Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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SPIRITLF (Weighted by WTFACTOR) In regard to the quality of your spiritual life, which of the following best describes your progress during the past couple of years?   1) I am making definite progress.   2) I am making a little progress.   3) I am staying about the same.   4) I have lost ground a little.   5) I have definitely lost ground.

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
I am making definite progress.	1097	35.7%	35.7%
I am making a little progress.	1179	38.4%	74.1%
I am staying about the same.	632	20.6%	94.7%
I have lost ground a little.	141	4.6%	99.3%
I have definitely lost ground.	25	.8%	100.1%
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
I am making definite progress.	36.3% 504	32.7% 268	37.0% 207	38.8% 99	37.3% 19	35.7% 1097
I am making a little progress.	40.1% 557	34.3% 281	43.1% 241	32.2% 82	35.3% 18	38.4% 1179
I am staying about the same.	19.8% 275	26.0% 213	14.1% 79	20.8% 53	21.6% 11	20.5% 631
I have lost ground a little.	3.2% 44	6.2% 51	5.0% 28	6.3% 16	3.9% 2	4.6% 141
I have definitely lost ground.	0.6% 9	0.7% 6	0.7% 4	2.0% 5	2.0% 1	0.8% 25
Missing	5	8	1	0	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 1389	100.0% 819	100.0% 559	100.0% 255	100.0% 51	3073

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
I am making definite progress.	36.0% 513	35.3% 575	9	35.6% 1088
I am making a little progress.	38.4% 547	38.6% 628	5	38.5% 1175
I am staying about the same.	21.0% 299	20.0% 326	6	20.5% 625
I have lost ground a little.	4.0% 57	5.1% 83	0	4.6% 140
I have definitely lost ground.	0.7% 10	0.9% 15	0	0.8% 25
Missing	4	9	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1627	20	3053

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
I am making definite progress.	31.9% 175	34.9% 239	35.2% 184	36.0% 267	40.8% 227	6	35.8% 1092
I am making a little progress.	35.3% 194	36.9% 253	39.1% 204	42.2% 313	36.9% 205	9	38.3% 1169
I am staying about the same.	20.9% 115	20.6% 141	20.3% 106	19.4% 144	21.4% 119	6	20.5% 625
I have lost ground a little.	10.0% 55	6.4% 44	4.6% 24	2.2% 16	0.5% 3	0	4.7% 142
I have definitely lost ground.	1.8% 10	1.2% 8	0.8% 4	0.1% 1	0.4% 2	0	0.8% 25
Missing	3	0	0	2	9	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 685	100.0% 522	100.0% 741	100.0% 556	21	3053

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
I am making definite progress.	28.4% 120	36.1% 885	42.6% 60	56.6% 30	2	35.7% 1095
I am making a little progress.	38.1% 161	39.1% 959	36.2% 51	11.3% 6	2	38.4% 1177
I am staying about the same.	22.7% 96	20.1% 492	19.9% 28	28.3% 15	1	20.6% 631
I have lost ground a little.	8.5% 36	4.2% 103	0.7% 1	1.9% 1	0	4.6% 141
I have definitely lost ground.	2.4% 10	0.5% 13	0.7% 1	1.9% 1	0	0.8% 25
Missing	0	12	2	0	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 2452	100.0% 141	100.0% 53	5	3069

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
I am making definite progress.	36.5% 255	31.7% 267	36.7% 205	32.8% 102	41.1% 267	2	35.8% 1096
I am making a little progress.	39.5% 276	38.2% 322	37.2% 208	37.3% 116	38.5% 250	7	38.3% 1172
I am staying about the same.	19.6% 137	25.4% 214	19.5% 109	20.9% 65	16.0% 104	3	20.5% 629
I have lost ground a little.	3.9% 27	4.3% 36	5.4% 30	8.0% 25	3.2% 21	1	4.5% 139
I have definitely lost ground.	0.6% 4	0.5% 4	1.3% 7	1.0% 3	1.1% 7	0	0.8% 25
Missing	8	3	3	0	0	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 699	100.0% 843	100.0% 559	100.0% 311	100.0% 649	13	3061

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
I am making definite progress.	36.4% 759	33.8% 318	35.7% 5	15	35.6% 1082
I am making a little progress.	37.9% 790	39.5% 372	57.1% 8	10	38.5% 1170
I am staying about the same.	20.4% 425	21.1% 199	7.1% 1	7	20.6% 625
I have lost ground a little.	4.4% 91	5.0% 47	0.0% 0	2	4.5% 138
I have definitely lost ground.	0.9% 19	0.5% 5	0.0% 0	0	0.8% 24
Missing	9	4	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 2084	100.0% 941	100.0% 14	34	3039

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
I am making definite progress.	36.5% 421	34.2% 469	33.6% 41	41.9% 95	72	35.7% 1026
I am making a little progress.	41.8% 482	39.2% 538	37.7% 46	25.6% 58	55	39.1% 1124
I am staying about the same.	17.1% 197	21.4% 293	22.1% 27	24.7% 56	60	19.9% 573
I have lost ground a little.	3.5% 40	4.7% 65	4.1% 5	7.5% 17	14	4.4% 127
I have definitely lost ground.	1.2% 14	0.4% 6	2.5% 3	0.4% 1	0	0.8% 24
Missing	2	11	0	1	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 1154	100.0% 1371	100.0% 122	100.0% 227	201	2874

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
I am making definite progress.	39.6% 245	38.7% 281	33.3% 176	33.9% 136	32.1% 174	85	35.9% 1012
I am making a little progress.	35.4% 219	38.9% 283	39.4% 208	38.4% 154	39.3% 213	102	38.2% 1077
I am staying about the same.	21.8% 135	17.3% 126	21.2% 112	20.9% 84	22.5% 122	53	20.6% 579
I have lost ground a little.	2.4% 15	4.5% 33	5.1% 27	5.2% 21	5.4% 29	16	4.4% 125
I have definitely lost ground.	0.8% 5	0.6% 4	0.9% 5	1.5% 6	0.7% 4	2	0.9% 24
Missing	7	1	2	0	0	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 727	100.0% 528	100.0% 401	100.0% 542	258	2817

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
I am making definite progress.	34.5% 138	36.2% 408	35.2% 25	526	35.8% 571
I am making a little progress.	37.5% 150	39.3% 442	42.3% 30	557	38.9% 622
I am staying about the same.	21.0% 84	20.0% 225	14.1% 10	312	20.0% 319
I have lost ground a little.	5.3% 21	4.1% 46	7.0% 5	69	4.5% 72
I have definitely lost ground.	1.8% 7	0.4% 5	1.4% 1	12	0.8% 13
Missing	3	5	0	0	8
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1126	100.0% 71	1476	1597