Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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NOTITHE (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. - Tithing is legalistic and not in harmony with the ideal of Christian freedom.   0) No   1) Yes

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
No	2975	97.2%	97.2%
Yes	87	2.8%	100%
Missing	26	%	%

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
No	97.6% 1352	96.7% 796	96.8% 537	97.2% 241	96.0% 48	97.2% 2974
Yes	2.4% 33	3.3% 27	3.2% 18	2.8% 7	4.0% 2	2.8% 87
Missing	9	5	5	6	1	26
TOTAL	100.0% 1385	100.0% 823	100.0% 555	100.0% 248	100.0% 50	3061

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
No	96.1% 1363	98.1% 1593	19	97.2% 2956
Yes	3.9% 55	1.9% 31	1	2.8% 86
Missing	13	12	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 1418	100.0% 1624	20	3042

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
No	96.6% 532	97.1% 664	97.3% 506	97.4% 714	97.7% 541	18	97.2% 2957
Yes	3.4% 19	2.9% 20	2.7% 14	2.6% 19	2.3% 13	1	2.8% 85
Missing	1	2	1	11	10	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 684	100.0% 520	100.0% 733	100.0% 554	19	3042

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
No	97.1% 409	97.1% 2375	97.9% 137	96.2% 51	4	97.2% 2972
Yes	2.9% 12	2.9% 70	2.1% 3	3.8% 2	0	2.8% 87
Missing	3	19	3	1	0	26
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2445	100.0% 140	100.0% 53	4	3059

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
No	98.1% 682	98.5% 828	96.6% 538	96.8% 300	95.0% 613	13	97.1% 2961
Yes	1.9% 13	1.5% 13	3.4% 19	3.2% 10	5.0% 32	0	2.9% 87
Missing	12	4	5	0	4	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 695	100.0% 841	100.0% 557	100.0% 310	100.0% 645	13	3048

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
No	97.2% 2017	97.3% 914	84.6% 11	32	97.2% 2942
Yes	2.8% 58	2.7% 25	15.4% 2	2	2.8% 85
Missing	18	7	0	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 2075	100.0% 939	100.0% 13	34	3027

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
No	97.6% 1119	97.0% 1331	95.8% 115	95.6% 216	195	97.1% 2781
Yes	2.4% 27	3.0% 41	4.2% 5	4.4% 10	4	2.9% 83
Missing	9	9	2	3	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 1146	100.0% 1372	100.0% 120	100.0% 226	199	2864

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
No	97.2% 601	98.3% 709	96.0% 506	98.0% 390	96.1% 519	250	97.2% 2725
Yes	2.8% 17	1.7% 12	4.0% 21	2.0% 8	3.9% 21	6	2.8% 79
Missing	7	6	3	2	2	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 618	100.0% 721	100.0% 527	100.0% 398	100.0% 540	256	2804

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
No	94.7% 377	97.9% 1101	97.2% 69	1428	97.1% 1547
Yes	5.3% 21	2.1% 24	2.8% 2	39	2.9% 47
Missing	5	7	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 398	100.0% 1125	100.0% 71	1467	1594