Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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DIRECTSP (Weighted by WTFACTOR) To what extent are you conscious of some spiritual goal or purpose in life which serves to give direction to your life?   1) I am not aware of such a goal or purpose.   2) I have a rather vague feeling of purpose.   3) I am somewhat conscious of such a goal or purpose.   4) Definitely feel guided by a spiritual life goal.

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
I am not aware of such a goal or purpose.	111	3.6%	3.6%
I have a rather vague feeling of purpose.	245	8%	11.6%
I am somewhat conscious of such a goal or purpose.	1210	39.6%	51.2%
Definitely feel guided by a spiritual life goal.	1488	48.7%	99.9%
Missing	33	%	%

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 am not aware of such a goal or purpose.	4.3% 60	4.0% 32	0.7% 4	5.9% 15	0.0% 0	3.6% 111
I have a rather vague feeling of purpose.	8.4% 116	9.3% 75	5.6% 31	7.1% 18	7.8% 4	8.0% 244
I am somewhat conscious of such a goal or purpose.	42.3% 586	37.0% 299	36.6% 204	39.9% 101	39.2% 20	39.6% 1210
Definitely feel guided by a spiritual life goal.	44.9% 622	49.8% 403	57.1% 318	47.0% 119	52.9% 27	48.8% 1489
Missing	11	17	3	2	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 1384	100.0% 809	100.0% 557	100.0% 253	100.0% 51	3054

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
I am not aware of such a goal or purpose.	4.2% 60	3.2% 51	0	3.7% 111
I have a rather vague feeling of purpose.	7.4% 106	8.6% 138	1	8.0% 244
I am somewhat conscious of such a goal or purpose.	39.1% 557	40.1% 647	5	39.7% 1204
Definitely feel guided by a spiritual life goal.	49.2% 700	48.2% 777	11	48.6% 1477
Missing	8	23	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 1423	100.0% 1613	17	3036

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
I am not aware of such a goal or purpose.	7.5% 41	3.8% 26	1.9% 10	2.0% 15	3.3% 18	2	3.6% 110
I have a rather vague feeling of purpose.	14.0% 77	9.9% 68	7.5% 39	4.6% 34	4.5% 25	2	8.0% 243
I am somewhat conscious of such a goal or purpose.	49.4% 271	43.6% 298	42.2% 219	33.8% 248	31.1% 171	3	39.8% 1207
Definitely feel guided by a spiritual life goal.	29.1% 160	42.7% 292	48.4% 251	59.5% 437	61.1% 336	13	48.6% 1476
Missing	3	1	2	10	16	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 684	100.0% 519	100.0% 734	100.0% 550	20	3036

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
I am not aware of such a goal or purpose.	8.1% 34	2.9% 70	2.9% 4	5.7% 3	0	3.6% 111
I have a rather vague feeling of purpose.	13.3% 56	7.2% 175	5.8% 8	9.4% 5	1	8.0% 244
I am somewhat conscious of such a goal or purpose.	47.9% 202	39.0% 952	26.8% 37	35.8% 19	1	39.7% 1210
Definitely feel guided by a spiritual life goal.	30.8% 130	50.9% 1241	64.5% 89	49.1% 26	2	48.7% 1486
Missing	2	26	5	0	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 422	100.0% 2438	100.0% 138	100.0% 53	4	3051

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
I am not aware of such a goal or purpose.	5.8% 40	4.3% 36	2.3% 13	2.3% 7	2.2% 14	0	3.6% 110
I have a rather vague feeling of purpose.	7.5% 52	10.8% 91	8.8% 49	7.8% 24	4.5% 29	0	8.1% 245
I am somewhat conscious of such a goal or purpose.	32.8% 226	46.7% 392	44.3% 247	41.6% 128	32.6% 211	6	39.6% 1204
Definitely feel guided by a spiritual life goal.	53.8% 371	38.2% 321	44.5% 248	48.4% 149	60.8% 394	5	48.8% 1483
Missing	19	5	5	3	0	0	32
TOTAL	100.0% 689	100.0% 840	100.0% 557	100.0% 308	100.0% 648	11	3042

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
I am not aware of such a goal or purpose.	3.8% 79	3.2% 30	0.0% 0	2	3.6% 109
I have a rather vague feeling of purpose.	8.2% 170	8.1% 75	0.0% 0	0	8.1% 245
I am somewhat conscious of such a goal or purpose.	41.2% 857	35.9% 334	38.5% 5	13	39.6% 1196
Definitely feel guided by a spiritual life goal.	46.8% 972	52.8% 491	61.5% 8	17	48.7% 1471
Missing	15	16	0	0	31
TOTAL	100.0% 2078	100.0% 930	100.0% 13	32	3021

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
I am not aware of such a goal or purpose.	3.1% 36	3.7% 50	2.5% 3	4.4% 10	11	3.5% 99
I have a rather vague feeling of purpose.	7.9% 91	7.0% 96	13.2% 16	10.2% 23	18	7.9% 226
I am somewhat conscious of such a goal or purpose.	39.2% 450	39.0% 532	47.9% 58	40.4% 91	79	39.6% 1131
Definitely feel guided by a spiritual life goal.	49.8% 572	50.3% 685	36.4% 44	44.9% 101	87	49.1% 1402
Missing	6	18	0	3	0	27
TOTAL	100.0% 1149	100.0% 1363	100.0% 121	100.0% 225	195	2858

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
I am not aware of such a goal or purpose.	4.2% 26	2.4% 17	3.2% 17	3.3% 13	2.2% 12	25	3.0% 85
I have a rather vague feeling of purpose.	7.0% 43	7.5% 54	8.7% 46	9.0% 36	6.6% 36	30	7.7% 215
I am somewhat conscious of such a goal or purpose.	33.8% 208	37.7% 271	43.5% 229	44.0% 175	43.7% 237	90	40.0% 1120
Definitely feel guided by a spiritual life goal.	55.0% 338	52.4% 377	44.5% 234	43.7% 174	47.4% 257	108	49.3% 1380
Missing	11	8	4	1	1	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 615	100.0% 719	100.0% 526	100.0% 398	100.0% 542	253	2800

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
I am not aware of such a goal or purpose.	3.0% 12	2.9% 32	2.8% 2	65	2.9% 46
I have a rather vague feeling of purpose.	8.3% 33	7.8% 87	9.7% 7	118	8.0% 127
I am somewhat conscious of such a goal or purpose.	41.1% 164	43.4% 487	38.9% 28	530	42.7% 679
Definitely feel guided by a spiritual life goal.	47.6% 190	45.9% 515	48.6% 35	748	46.5% 740
Missing	3	10	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1121	100.0% 72	1461	1592