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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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MCCGOV (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

The Mennonite Central Committee maintains offices in Washington, D.C. and in Ottawa, Canada in order to present the concerns of our churches on matters of war and peace, the draft, and various social issues. Do you tend to favor or to disfavor this type of contact with the national government?

	1) I tend to favor it.
	2) I tend to disfavor it.
	3) I am neutral on this.
	4) I have no opinion.

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
I tend to favor it.	2194	71.8%	71.8%
I tend to disfavor it.	132	4.3%	76.1%
I am neutral on this.	397	13%	89.1%
I have no opinion.	331	10.8%	99.9%
Missing	34	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
I tend to favor it.	71.0% 980	74.9% 615	72.0% 398	68.5% 170	62.0% 31	71.9% 2194
I tend to disfavor it.	4.0% 55	4.5% 37	4.9% 27	4.0% 10	6.0% 3	4.3% 132
I am neutral on this.	13.3% 184	12.3% 101	13.2% 73	12.5% 31	16.0% 8	13.0% 397
I have no opinion.	11.7% 162	8.3% 68	9.9% 55	14.9% 37	16.0% 8	10.8% 330
Missing	14	6	6	7	1	34
TOTAL	100.0% 1381	100.0% 821	100.0% 553	100.0% 248	100.0% 50	3053

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
I tend to favor it.	74.3% 1055	70.2% 1133	5	72.1% 2188
I tend to disfavor it.	6.1% 87	2.7% 44	0	4.3% 131
I am neutral on this.	12.3% 174	13.7% 221	3	13.0% 395
I have no opinion.	7.3% 104	13.4% 217	10	10.6% 321
Missing	11	22	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 1420	100.0% 1615	18	3035

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
I tend to favor it.	67.6% 371	76.3% 522	73.5% 383	72.6% 531	68.1% 374	13	71.9% 2181
I tend to disfavor it.	2.7% 15	3.4% 23	5.8% 30	5.1% 37	4.6% 25	2	4.3% 130
I am neutral on this.	16.6% 91	10.7% 73	13.2% 69	12.4% 91	12.6% 69	3	13.0% 393
I have no opinion.	13.1% 72	9.6% 66	7.5% 39	9.8% 72	14.8% 81	2	10.9% 330
Missing	3	1	1	12	16	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 684	100.0% 521	100.0% 731	100.0% 549	20	3034

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
I tend to favor it.	69.0% 289	72.8% 1773	69.3% 97	62.3% 33	2	71.9% 2192
I tend to disfavor it.	2.4% 10	4.7% 115	4.3% 6	0.0% 0	0	4.3% 131
I am neutral on this.	14.8% 62	13.0% 316	6.4% 9	17.0% 9	1	13.0% 396
I have no opinion.	13.8% 58	9.6% 233	20.0% 28	20.8% 11	1	10.8% 330
Missing	4	26	3	0	0	33
TOTAL	100.0% 419	100.0% 2437	100.0% 140	100.0% 53	4	3049

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
I tend to favor it.	56.7% 387	67.5% 567	77.3% 432	78.4% 243	85.6% 554	10	71.9% 2183
I tend to disfavor it.	6.5% 44	3.2% 27	3.0% 17	3.5% 11	5.1% 33	0	4.3% 132
I am neutral on this.	17.0% 116	15.6% 131	12.3% 69	12.6% 39	5.9% 38	2	12.9% 393
I have no opinion.	19.8% 135	13.7% 115	7.3% 41	5.5% 17	3.4% 22	0	10.9% 330
Missing	25	5	2	0	2	0	34
TOTAL	100.0% 682	100.0% 840	100.0% 559	100.0% 310	100.0% 647	12	3038

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
I tend to favor it.	69.8% 1445	76.6% 716	85.7% 12	21	72.0% 2173
I tend to disfavor it.	4.6% 96	3.7% 35	0.0% 0	1	4.3% 131
I am neutral on this.	14.0% 289	11.3% 106	0.0% 0	2	13.1% 395
I have no opinion.	11.6% 241	8.3% 78	14.3% 2	10	10.6% 321
Missing	22	12	0	0	34
TOTAL	100.0% 2071	100.0% 935	100.0% 14	34	3020

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
I tend to favor it.	76.3% 872	73.4% 1005	66.4% 79	62.8% 142	95	73.4% 2098
I tend to disfavor it.	4.7% 54	4.2% 58	4.2% 5	4.0% 9	6	4.4% 126
I am neutral on this.	12.1% 138	12.1% 166	16.0% 19	17.7% 40	34	12.7% 363
I have no opinion.	6.9% 79	10.2% 140	13.4% 16	15.5% 35	60	9.5% 270
Missing	12	11	2	2	0	27
TOTAL	100.0% 1143	100.0% 1369	100.0% 119	100.0% 226	195	2857

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
I tend to favor it.	66.9% 414	71.7% 518	76.4% 402	77.5% 306	76.9% 415	139	73.3% 2055
I tend to disfavor it.	4.8% 30	4.2% 30	3.4% 18	3.0% 12	6.5% 35	5	4.5% 125
I am neutral on this.	12.8% 79	14.4% 104	13.3% 70	11.4% 45	11.3% 61	37	12.8% 359
I have no opinion.	15.5% 96	9.7% 70	6.8% 36	8.1% 32	5.4% 29	67	9.4% 263
Missing	7	5	3	5	2	0	22
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 722	100.0% 526	100.0% 395	100.0% 540	248	2802

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
I tend to favor it.	81.7% 326	69.7% 783	79.2% 57	1028	73.1% 1166
I tend to disfavor it.	1.0% 4	5.9% 66	4.2% 3	59	4.6% 73
I am neutral on this.	9.0% 36	15.2% 171	8.3% 6	184	13.4% 213
I have no opinion.	8.3% 33	9.2% 103	8.3% 6	188	8.9% 142
Missing	3	9	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1123	100.0% 72	1459	1594