Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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CHRSLIFE (Weighted by WTFACTOR) How often do you feel discouraged in your efforts to live a Christian life?   1) Never   2) Seldom   3) Sometimes   4) Often   5) Very often

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Never	198	6.4%	6.4%
Seldom	752	24.5%	30.9%
Sometimes	1663	54.1%	85%
Often	415	13.5%	98.5%
Very often	46	1.5%	100%
Missing	13	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church Sex Age Marital status Education Place of residence Nationality Household income Political party

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Never	6.4% 89	6.5% 53	5.0% 28	9.0% 23	7.8% 4	6.4% 197
Seldom	26.7% 371	22.0% 180	21.8% 122	25.9% 66	27.5% 14	24.5% 753
Sometimes	54.8% 761	53.0% 434	55.5% 310	52.2% 133	49.0% 25	54.1% 1663
Often	10.9% 152	16.6% 136	15.9% 89	11.8% 30	13.7% 7	13.5% 414
Very often	1.2% 16	2.0% 16	1.8% 10	1.2% 3	2.0% 1	1.5% 46
Missing	5	8	0	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 1389	100.0% 819	100.0% 559	100.0% 255	100.0% 51	3073

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Never	6.1% 87	6.6% 107	4	6.4% 194
Seldom	28.7% 410	20.8% 338	4	24.5% 748
Sometimes	50.5% 721	57.3% 932	10	54.1% 1653
Often	13.4% 192	13.6% 222	1	13.6% 414
Very often	1.3% 18	1.7% 28	0	1.5% 46
Missing	3	9	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 1428	100.0% 1627	19	3055

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Never	2.6% 14	4.4% 30	3.1% 16	7.0% 52	15.6% 87	1	6.5% 199
Seldom	20.8% 114	19.1% 131	24.8% 129	27.6% 205	29.6% 165	9	24.3% 744
Sometimes	52.4% 287	58.4% 401	58.8% 306	54.8% 408	45.3% 253	9	54.1% 1655
Often	21.7% 119	17.0% 117	12.3% 64	9.1% 68	8.2% 46	1	13.5% 414
Very often	2.6% 14	1.2% 8	1.0% 5	1.5% 11	1.3% 7	1	1.5% 45
Missing	4	0	1	0	7	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 548	100.0% 687	100.0% 520	100.0% 744	100.0% 558	21	3057

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Never	1.9% 8	6.7% 165	13.4% 19	11.1% 6	1	6.4% 198
Seldom	21.0% 89	24.8% 608	30.3% 43	24.1% 13	0	24.5% 753
Sometimes	50.4% 213	55.2% 1353	50.0% 71	44.4% 24	2	54.1% 1661
Often	23.9% 101	12.0% 295	6.3% 9	16.7% 9	1	13.5% 414
Very often	2.8% 12	1.3% 32	0.0% 0	3.7% 2	0	1.5% 46
Missing	1	11	1	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 2453	100.0% 142	100.0% 54	4	3072

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Never	12.4% 87	5.5% 46	4.1% 23	3.2% 10	4.8% 31	2	6.4% 197
Seldom	24.6% 173	24.8% 209	21.7% 121	22.5% 70	26.8% 174	5	24.4% 747
Sometimes	50.6% 355	52.9% 445	57.1% 318	56.6% 176	56.1% 364	4	54.2% 1658
Often	11.0% 77	15.4% 130	14.9% 83	15.4% 48	11.6% 75	2	13.5% 413
Very often	1.4% 10	1.4% 12	2.2% 12	2.3% 7	0.8% 5	0	1.5% 46
Missing	6	3	4	0	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 702	100.0% 842	100.0% 557	100.0% 311	100.0% 649	13	3061

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Never	7.4% 155	4.1% 39	7.7% 1	3	6.4% 195
Seldom	25.7% 535	22.3% 210	15.4% 2	5	24.6% 747
Sometimes	53.2% 1108	55.8% 526	69.2% 9	20	54.1% 1643
Often	12.6% 263	15.5% 146	7.7% 1	4	13.5% 410
Very often	1.1% 22	2.3% 22	0.0% 0	2	1.4% 44
Missing	9	4	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 2083	100.0% 943	100.0% 13	34	3039

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Never	5.8% 67	6.1% 83	1.6% 2	10.5% 24	21	6.1% 176
Seldom	26.8% 309	24.4% 334	15.6% 19	21.1% 48	43	24.7% 710
Sometimes	55.1% 636	53.5% 734	59.0% 72	49.6% 113	108	54.1% 1555
Often	11.4% 132	14.2% 194	23.0% 28	17.1% 39	22	13.7% 393
Very often	0.9% 10	1.9% 26	0.8% 1	1.8% 4	5	1.4% 41
Missing	0	9	0	1	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 1154	100.0% 1371	100.0% 122	100.0% 228	199	2875

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Never	12.7% 79	5.2% 38	4.2% 22	4.5% 18	3.7% 20	21	6.3% 177
Seldom	25.2% 156	26.2% 190	25.3% 134	21.7% 87	24.6% 133	51	24.9% 700
Sometimes	48.5% 301	53.2% 385	57.1% 302	57.1% 229	57.5% 311	136	54.3% 1528
Often	11.8% 73	14.5% 105	11.7% 62	15.0% 60	13.1% 71	44	13.2% 371
Very often	1.8% 11	0.8% 6	1.7% 9	1.7% 7	1.1% 6	6	1.4% 39
Missing	5	3	2	0	1	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 620	100.0% 724	100.0% 529	100.0% 401	100.0% 541	258	2815

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Never	4.3% 17	7.3% 82	2.8% 2	97	6.3% 101
Seldom	21.8% 87	25.8% 290	22.5% 16	358	24.6% 393
Sometimes	59.3% 237	53.1% 597	62.0% 44	786	55.0% 878
Often	13.8% 55	12.5% 141	12.7% 9	209	12.9% 205
Very often	1.0% 4	1.2% 14	0.0% 0	27	1.1% 18
Missing	3	6	0	0	9
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1124	100.0% 71	1477	1595