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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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OWNTITHE (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. - What church members give is their own business and the church should not urge any standard upon them.

	0) No
	1) Yes

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
No	2669	87.2%	87.2%
Yes	393	12.8%	100%
Missing	26	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
No	87.9% 1217	81.7% 672	91.9% 511	90.4% 225	90.0% 45	87.2% 2670
Yes	12.1% 168	18.3% 151	8.1% 45	9.6% 24	10.0% 5	12.8% 393
Missing	9	5	5	6	1	26
TOTAL	100.0% 1385	100.0% 823	100.0% 556	100.0% 249	100.0% 50	3063

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
No	87.7% 1244	86.8% 1410	14	87.2% 2654
Yes	12.3% 174	13.2% 214	5	12.8% 388
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	80.0% 441	85.8% 586	90.2% 469	93.0% 682	85.4% 473	17	87.2% 2651
Yes	20.0% 110	14.2% 97	9.8% 51	7.0% 51	14.6% 81	2	12.8% 390
Missing	1	2	1	11	10	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 683	100.0% 520	100.0% 733	100.0% 554	19	3041

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
No	81.5% 343	88.3% 2158	85.6% 119	84.6% 44	3	87.2% 2664
Yes	18.5% 78	11.7% 286	14.4% 20	15.4% 8	1	12.8% 392
Missing	3	19	3	1	0	26
TOTAL	100.0% 421	100.0% 2444	100.0% 139	100.0% 52	4	3056

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
No	86.8% 603	83.1% 699	88.2% 491	90.0% 280	90.5% 583	12	87.1% 2656
Yes	13.2% 92	16.9% 142	11.8% 66	10.0% 31	9.5% 61	1	12.9% 392
Missing	12	4	5	0	4	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 695	100.0% 841	100.0% 557	100.0% 311	100.0% 644	13	3048

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
No	87.3% 1812	87.1% 818	85.7% 12	27	87.2% 2642
Yes	12.7% 264	12.9% 121	14.3% 2	6	12.8% 387
Missing	18	7	0	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 2076	100.0% 939	100.0% 14	33	3029

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
No	90.2% 1034	86.1% 1181	83.3% 100	84.5% 191	163	87.5% 2506
Yes	9.8% 112	13.9% 190	16.7% 20	15.5% 35	36	12.5% 357
Missing	9	9	2	3	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 1146	100.0% 1371	100.0% 120	100.0% 226	199	2863

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
No	86.4% 535	88.9% 641	89.2% 469	89.2% 354	86.7% 468	201	88.0% 2467
Yes	13.6% 84	11.1% 80	10.8% 57	10.8% 43	13.3% 72	55	12.0% 336
Missing	7	6	3	2	2	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 721	100.0% 526	100.0% 397	100.0% 540	256	2803

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
No	85.9% 341	90.0% 1012	90.3% 65	1250	89.0% 1418
Yes	14.1% 56	10.0% 112	9.7% 7	217	11.0% 175
Missing	5	7	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 397	100.0% 1124	100.0% 72	1467	1593