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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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SIMTITHE (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. - It is not right to expect all members to give similar proportions.

	0) No
	1) Yes

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
No	2134	69.7%	69.7%
Yes	927	30.3%	100%
Missing	26	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
No	73.7% 1021	62.0% 510	67.0% 372	77.1% 192	78.0% 39	69.7% 2134
Yes	26.3% 364	38.0% 312	33.0% 183	22.9% 57	22.0% 11	30.3% 927
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	67.5% 957	71.5% 1161	16	69.6% 2118
Yes	32.5% 460	28.5% 463	4	30.4% 923
Missing	13	12	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 1417	100.0% 1624	20	3041

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
No	64.1% 353	65.6% 449	73.8% 384	71.9% 527	73.5% 408	14	69.7% 2121
Yes	35.9% 198	34.4% 235	26.2% 136	28.1% 206	26.5% 147	5	30.3% 922
Missing	1	2	1	11	10	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 684	100.0% 520	100.0% 733	100.0% 555	19	3043

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
No	62.0% 261	71.3% 1742	66.4% 93	69.2% 36	2	69.7% 2132
Yes	38.0% 160	28.7% 702	33.6% 47	30.8% 16	2	30.3% 925
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	73.7% 513	70.6% 594	70.7% 394	71.3% 221	62.6% 404	8	69.7% 2126
Yes	26.3% 183	29.4% 247	29.3% 163	28.7% 89	37.4% 241	5	30.3% 923
Missing	12	4	5	0	4	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 696	100.0% 841	100.0% 557	100.0% 310	100.0% 645	13	3049

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
No	72.9% 1513	62.5% 587	69.2% 9	25	69.7% 2109
Yes	27.1% 562	37.5% 352	30.8% 4	9	30.3% 918
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	74.4% 853	65.9% 904	65.0% 78	68.4% 154	144	69.5% 1989
Yes	25.6% 293	34.1% 467	35.0% 42	31.6% 71	54	30.5% 873
Missing	9	9	2	3	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 1146	100.0% 1371	100.0% 120	100.0% 225	198	2862

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
No	70.9% 439	71.2% 513	67.9% 358	71.5% 284	67.8% 366	173	69.9% 1960
Yes	29.1% 180	28.8% 208	32.1% 169	28.5% 113	32.2% 174	83	30.1% 844
Missing	7	6	3	2	2	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 721	100.0% 527	100.0% 397	100.0% 540	256	2804

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
No	64.1% 255	77.1% 867	75.0% 54	958	73.8% 1176
Yes	35.9% 143	22.9% 257	25.0% 18	510	26.2% 418
Missing	5	7	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 398	100.0% 1124	100.0% 72	1468	1594