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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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ALLTITHE (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

Tithing is generally understood to mean giving at least one-tenth of one's net income to church and charitable causes. Which of the following would you include in your views on tithing? Circle one or more responses, and write in the blank space any other opinion which you hold. - The church should urge all members to tithe.

	0) No
	1) Yes

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
No	1510	49.3%	49.3%
Yes	1551	50.7%	100%
Missing	26	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
No	46.8% 648	60.1% 494	43.1% 239	41.9% 104	48.0% 24	49.3% 1509
Yes	53.2% 736	39.9% 328	56.9% 316	58.1% 144	52.0% 26	50.7% 1550
Missing	9	5	5	6	1	26
TOTAL	100.0% 1384	100.0% 822	100.0% 555	100.0% 248	100.0% 50	3059

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
No	46.0% 652	52.3% 849	9	49.3% 1501
Yes	54.0% 766	47.7% 775	10	50.7% 1541
Missing	13	12	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 1418	100.0% 1624	19	3042

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
No	47.9% 264	42.8% 293	44.5% 232	52.0% 381	59.3% 329	12	49.2% 1499
Yes	52.1% 287	57.2% 391	55.5% 289	48.0% 352	40.7% 226	7	50.8% 1545
Missing	1	2	1	11	10	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 684	100.0% 521	100.0% 733	100.0% 555	19	3044

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
No	52.3% 220	47.3% 1157	70.0% 98	63.5% 33	1	49.3% 1508
Yes	47.7% 201	52.7% 1287	30.0% 42	36.5% 19	3	50.7% 1549
Missing	3	19	3	1	0	26
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2444	100.0% 140	100.0% 52	4	3057

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
No	57.3% 398	51.0% 429	49.7% 277	42.4% 132	41.6% 268	7	49.3% 1504
Yes	42.7% 297	49.0% 412	50.3% 280	57.6% 179	58.4% 377	6	50.7% 1545
Missing	12	4	5	0	4	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 695	100.0% 841	100.0% 557	100.0% 311	100.0% 645	13	3049

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
No	47.6% 987	53.7% 504	42.9% 6	14	49.4% 1497
Yes	52.4% 1088	46.3% 435	57.1% 8	20	50.6% 1531
Missing	18	7	0	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 2075	100.0% 939	100.0% 14	34	3028

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
No	43.3% 496	51.9% 711	55.0% 66	54.4% 123	113	48.8% 1396
Yes	56.7% 649	48.1% 660	45.0% 54	45.6% 103	85	51.2% 1466
Missing	9	9	2	3	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 1145	100.0% 1371	100.0% 120	100.0% 226	198	2862

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
No	56.1% 347	46.5% 336	42.4% 223	45.0% 179	48.2% 261	164	48.0% 1346
Yes	43.9% 272	53.5% 386	57.6% 303	55.0% 219	51.8% 280	93	52.0% 1460
Missing	7	6	3	2	2	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 722	100.0% 526	100.0% 398	100.0% 541	257	2806

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
No	48.4% 192	43.8% 492	59.2% 42	784	45.6% 726
Yes	51.6% 205	56.2% 632	40.8% 29	684	54.4% 866
Missing	5	7	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 397	100.0% 1124	100.0% 71	1468	1592