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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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NOJOINT (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

There appears to be some tendency for American and Canadian Mennonite church conferences and boards to develop increasing national identity and separate programs, with decreasing joint activity across national boundaries. Do you tend to favor it or disfavor it?

	1) I favor it.
	2) I disfavor it.
	3) I am undecided.

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
I favor it.	329	10.8%	10.8%
I disfavor it.	1031	34%	44.8%
I am undecided.	1675	55.2%	100%
Missing	51	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
I favor it.	8.5% 116	13.1% 107	14.2% 78	10.2% 25	6.0% 3	10.8% 329
I disfavor it.	33.2% 455	35.8% 293	33.8% 186	35.5% 87	18.0% 9	33.9% 1030
I am undecided.	58.4% 801	51.1% 418	52.0% 286	54.3% 133	76.0% 38	55.2% 1676
Missing	22	9	9	10	1	51
TOTAL	100.0% 1372	100.0% 818	100.0% 550	100.0% 245	100.0% 50	3035

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
I favor it.	13.9% 196	8.2% 131	2	10.8% 327
I disfavor it.	41.4% 585	27.8% 446	1	34.2% 1031
I am undecided.	44.7% 632	64.0% 1028	15	55.0% 1660
Missing	17	32	0	49
TOTAL	100.0% 1413	100.0% 1605	18	3018

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
I favor it.	8.4% 46	8.6% 59	11.6% 60	13.1% 95	12.3% 67	2	10.8% 327
I disfavor it.	36.8% 202	39.0% 267	36.8% 190	33.2% 240	23.2% 126	6	34.0% 1025
I am undecided.	54.8% 301	52.4% 359	51.6% 267	53.7% 388	64.5% 350	10	55.2% 1665
Missing	3	1	4	21	21	0	50
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 685	100.0% 517	100.0% 723	100.0% 543	18	3017

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
I favor it.	10.0% 42	11.2% 272	8.9% 12	3.8% 2	2	10.8% 328
I disfavor it.	35.6% 149	34.4% 834	21.5% 29	34.6% 18	1	34.0% 1030
I am undecided.	54.4% 228	54.4% 1321	69.6% 94	61.5% 32	1	55.2% 1675
Missing	5	37	7	2	0	51
TOTAL	100.0% 419	100.0% 2427	100.0% 135	100.0% 52	4	3033

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
I favor it.	12.7% 86	9.0% 75	9.4% 52	10.4% 32	12.8% 83	0	10.9% 328
I disfavor it.	17.5% 118	28.8% 241	39.4% 219	47.2% 146	47.2% 305	3	34.0% 1029
I am undecided.	69.8% 471	62.2% 521	51.3% 285	42.4% 131	39.9% 258	10	55.1% 1666
Missing	32	8	6	1	4	0	51
TOTAL	100.0% 675	100.0% 837	100.0% 556	100.0% 309	100.0% 646	13	3023

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
I favor it.	8.3% 170	16.9% 157	0.0% 0	3	10.9% 327
I disfavor it.	36.2% 745	29.6% 276	53.8% 7	4	34.2% 1028
I am undecided.	55.6% 1144	53.5% 498	46.2% 6	27	54.9% 1648
Missing	36	15	0	0	51
TOTAL	100.0% 2059	100.0% 931	100.0% 13	34	3003

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
I favor it.	8.6% 98	12.6% 171	10.9% 13	14.2% 32	15	11.1% 314
I disfavor it.	37.7% 429	32.8% 445	37.8% 45	29.8% 67	45	34.7% 986
I am undecided.	53.7% 612	54.6% 742	51.3% 61	56.0% 126	134	54.2% 1541
Missing	15	23	2	4	0	44
TOTAL	100.0% 1139	100.0% 1358	100.0% 119	100.0% 225	194	2841

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
I favor it.	11.9% 73	9.8% 71	9.3% 49	12.4% 49	11.5% 62	26	10.9% 304
I disfavor it.	28.2% 173	30.1% 217	39.6% 208	37.6% 148	45.6% 245	41	35.5% 991
I am undecided.	59.9% 367	60.1% 433	51.0% 268	50.0% 197	42.8% 230	179	53.6% 1495
Missing	13	6	6	6	5	0	36
TOTAL	100.0% 613	100.0% 721	100.0% 525	100.0% 394	100.0% 537	246	2790

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
I favor it.	7.0% 28	9.3% 104	2.8% 2	196	8.4% 134
I disfavor it.	52.5% 209	33.4% 373	45.8% 33	416	38.8% 615
I am undecided.	40.5% 161	57.3% 640	51.4% 37	837	52.8% 838
Missing	4	14	0	0	18
TOTAL	100.0% 398	100.0% 1117	100.0% 72	1449	1587