Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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GODWANT (Weighted by WTFACTOR) When you have decisions to make in your everyday life, how often do you ask yourself what God would want you to do?   1) Never   2) Seldom   3) Sometimes   4) Often   5) Very often

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Never	46	1.5%	1.5%
Seldom	190	6.2%	7.7%
Sometimes	895	29.1%	36.8%
Often	1349	43.9%	80.7%
Very often	595	19.3%	100%
Missing	13	%	%

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	1.7% 24	1.7% 14	0.7% 4	1.6% 4	0.0% 0	1.5% 46
Seldom	6.3% 88	8.2% 67	3.4% 19	5.1% 13	3.9% 2	6.1% 189
Sometimes	29.8% 414	30.7% 252	26.2% 146	28.2% 72	21.6% 11	29.1% 895
Often	44.2% 615	42.6% 349	44.7% 249	44.3% 113	43.1% 22	43.9% 1348
Very often	18.0% 250	16.8% 138	25.0% 139	20.8% 53	31.4% 16	19.4% 596
Missing	3	7	2	1	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 1391	100.0% 820	100.0% 557	100.0% 255	100.0% 51	3074

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Never	2.0% 28	1.1% 18	0	1.5% 46
Seldom	7.7% 110	4.9% 80	0	6.2% 190
Sometimes	31.3% 447	27.2% 443	5	29.1% 890
Often	42.8% 611	44.6% 727	11	43.8% 1338
Very often	16.2% 231	22.2% 361	3	19.4% 592
Missing	4	9	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 1427	100.0% 1629	19	3056

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Never	2.7% 15	2.6% 18	1.1% 6	0.8% 6	0.4% 2	0	1.5% 47
Seldom	11.9% 65	9.2% 63	4.6% 24	3.2% 24	1.8% 10	4	6.1% 186
Sometimes	42.5% 233	30.6% 210	26.8% 140	22.7% 169	25.1% 140	4	29.2% 892
Often	29.9% 164	42.3% 290	45.6% 238	49.9% 371	50.3% 280	6	43.9% 1343
Very often	13.0% 71	15.3% 105	21.8% 114	23.3% 173	22.4% 125	7	19.2% 588
Missing	4	0	0	1	8	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 548	100.0% 686	100.0% 522	100.0% 743	100.0% 557	21	3056

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Never	3.3% 14	1.2% 29	0.0% 0	5.7% 3	0	1.5% 46
Seldom	12.3% 52	5.4% 132	0.7% 1	7.5% 4	0	6.2% 189
Sometimes	39.7% 168	28.1% 689	19.9% 28	15.1% 8	1	29.1% 893
Often	30.7% 130	46.3% 1135	42.6% 60	39.6% 21	3	43.9% 1346
Very often	13.9% 59	19.0% 467	36.9% 52	32.1% 17	0	19.4% 595
Missing	1	11	1	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 2452	100.0% 141	100.0% 53	4	3069

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Never	0.9% 6	1.1% 9	1.8% 10	2.6% 8	1.8% 12	0	1.5% 45
Seldom	6.6% 46	6.5% 55	6.8% 38	7.7% 24	4.0% 26	0	6.2% 189
Sometimes	27.4% 192	34.2% 288	29.9% 167	26.4% 82	25.1% 163	4	29.1% 892
Often	46.1% 323	43.0% 362	42.6% 238	44.4% 138	43.6% 283	6	43.9% 1344
Very often	19.0% 133	15.2% 128	19.0% 106	19.0% 59	25.4% 165	3	19.3% 591
Missing	6	4	3	0	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 700	100.0% 842	100.0% 559	100.0% 311	100.0% 649	13	3061

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Never	1.4% 29	1.7% 16	7.1% 1	0	1.5% 46
Seldom	6.2% 129	6.4% 60	0.0% 0	1	6.2% 189
Sometimes	29.4% 614	28.0% 264	21.4% 3	14	29.0% 881
Often	43.5% 907	44.9% 423	42.9% 6	13	43.9% 1336
Very often	19.5% 406	19.0% 179	28.6% 4	6	19.4% 589
Missing	10	3	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 2085	100.0% 942	100.0% 14	34	3041

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Never	1.1% 13	2.0% 28	0.8% 1	1.3% 3	2	1.6% 45
Seldom	5.0% 58	6.3% 86	8.9% 11	6.2% 14	20	5.9% 169
Sometimes	28.7% 332	29.9% 410	29.3% 36	28.6% 65	52	29.3% 843
Often	46.0% 531	42.8% 586	40.7% 50	39.2% 89	92	43.7% 1256
Very often	19.1% 221	19.0% 260	20.3% 25	24.7% 56	34	19.5% 562
Missing	0	11	0	1	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 1155	100.0% 1370	100.0% 123	100.0% 227	200	2875

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Never	1.0% 6	1.1% 8	1.9% 10	2.3% 9	1.7% 9	3	1.5% 42
Seldom	3.4% 21	5.6% 41	7.2% 38	9.0% 36	6.3% 34	20	6.0% 170
Sometimes	26.3% 163	26.7% 194	29.5% 156	32.5% 130	31.3% 170	82	28.9% 813
Often	46.0% 285	44.9% 326	43.9% 232	43.5% 174	42.0% 228	106	44.2% 1245
Very often	23.3% 144	21.6% 157	17.6% 93	12.8% 51	18.8% 102	49	19.4% 547
Missing	8	2	2	0	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 726	100.0% 529	100.0% 400	100.0% 543	260	2817

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Never	3.0% 12	0.8% 9	1.4% 1	25	1.4% 22
Seldom	10.0% 40	4.7% 53	4.2% 3	94	6.0% 96
Sometimes	30.3% 121	29.8% 335	33.3% 24	415	30.0% 480
Often	40.3% 161	44.6% 502	37.5% 27	659	43.2% 690
Very often	16.5% 66	20.2% 227	23.6% 17	284	19.4% 310
Missing	3	5	0	0	8
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1126	100.0% 72	1477	1598