Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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GIVING3 (Weighted by WTFACTOR) Following are some things that influence people to give money to church and charitable causes. Circle the numbers in front of the three items that influence you most in your decisions about giving.   3) A sense of gratitude for God's love and goodness   4) Habit or custom over a period of time   5) The church's or the pastor's urging to give   6) To obtain tax benefits   7) Other (please specify):

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
A sense of gratitude for God's love and goodness	1608	61.6%	61.6%
Habit or custom over a period of time	601	23%	84.6%
The church's or the pastor's urging to give	123	4.7%	89.3%
To obtain tax benefits	212	8.1%	97.4%
Other (please specify):	67	2.6%	100%
Missing	476	%	%

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
A sense of gratitude for God's love and goodness	63.7% 747	59.2% 420	58.6% 275	62.8% 135	67.4% 31	61.6% 1608
Habit or custom over a period of time	21.4% 251	23.1% 164	26.4% 124	24.7% 53	19.6% 9	23.0% 601
The church's or the pastor's urging to give	5.2% 61	4.2% 30	3.8% 18	6.0% 13	2.2% 1	4.7% 123
To obtain tax benefits	7.3% 85	10.8% 77	8.5% 40	3.7% 8	6.5% 3	8.2% 213
Other (please specify):	2.4% 28	2.7% 19	2.6% 12	2.8% 6	4.3% 2	2.6% 67
Missing	221	118	91	40	5	475
TOTAL	100.0% 1172	100.0% 710	100.0% 469	100.0% 215	100.0% 46	2612

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
A sense of gratitude for God's love and goodness	60.4% 719	62.5% 884	5	61.6% 1603
Habit or custom over a period of time	23.1% 275	22.9% 324	2	23.0% 599
The church's or the pastor's urging to give	5.5% 66	4.0% 57	1	4.7% 123
To obtain tax benefits	8.9% 106	7.5% 106	0	8.1% 212
Other (please specify):	2.0% 24	3.0% 43	0	2.6% 67
Missing	241	223	0	464
TOTAL	100.0% 1190	100.0% 1414	8	2604

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
A sense of gratitude for God's love and goodness	51.3% 253	60.5% 382	57.9% 274	66.1% 395	72.4% 291	13	61.4% 1595
Habit or custom over a period of time	25.8% 127	24.9% 157	25.4% 120	20.4% 122	18.4% 74	2	23.1% 600
The church's or the pastor's urging to give	8.9% 44	4.3% 27	3.4% 16	3.2% 19	4.2% 17	0	4.7% 123
To obtain tax benefits	9.7% 48	8.7% 55	9.5% 45	8.5% 51	3.2% 13	0	8.2% 212
Other (please specify):	4.3% 21	1.6% 10	3.8% 18	1.8% 11	1.7% 7	0	2.6% 67
Missing	58	55	49	146	163	0	471
TOTAL	100.0% 493	100.0% 631	100.0% 473	100.0% 598	100.0% 402	15	2597

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
A sense of gratitude for God's love and goodness	53.3% 188	62.0% 1306	77.8% 84	67.4% 29	1	61.6% 1607
Habit or custom over a period of time	27.5% 97	22.8% 480	16.7% 18	16.3% 7	0	23.1% 602
The church's or the pastor's urging to give	7.9% 28	4.4% 93	0.9% 1	2.3% 1	0	4.7% 123
To obtain tax benefits	8.2% 29	8.3% 175	0.9% 1	14.0% 6	0	8.1% 211
Other (please specify):	3.1% 11	2.5% 52	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	0	2.6% 67
Missing	71	357	35	11	0	474
TOTAL	100.0% 353	100.0% 2106	100.0% 108	100.0% 43	1	2610

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
A sense of gratitude for God's love and goodness	68.0% 327	61.1% 433	62.5% 325	61.1% 182	56.5% 335	7	61.6% 1602
Habit or custom over a period of time	17.5% 84	24.4% 173	22.9% 119	22.5% 67	26.3% 156	2	23.0% 599
The church's or the pastor's urging to give	7.7% 37	4.9% 35	3.1% 16	5.4% 16	3.2% 19	0	4.7% 123
To obtain tax benefits	4.8% 23	8.0% 57	9.2% 48	7.0% 21	10.3% 61	2	8.1% 210
Other (please specify):	2.1% 10	1.6% 11	2.3% 12	4.0% 12	3.7% 22	0	2.6% 67
Missing	226	135	43	13	56	0	473
TOTAL	100.0% 481	100.0% 709	100.0% 520	100.0% 298	100.0% 593	11	2601

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
A sense of gratitude for God's love and goodness	63.2% 1132	58.3% 456	66.7% 8	12	61.7% 1596
Habit or custom over a period of time	23.4% 420	21.6% 169	16.7% 2	9	22.9% 591
The church's or the pastor's urging to give	4.7% 84	4.9% 38	0.0% 0	1	4.7% 122
To obtain tax benefits	6.3% 113	12.3% 96	0.0% 0	3	8.1% 209
Other (please specify):	2.4% 43	2.9% 23	16.7% 2	0	2.6% 68
Missing	301	165	2	0	468
TOTAL	100.0% 1792	100.0% 782	100.0% 12	25	2586

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
A sense of gratitude for God's love and goodness	63.6% 641	59.3% 680	59.8% 61	64.9% 131	95	61.6% 1513
Habit or custom over a period of time	22.2% 224	24.0% 275	25.5% 26	21.3% 43	33	23.1% 568
The church's or the pastor's urging to give	4.4% 44	4.5% 52	6.9% 7	5.4% 11	10	4.6% 114
To obtain tax benefits	7.1% 72	9.8% 112	5.9% 6	5.0% 10	12	8.1% 200
Other (please specify):	2.7% 27	2.4% 27	2.0% 2	3.5% 7	4	2.6% 63
Missing	147	234	20	27	0	428
TOTAL	100.0% 1008	100.0% 1146	100.0% 102	100.0% 202	154	2458

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
A sense of gratitude for God's love and goodness	67.0% 327	65.6% 415	57.8% 267	54.8% 193	56.7% 276	131	61.0% 1478
Habit or custom over a period of time	21.1% 103	22.3% 141	26.6% 123	23.6% 83	22.6% 110	41	23.1% 560
The church's or the pastor's urging to give	5.1% 25	4.7% 30	5.0% 23	5.1% 18	4.5% 22	5	4.9% 118
To obtain tax benefits	3.3% 16	6.0% 38	9.1% 42	11.9% 42	12.9% 63	10	8.3% 201
Other (please specify):	3.5% 17	1.4% 9	1.5% 7	4.5% 16	3.3% 16	1	2.7% 65
Missing	138	94	67	48	56	0	403
TOTAL	100.0% 488	100.0% 633	100.0% 462	100.0% 352	100.0% 487	188	2422

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
A sense of gratitude for God's love and goodness	56.3% 202	63.6% 622	57.8% 37	746	61.5% 861
Habit or custom over a period of time	29.2% 105	21.9% 214	32.8% 21	261	24.3% 340
The church's or the pastor's urging to give	3.9% 14	4.8% 47	3.1% 2	60	4.5% 63
To obtain tax benefits	7.2% 26	7.4% 72	1.6% 1	114	7.1% 99
Other (please specify):	3.3% 12	2.4% 23	4.7% 3	29	2.7% 38
Missing	44	153	7	0	204
TOTAL	100.0% 359	100.0% 978	100.0% 64	1210	1401