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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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TITHEBIB (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 tithe is a Biblical standard which all Christians should accept as a guide for giving.

	0) No
	1) Yes

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
No	1276	41.7%	41.7%
Yes	1786	58.3%	100%
Missing	26	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
No	43.1% 597	49.5% 407	33.5% 186	28.5% 71	28.0% 14	41.7% 1275
Yes	56.9% 788	50.5% 415	66.5% 369	71.5% 178	72.0% 36	58.3% 1786
Missing	9	5	5	6	1	26
TOTAL	100.0% 1385	100.0% 822	100.0% 555	100.0% 249	100.0% 50	3061

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
No	45.8% 649	37.7% 612	15	41.5% 1261
Yes	54.2% 769	62.3% 1012	5	58.5% 1781
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	36.9% 203	39.8% 272	37.7% 196	42.0% 308	51.3% 284	12	41.5% 1263
Yes	63.1% 347	60.2% 412	62.3% 324	58.0% 425	48.7% 270	7	58.5% 1778
Missing	1	2	1	11	10	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 550	100.0% 684	100.0% 520	100.0% 733	100.0% 554	19	3041

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
No	41.8% 176	40.7% 994	52.1% 73	55.8% 29	3	41.6% 1272
Yes	58.2% 245	59.3% 1450	47.9% 67	44.2% 23	1	58.4% 1785
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	46.8% 326	39.5% 332	41.1% 229	35.4% 110	42.9% 277	3	41.8% 1274
Yes	53.2% 370	60.5% 508	58.9% 328	64.6% 201	57.1% 368	10	58.2% 1775
Missing	12	4	5	0	4	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 696	100.0% 840	100.0% 557	100.0% 311	100.0% 645	13	3049

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
No	41.0% 850	42.9% 403	30.8% 4	18	41.5% 1257
Yes	59.0% 1225	57.1% 536	69.2% 9	15	58.5% 1770
Missing	18	7	0	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 2075	100.0% 939	100.0% 13	33	3027

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
No	39.7% 455	42.1% 577	39.2% 47	45.8% 103	93	41.3% 1182
Yes	60.3% 690	57.9% 795	60.8% 73	54.2% 122	106	58.7% 1680
Missing	9	9	2	3	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 1145	100.0% 1372	100.0% 120	100.0% 225	199	2862

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
No	45.4% 281	39.3% 283	38.8% 204	43.0% 171	39.6% 214	121	41.1% 1153
Yes	54.6% 338	60.7% 438	61.2% 322	57.0% 227	60.4% 326	135	58.9% 1651
Missing	7	6	3	2	2	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 721	100.0% 526	100.0% 398	100.0% 540	256	2804

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
No	48.2% 192	37.1% 417	32.4% 23	643	39.6% 632
Yes	51.8% 206	62.9% 708	67.6% 48	824	60.4% 962
Missing	5	7	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 398	100.0% 1125	100.0% 71	1467	1594