1.4% 2	4.0% 2	0	0.6% 19
Agree	5.5% 23	2.2% 53	6.5% 9	0.0% 0	0	2.8% 85
Uncertain	7.1% 30	4.3% 103	5.0% 7	6.0% 3	0	4.7% 143
Disagree	42.1% 177	41.9% 1011	42.4% 59	40.0% 20	2	41.9% 1267
Strongly disagree	44.8% 188	51.1% 1235	44.6% 62	50.0% 25	1	49.9% 1510
Missing	5	49	4	4	0	62
TOTAL	100.0% 420	100.0% 2415	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	1.3% 9	0.5% 4	0.5% 3	0.3% 1	0.3% 2	0	0.6% 19
Agree	4.8% 32	3.1% 26	2.3% 13	1.6% 5	1.4% 9	0	2.8% 85
Uncertain	7.6% 51	4.7% 39	4.5% 25	1.6% 5	3.4% 22	2	4.7% 142
Disagree	45.1% 303	44.1% 364	39.1% 218	42.8% 133	38.3% 248	3	42.0% 1266
Strongly disagree	41.2% 277	47.6% 393	53.5% 298	53.7% 167	56.6% 367	8	49.8% 1502
Missing	35	19	6	0	2	0	62
TOTAL	100.0% 672	100.0% 826	100.0% 557	100.0% 311	100.0% 648	13	3014

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.8% 16	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0	0.6% 19
Agree	2.7% 56	2.6% 24	0.0% 0	5	2.7% 80
Uncertain	5.0% 103	4.2% 39	0.0% 0	1	4.7% 142
Disagree	42.1% 865	41.6% 384	50.0% 7	13	42.0% 1256
Strongly disagree	49.4% 1017	51.2% 472	50.0% 7	14	50.0% 1496
Missing	37	24	0	0	61
TOTAL	100.0% 2057	100.0% 922	100.0% 14	33	2993

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.3% 3	0.8% 11	0.0% 0	1.3% 3	1	0.6% 17
Agree	1.9% 21	3.2% 43	2.5% 3	3.1% 7	10	2.6% 74
Uncertain	3.4% 39	5.3% 72	0.8% 1	8.0% 18	14	4.6% 130
Disagree	41.5% 470	41.9% 569	40.0% 48	40.9% 92	90	41.6% 1179
Strongly disagree	53.0% 600	48.8% 662	56.7% 68	46.7% 105	75	50.6% 1435
Missing	21	23	2	4	0	50
TOTAL	100.0% 1133	100.0% 1357	100.0% 120	100.0% 225	190	2835

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.7% 4	0.7% 5	0.8% 4	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	4	0.5% 15
Agree	3.4% 20	2.2% 16	2.6% 14	2.5% 10	2.2% 12	12	2.6% 72
Uncertain	4.4% 26	2.9% 21	4.5% 24	6.0% 24	3.9% 21	27	4.2% 116
Disagree	42.4% 252	42.5% 305	42.8% 227	40.6% 161	41.8% 225	99	42.1% 1170
Strongly disagree	49.2% 292	51.7% 371	49.2% 261	50.4% 200	52.0% 280	106	50.6% 1404
Missing	33	9	1	4	5	0	52
TOTAL	100.0% 594	100.0% 718	100.0% 530	100.0% 397	100.0% 538	248	2777

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.3% 1	0.7% 8	0.0% 0	9	0.6% 9
Agree	2.8% 11	2.9% 32	4.3% 3	39	2.9% 46
Uncertain	4.3% 17	4.2% 47	2.9% 2	78	4.2% 66
Disagree	46.9% 187	40.5% 453	37.1% 26	603	41.9% 666
Strongly disagree	45.9% 183	51.7% 579	55.7% 39	709	50.4% 801
Missing	4	13	2	0	19
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1119	100.0% 70	1438	1588