Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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SALVATN (Weighted by WTFACTOR) How often do you have doubts about your own salvation?   1) Never   2) Seldom   3) Sometimes   4) Often   5) Very often

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Never	1134	36.9%	36.9%
Seldom	1135	36.9%	73.8%
Sometimes	713	23.2%	97%
Often	83	2.7%	99.7%
Very often	9	.3%	100%
Missing	14	%	%

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
Never	31.8% 443	33.8% 276	49.9% 280	41.9% 106	58.0% 29	36.9% 1134
Seldom	40.6% 565	34.9% 285	33.2% 186	33.6% 85	26.0% 13	36.9% 1134
Sometimes	23.7% 330	28.5% 233	16.0% 90	20.9% 53	14.0% 7	23.2% 713
Often	3.5% 49	2.6% 21	0.7% 4	3.2% 8	2.0% 1	2.7% 83
Very often	0.4% 5	0.2% 2	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 9
Missing	3	9	0	1	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 1392	100.0% 817	100.0% 561	100.0% 253	100.0% 50	3073

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Never	35.8% 511	37.9% 616	7	36.9% 1127
Seldom	38.9% 555	35.3% 574	5	37.0% 1129
Sometimes	22.2% 316	24.0% 390	6	23.1% 706
Often	3.0% 43	2.4% 39	1	2.7% 82
Very often	0.1% 1	0.5% 8	0	0.3% 9
Missing	5	9	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1627	19	3053

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Never	25.5% 140	38.0% 261	39.7% 207	38.3% 283	42.0% 235	9	36.9% 1126
Seldom	40.6% 223	34.0% 233	35.9% 187	39.2% 290	35.1% 196	6	37.0% 1129
Sometimes	28.1% 154	24.9% 171	22.3% 116	20.4% 151	20.8% 116	5	23.2% 708
Often	5.3% 29	2.8% 19	2.1% 11	1.6% 12	2.0% 11	1	2.7% 82
Very often	0.5% 3	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.2% 1	0	0.3% 9
Missing	3	0	1	4	6	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 686	100.0% 521	100.0% 739	100.0% 559	21	3054

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Never	19.1% 81	39.3% 964	47.5% 67	40.7% 22	1	36.9% 1134
Seldom	44.0% 186	36.3% 891	31.9% 45	20.4% 11	2	36.9% 1133
Sometimes	31.0% 131	21.9% 537	20.6% 29	27.8% 15	1	23.2% 712
Often	5.2% 22	2.4% 58	0.0% 0	5.6% 3	0	2.7% 83
Very often	0.7% 3	0.1% 3	0.0% 0	5.6% 3	0	0.3% 9
Missing	0	11	2	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 2453	100.0% 141	100.0% 54	4	3071

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Never	35.1% 247	34.0% 285	40.9% 229	35.0% 109	39.9% 259	5	36.9% 1129
Seldom	34.2% 241	35.1% 294	38.4% 215	38.9% 121	40.1% 260	4	36.9% 1131
Sometimes	27.4% 193	27.4% 230	18.4% 103	22.5% 70	17.6% 114	4	23.2% 710
Often	3.3% 23	3.2% 27	1.6% 9	2.9% 9	2.3% 15	0	2.7% 83
Very often	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.7% 4	0.6% 2	0.2% 1	0	0.3% 9
Missing	3	7	3	1	0	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 704	100.0% 838	100.0% 560	100.0% 311	100.0% 649	13	3062

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Never	36.8% 766	37.7% 356	46.2% 6	6	37.1% 1128
Seldom	38.5% 802	33.1% 312	46.2% 6	15	36.8% 1120
Sometimes	21.5% 448	26.7% 252	7.7% 1	12	23.1% 701
Often	3.0% 62	2.1% 20	0.0% 0	1	2.7% 82
Very often	0.2% 5	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 9
Missing	11	3	0	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 2083	100.0% 944	100.0% 13	34	3040

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Never	32.6% 376	39.4% 540	42.6% 52	45.8% 104	62	37.3% 1072
Seldom	42.4% 490	35.6% 488	28.7% 35	26.0% 59	64	37.3% 1072
Sometimes	21.8% 252	22.6% 309	25.4% 31	26.9% 61	60	22.7% 653
Often	3.0% 35	2.0% 28	3.3% 4	1.3% 3	12	2.4% 70
Very often	0.2% 2	0.4% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	0.2% 7
Missing	0	10	0	2	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 1155	100.0% 1370	100.0% 122	100.0% 227	200	2874

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Never	41.3% 256	37.9% 275	38.0% 200	32.0% 128	36.3% 197	77	37.5% 1056
Seldom	35.8% 222	35.0% 254	37.4% 197	42.3% 169	38.4% 208	84	37.3% 1050
Sometimes	21.0% 130	23.1% 168	21.1% 111	24.5% 98	22.5% 122	85	22.3% 629
Often	1.5% 9	4.0% 29	3.2% 17	1.3% 5	2.2% 12	11	2.6% 72
Very often	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	1	0.3% 8
Missing	6	2	2	0	1	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 620	100.0% 726	100.0% 527	100.0% 400	100.0% 542	258	2815

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Never	32.5% 130	39.1% 439	41.7% 30	535	37.5% 599
Seldom	43.8% 175	37.3% 419	33.3% 24	517	38.7% 618
Sometimes	19.3% 77	21.2% 238	18.1% 13	385	20.6% 328
Often	3.5% 14	2.5% 28	6.9% 5	36	2.9% 47
Very often	1.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5	0.3% 4
Missing	3	7	0	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1124	100.0% 72	1478	1596