Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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LOCALCON (Weighted by WTFACTOR) Of the money given in congregational offerings, there appears to be some shift in the direction of a larger proportion going to local congregations and a smaller proportion going to church agencies beyond the congregation. Do you tend to favor or disfavor such a trend?   1) Favor   2) Disfavor   3) Uncertain

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor	950	31.1%	31.1%
Disfavor	823	27%	58.1%
Uncertain	1277	41.9%	100%
Missing	36	%	%

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
Favor	28.1% 388	33.6% 276	31.2% 172	35.9% 89	49.0% 25	31.1% 950
Disfavor	26.2% 361	28.5% 234	29.6% 163	23.0% 57	15.7% 8	27.0% 823
Uncertain	45.7% 630	37.9% 311	39.2% 216	41.1% 102	35.3% 18	41.9% 1277
Missing	16	6	8	6	1	37
TOTAL	100.0% 1379	100.0% 821	100.0% 551	100.0% 248	100.0% 51	3050

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	33.0% 467	29.5% 476	8	31.1% 943
Disfavor	31.7% 449	23.0% 371	4	27.0% 820
Uncertain	35.4% 501	47.6% 769	8	41.9% 1270
Missing	15	20	0	35
TOTAL	100.0% 1417	100.0% 1616	20	3033

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	18.5% 101	35.0% 239	39.4% 204	31.1% 227	31.2% 172	8	31.1% 943
Disfavor	26.1% 143	23.3% 159	22.6% 117	33.0% 241	28.5% 157	6	27.0% 817
Uncertain	55.4% 303	41.7% 285	38.0% 197	36.0% 263	40.3% 222	6	41.9% 1270
Missing	4	3	3	12	14	0	36
TOTAL	100.0% 547	100.0% 683	100.0% 518	100.0% 731	100.0% 551	20	3030

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	18.1% 76	33.4% 814	31.9% 45	27.8% 15	1	31.2% 950
Disfavor	28.4% 119	27.4% 666	19.9% 28	18.5% 10	1	27.0% 823
Uncertain	53.5% 224	39.2% 955	48.2% 68	53.7% 29	2	41.8% 1276
Missing	5	28	2	0	0	35
TOTAL	100.0% 419	100.0% 2435	100.0% 141	100.0% 54	4	3049

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	27.6% 190	36.4% 305	29.4% 164	28.6% 89	31.1% 200	2	31.2% 948
Disfavor	20.8% 143	22.8% 191	31.6% 176	34.1% 106	32.2% 207	2	27.1% 823
Uncertain	51.7% 356	40.9% 343	39.0% 217	37.3% 116	36.7% 236	9	41.7% 1268
Missing	19	7	6	0	5	0	37
TOTAL	100.0% 689	100.0% 839	100.0% 557	100.0% 311	100.0% 643	13	3039

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	32.1% 663	29.6% 277	7.7% 1	10	31.2% 941
Disfavor	26.6% 550	27.1% 254	53.8% 7	12	26.9% 811
Uncertain	41.3% 854	43.3% 406	38.5% 5	12	41.9% 1265
Missing	27	9	0	0	36
TOTAL	100.0% 2067	100.0% 937	100.0% 13	34	3017

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	29.0% 330	31.7% 434	40.0% 48	35.6% 80	58	31.3% 892
Disfavor	30.6% 348	27.1% 371	16.7% 20	18.2% 41	44	27.3% 780
Uncertain	40.5% 461	41.2% 565	43.3% 52	46.2% 104	95	41.4% 1182
Missing	16	11	2	3	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 1139	100.0% 1370	100.0% 120	100.0% 225	197	2854

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	31.4% 193	32.9% 235	33.2% 174	33.2% 132	29.7% 160	56	32.0% 894
Disfavor	28.8% 177	27.0% 193	28.2% 148	25.9% 103	29.7% 160	42	28.0% 781
Uncertain	39.8% 245	40.1% 287	38.5% 202	41.0% 163	40.6% 219	159	40.0% 1116
Missing	10	12	5	2	3	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 615	100.0% 715	100.0% 524	100.0% 398	100.0% 539	257	2791

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	33.0% 131	34.3% 384	34.7% 25	411	34.0% 540
Disfavor	30.5% 121	26.2% 293	26.4% 19	390	27.2% 433
Uncertain	36.5% 145	39.6% 443	38.9% 28	662	38.8% 616
Missing	6	12	0	0	18
TOTAL	100.0% 397	100.0% 1120	100.0% 72	1463	1589