Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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CHBUDGET (Weighted by WTFACTOR) Which is closest to your pattern of giving money to church budget and offerings?   1) I give a planned amount (per week, month, or year).   2) I give irregular amounts, fairly often.   3) I give irregular amounts, occasionally during the year.   4) I seldom or never give.

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
I give a planned amount (per week, month, or year).	2036	67.2%	67.2%
I give irregular amounts, fairly often.	574	18.9%	86.1%
I give irregular amounts, occasionally during the year.	334	11%	97.1%
I seldom or never give.	87	2.9%	100%
Missing	56	%	%

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
I give a planned amount (per week, month, or year).	66.9% 912	63.1% 515	70.1% 387	73.5% 183	80.0% 40	67.2% 2037
I give irregular amounts, fairly often.	19.4% 265	20.1% 164	17.6% 97	16.9% 42	12.0% 6	18.9% 574
I give irregular amounts, occasionally during the year.	10.3% 140	14.0% 114	10.7% 59	7.2% 18	6.0% 3	11.0% 334
I seldom or never give.	3.4% 47	2.8% 23	1.6% 9	2.4% 6	2.0% 1	2.8% 86
Missing	30	12	8	6	1	57
TOTAL	100.0% 1364	100.0% 816	100.0% 552	100.0% 249	100.0% 50	3031

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
I give a planned amount (per week, month, or year).	68.7% 966	65.9% 1057	13	67.2% 2023
I give irregular amounts, fairly often.	18.0% 253	19.7% 316	4	18.9% 569
I give irregular amounts, occasionally during the year.	10.3% 145	11.7% 187	2	11.0% 332
I seldom or never give.	3.1% 43	2.7% 43	0	2.9% 86
Missing	24	32	0	56
TOTAL	100.0% 1407	100.0% 1603	19	3010

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
I give a planned amount (per week, month, or year).	43.8% 241	64.9% 441	72.6% 377	76.5% 557	76.2% 407	13	67.2% 2023
I give irregular amounts, fairly often.	21.3% 117	20.4% 139	14.3% 74	18.3% 133	19.9% 106	4	18.9% 569
I give irregular amounts, occasionally during the year.	24.2% 133	12.6% 86	11.4% 59	4.7% 34	3.7% 20	2	11.0% 332
I seldom or never give.	10.7% 59	2.1% 14	1.7% 9	0.5% 4	0.2% 1	0	2.9% 87
Missing	2	6	2	16	30	0	56
TOTAL	100.0% 550	100.0% 680	100.0% 519	100.0% 728	100.0% 534	19	3011

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
I give a planned amount (per week, month, or year).	38.0% 159	72.1% 1743	74.6% 103	52.8% 28	2	67.2% 2033
I give irregular amounts, fairly often.	23.0% 96	18.1% 437	21.0% 29	20.8% 11	0	18.9% 573
I give irregular amounts, occasionally during the year.	26.8% 112	8.6% 207	3.6% 5	18.9% 10	1	11.0% 334
I seldom or never give.	12.2% 51	1.2% 30	0.7% 1	7.5% 4	1	2.8% 86
Missing	7	46	3	0	0	56
TOTAL	100.0% 418	100.0% 2417	100.0% 138	100.0% 53	4	3026

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
I give a planned amount (per week, month, or year).	64.9% 439	61.8% 514	63.5% 353	71.9% 223	77.8% 501	5	67.3% 2030
I give irregular amounts, fairly often.	22.2% 150	22.6% 188	18.7% 104	14.8% 46	12.6% 81	4	18.9% 569
I give irregular amounts, occasionally during the year.	10.1% 68	12.7% 106	13.8% 77	9.4% 29	8.2% 53	2	11.0% 333
I seldom or never give.	2.8% 19	2.9% 24	4.0% 22	3.9% 12	1.4% 9	1	2.8% 86
Missing	31	14	6	1	4	0	56
TOTAL	100.0% 676	100.0% 832	100.0% 556	100.0% 310	100.0% 644	12	3018

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
I give a planned amount (per week, month, or year).	66.9% 1374	67.6% 629	53.8% 7	26	67.0% 2010
I give irregular amounts, fairly often.	20.0% 411	16.5% 154	38.5% 5	3	19.0% 570
I give irregular amounts, occasionally during the year.	10.2% 210	13.2% 123	0.0% 0	2	11.1% 333
I seldom or never give.	2.9% 59	2.7% 25	7.7% 1	1	2.8% 85
Missing	40	15	0	0	55
TOTAL	100.0% 2054	100.0% 931	100.0% 13	32	2998

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
I give a planned amount (per week, month, or year).	71.3% 806	65.2% 890	63.3% 76	64.6% 146	117	67.5% 1918
I give irregular amounts, fairly often.	16.8% 190	19.1% 261	20.8% 25	20.8% 47	51	18.4% 523
I give irregular amounts, occasionally during the year.	9.5% 107	12.6% 172	14.2% 17	10.6% 24	16	11.3% 320
I seldom or never give.	2.4% 27	3.1% 43	1.7% 2	4.0% 9	6	2.9% 81
Missing	25	14	2	2	0	43
TOTAL	100.0% 1130	100.0% 1366	100.0% 120	100.0% 226	190	2842

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
I give a planned amount (per week, month, or year).	63.0% 382	69.4% 498	71.2% 374	69.1% 273	72.3% 389	120	68.9% 1916
I give irregular amounts, fairly often.	22.3% 135	19.1% 137	18.5% 97	14.7% 58	15.4% 83	64	18.3% 510
I give irregular amounts, occasionally during the year.	12.7% 77	9.5% 68	8.0% 42	11.4% 45	10.4% 56	47	10.4% 288
I seldom or never give.	2.0% 12	2.1% 15	2.3% 12	4.8% 19	1.9% 10	19	2.4% 68
Missing	20	10	6	4	4	0	44
TOTAL	100.0% 606	100.0% 718	100.0% 525	100.0% 395	100.0% 538	250	2782

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
I give a planned amount (per week, month, or year).	69.2% 274	69.4% 772	62.5% 45	945	69.1% 1091
I give irregular amounts, fairly often.	17.2% 68	19.3% 215	25.0% 18	273	19.1% 301
I give irregular amounts, occasionally during the year.	10.4% 41	8.7% 97	11.1% 8	189	9.2% 146
I seldom or never give.	3.3% 13	2.5% 28	1.4% 1	45	2.7% 42
Missing	6	19	1	0	26
TOTAL	100.0% 396	100.0% 1112	100.0% 72	1452	1580