Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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NOTTITHE (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. - In prompting giving, the church should not refer to tithing.   0) No   1) Yes

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
No	2940	96%	96%
Yes	121	4%	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	97.2% 1345	94.2% 775	95.5% 530	97.2% 241	98.0% 49	96.1% 2940
Yes	2.8% 39	5.8% 48	4.5% 25	2.8% 7	2.0% 1	3.9% 120
Missing	9	5	5	6	1	26
TOTAL	100.0% 1384	100.0% 823	100.0% 555	100.0% 248	100.0% 50	3060

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
No	95.4% 1353	96.6% 1568	19	96.0% 2921
Yes	4.6% 65	3.4% 56	0	4.0% 121
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	94.2% 519	95.5% 653	96.0% 500	97.4% 714	96.6% 536	19	96.0% 2922
Yes	5.8% 32	4.5% 31	4.0% 21	2.6% 19	3.4% 19	0	4.0% 122
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	92.9% 391	96.6% 2363	95.0% 133	96.2% 51	4	96.0% 2938
Yes	7.1% 30	3.4% 82	5.0% 7	3.8% 2	0	4.0% 121
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	97.6% 679	96.0% 806	95.0% 529	95.8% 298	95.5% 615	13	96.0% 2927
Yes	2.4% 17	4.0% 34	5.0% 28	4.2% 13	4.5% 29	0	4.0% 121
Missing	12	4	5	0	4	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 696	100.0% 840	100.0% 557	100.0% 311	100.0% 644	13	3048

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
No	96.3% 1999	95.5% 897	92.9% 13	32	96.1% 2909
Yes	3.7% 76	4.5% 42	7.1% 1	2	3.9% 119
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	97.5% 1117	95.2% 1306	92.5% 111	96.0% 217	190	96.1% 2751
Yes	2.5% 29	4.8% 66	7.5% 9	4.0% 9	8	3.9% 113
Missing	9	9	2	3	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 1146	100.0% 1372	100.0% 120	100.0% 226	198	2864

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
No	94.8% 587	96.5% 696	95.3% 502	98.0% 390	95.2% 514	252	95.9% 2689
Yes	5.2% 32	3.5% 25	4.7% 25	2.0% 8	4.8% 26	4	4.1% 116
Missing	7	6	3	2	2	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 721	100.0% 527	100.0% 398	100.0% 540	256	2805

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
No	94.7% 376	96.6% 1087	98.6% 71	1406	96.2% 1534
Yes	5.3% 21	3.4% 38	1.4% 1	61	3.8% 60
Missing	5	7	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 397	100.0% 1125	100.0% 72	1467	1594