Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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MORETITH (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. - God expects the tithe and any voluntary giving begins only when one goes beyond the tithe.   0) No   1) Yes

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
No	2217	72.4%	72.4%
Yes	844	27.6%	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	70.4% 975	78.6% 646	72.8% 404	65.3% 162	58.0% 29	72.4% 2216
Yes	29.6% 410	21.4% 176	27.2% 151	34.7% 86	42.0% 21	27.6% 844
Missing	9	5	5	6	1	26
TOTAL	100.0% 1385	100.0% 822	100.0% 555	100.0% 248	100.0% 50	3060

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
No	71.9% 1020	72.6% 1179	18	72.3% 2199
Yes	28.1% 398	27.4% 445	2	27.7% 843
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	76.2% 420	72.5% 496	69.9% 364	72.0% 528	71.3% 395	14	72.4% 2203
Yes	23.8% 131	27.5% 188	30.1% 157	28.0% 205	28.7% 159	5	27.6% 840
Missing	1	2	1	11	10	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 684	100.0% 521	100.0% 733	100.0% 554	19	3043

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
No	77.0% 324	71.4% 1746	72.9% 102	78.8% 41	3	72.4% 2213
Yes	23.0% 97	28.6% 698	27.1% 38	21.2% 11	1	27.6% 844
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	75.4% 524	71.2% 599	71.5% 398	70.1% 218	72.2% 466	12	72.3% 2205
Yes	24.6% 171	28.8% 242	28.5% 159	29.9% 93	27.8% 179	0	27.7% 844
Missing	12	4	5	0	4	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 695	100.0% 841	100.0% 557	100.0% 311	100.0% 645	12	3049

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
No	71.1% 1475	75.1% 705	57.1% 8	29	72.3% 2188
Yes	28.9% 600	24.9% 234	42.9% 6	5	27.7% 840
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	68.1% 780	75.3% 1032	71.7% 86	73.5% 166	153	72.1% 2064
Yes	31.9% 365	24.7% 339	28.3% 34	26.5% 60	46	27.9% 798
Missing	9	9	2	3	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 1145	100.0% 1371	100.0% 120	100.0% 226	199	2862

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
No	71.7% 444	68.5% 494	74.0% 390	73.4% 292	73.2% 396	202	71.8% 2016
Yes	28.3% 175	31.5% 227	26.0% 137	26.6% 106	26.8% 145	54	28.2% 790
Missing	7	6	3	2	2	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 721	100.0% 527	100.0% 398	100.0% 541	256	2806

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
No	80.4% 319	67.2% 755	75.0% 54	1088	70.8% 1128
Yes	19.6% 78	32.8% 369	25.0% 18	379	29.2% 465
Missing	5	7	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 397	100.0% 1124	100.0% 72	1467	1593