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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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NODOCTRN (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. - One's own religion should be more a matter of personal choice than directed by churchly doctrines and standards of behavior.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	156	5.2%	5.2%
Agree	877	29.1%	34.3%
Uncertain	424	14.1%	48.4%
Disagree	1205	39.9%	88.3%
Strongly disagree	355	11.8%	100.1%
Missing	71	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.7% 77	5.2% 42	4.6% 25	3.6% 9	5.9% 3	5.2% 156
Agree	30.8% 418	31.6% 256	22.2% 122	27.3% 68	23.5% 12	29.0% 876
Uncertain	15.6% 212	13.1% 106	13.8% 76	10.0% 25	9.8% 5	14.1% 424
Disagree	37.6% 510	39.3% 318	43.2% 237	47.8% 119	41.2% 21	40.0% 1205
Strongly disagree	10.3% 140	10.9% 88	16.2% 89	11.2% 28	19.6% 10	11.8% 355
Missing	38	17	9	6	1	71
TOTAL	100.0% 1357	100.0% 810	100.0% 549	100.0% 249	100.0% 51	3016

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.5% 63	5.7% 91	2	5.1% 154
Agree	28.6% 401	29.3% 468	8	29.0% 869
Uncertain	14.7% 207	13.5% 215	2	14.1% 422
Disagree	40.9% 574	39.3% 627	4	40.0% 1201
Strongly disagree	11.3% 159	12.3% 196	0	11.8% 355
Missing	27	40	0	67
TOTAL	100.0% 1404	100.0% 1597	16	3001

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.8% 32	3.7% 25	4.2% 22	4.5% 32	8.2% 43	2	5.1% 154
Agree	33.9% 187	29.7% 203	25.1% 130	25.9% 186	30.8% 162	9	29.0% 868
Uncertain	23.7% 131	13.0% 89	11.6% 60	10.0% 72	13.7% 72	1	14.1% 424
Disagree	30.4% 168	42.8% 292	45.6% 236	45.0% 323	34.4% 181	5	40.0% 1200
Strongly disagree	6.2% 34	10.8% 74	13.5% 70	14.6% 105	12.9% 68	3	11.7% 351
Missing	0	2	3	26	39	0	70
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 683	100.0% 518	100.0% 718	100.0% 526	20	2997

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.2% 26	4.6% 110	8.1% 11	14.3% 7	1	5.1% 154
Agree	36.0% 150	27.8% 671	26.7% 36	36.7% 18	1	29.1% 875
Uncertain	22.5% 94	12.8% 308	12.6% 17	10.2% 5	0	14.1% 424
Disagree	30.5% 127	41.9% 1009	37.0% 50	34.7% 17	2	40.0% 1203
Strongly disagree	4.8% 20	12.9% 312	15.6% 21	4.1% 2	0	11.8% 355
Missing	7	53	7	4	0	71
TOTAL	100.0% 417	100.0% 2410	100.0% 135	100.0% 49	4	3011

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.5% 43	5.6% 46	5.2% 29	2.6% 8	4.5% 29	1	5.2% 155
Agree	32.3% 215	30.4% 251	29.8% 166	26.9% 83	25.2% 163	0	29.2% 878
Uncertain	14.4% 96	16.0% 132	11.5% 64	17.2% 53	11.9% 77	2	14.0% 422
Disagree	33.7% 224	37.4% 309	44.2% 246	43.0% 133	44.0% 285	7	39.8% 1197
Strongly disagree	13.1% 87	10.7% 88	9.3% 52	10.4% 32	14.4% 93	2	11.7% 352
Missing	43	19	5	1	2	0	70
TOTAL	100.0% 665	100.0% 826	100.0% 557	100.0% 309	100.0% 647	12	3004

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.7% 116	3.9% 36	6.7% 1	3	5.1% 153
Agree	29.6% 606	28.0% 258	13.3% 2	11	29.0% 866
Uncertain	14.1% 288	13.9% 128	26.7% 4	4	14.1% 420
Disagree	39.2% 804	41.5% 382	46.7% 7	12	40.0% 1193
Strongly disagree	11.5% 235	12.7% 117	6.7% 1	2	11.8% 353
Missing	45	24	0	0	69
TOTAL	100.0% 2049	100.0% 921	100.0% 15	32	2985

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.5% 40	6.1% 82	5.0% 6	6.3% 14	13	5.0% 142
Agree	27.4% 310	27.9% 378	30.0% 36	35.7% 80	73	28.4% 804
Uncertain	15.7% 178	13.3% 180	10.8% 13	13.8% 31	23	14.2% 402
Disagree	42.2% 477	40.7% 551	40.0% 48	30.8% 69	59	40.5% 1145
Strongly disagree	11.1% 126	12.1% 164	14.2% 17	13.4% 30	18	11.9% 337
Missing	24	25	2	5	0	56
TOTAL	100.0% 1131	100.0% 1355	100.0% 120	100.0% 224	186	2830

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.7% 34	4.6% 33	4.7% 25	4.0% 16	3.7% 20	28	4.6% 128
Agree	28.4% 168	31.6% 227	25.2% 133	23.7% 94	30.2% 162	93	28.3% 784
Uncertain	14.9% 88	13.6% 98	13.8% 73	14.4% 57	11.6% 62	45	13.6% 378
Disagree	36.0% 213	37.7% 271	44.5% 235	45.6% 181	44.8% 240	64	41.1% 1140
Strongly disagree	15.0% 89	12.4% 89	11.7% 62	12.3% 49	9.7% 52	14	12.3% 341
Missing	35	10	1	4	5	0	55
TOTAL	100.0% 592	100.0% 718	100.0% 528	100.0% 397	100.0% 536	244	2771

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.8% 23	4.5% 50	4.3% 3	79	4.8% 76
Agree	29.8% 119	28.4% 317	30.4% 21	419	28.8% 457
Uncertain	14.5% 58	13.2% 148	14.5% 10	209	13.6% 216
Disagree	41.9% 167	41.1% 459	46.4% 32	548	41.5% 658
Strongly disagree	8.0% 32	12.8% 143	4.3% 3	176	11.2% 178
Missing	4	14	2	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1117	100.0% 69	1431	1585