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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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EMPLOY1 (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

Persons currently employed: In regard to your choice of a job, occupation, or vocation, upon whom did you rely for advice or counsel? Rank the following five categories by writing a 1 in the blank for the most important source of counsel, 2 for the second most important, etc.

	1) Your spouse
	2) Your parents
	3) Your closest friends
	4) Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession
	5) Members of your church (other than above)

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Your spouse	1140	74.5%	74.5%
Your parents	221	14.4%	88.9%
Your closest friends	59	3.9%	92.8%
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	43	2.8%	95.6%
Members of your church (other than above)	67	4.4%	100%
Missing	1558	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Your spouse	74.1% 520	73.1% 291	80.7% 209	71.4% 100	69.0% 20	74.6% 1140
Your parents	14.8% 104	16.1% 64	10.0% 26	15.7% 22	17.2% 5	14.5% 221
Your closest friends	4.4% 31	3.3% 13	2.3% 6	5.0% 7	3.4% 1	3.8% 58
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	2.7% 19	3.3% 13	1.9% 5	3.6% 5	3.4% 1	2.8% 43
Members of your church (other than above)	4.0% 28	4.3% 17	5.0% 13	4.3% 6	6.9% 2	4.3% 66
Missing	692	429	300	115	22	1558
TOTAL	100.0% 702	100.0% 398	100.0% 259	100.0% 140	100.0% 29	1528

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	71.2% 634	79.4% 502	4	74.6% 1136
Your parents	15.6% 139	12.5% 79	2	14.3% 218
Your closest friends	4.7% 42	2.7% 17	0	3.9% 59
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	3.8% 34	1.4% 9	0	2.8% 43
Members of your church (other than above)	4.7% 42	4.0% 25	0	4.4% 67
Missing	540	1004	0	1544
TOTAL	100.0% 891	100.0% 632	6	1523

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	67.5% 129	71.5% 314	75.5% 275	76.3% 329	92.6% 87	6	74.7% 1134
Your parents	16.2% 31	15.0% 66	14.3% 52	16.0% 69	2.1% 2	0	14.5% 220
Your closest friends	2.1% 4	5.2% 23	4.4% 16	3.0% 13	2.1% 2	0	3.8% 58
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	3.1% 6	2.7% 12	3.0% 11	2.6% 11	2.1% 2	0	2.8% 42
Members of your church (other than above)	11.0% 21	5.5% 24	2.7% 10	2.1% 9	1.1% 1	2	4.3% 65
Missing	361	246	156	312	470	0	1545
TOTAL	100.0% 191	100.0% 439	100.0% 364	100.0% 431	100.0% 94	8	1519

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	7.1% 2	76.0% 1130	66.7% 6	33.3% 2	1	74.6% 1140
Your parents	0.0% 0	14.6% 217	33.3% 3	0.0% 0	1	14.4% 220
Your closest friends	3.6% 1	3.8% 57	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	0	3.9% 59
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	10.7% 3	2.6% 39	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	0	2.8% 43
Members of your church (other than above)	78.6% 22	2.9% 43	0.0% 0	33.3% 2	0	4.4% 67
Missing	397	978	133	48	0	1556
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 1486	100.0% 9	100.0% 6	2	1529

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	86.5% 198	74.3% 295	76.9% 210	78.7% 140	65.5% 292	4	74.5% 1135
Your parents	9.2% 21	16.4% 65	15.4% 42	8.4% 15	17.3% 77	1	14.4% 220
Your closest friends	1.7% 4	3.3% 13	4.0% 11	4.5% 8	4.9% 22	0	3.8% 58
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	1.7% 4	2.8% 11	0.4% 1	3.9% 7	4.5% 20	0	2.8% 43
Members of your church (other than above)	0.9% 2	3.3% 13	3.3% 9	4.5% 8	7.8% 35	0	4.4% 67
Missing	478	447	288	134	203	0	1550
TOTAL	100.0% 229	100.0% 397	100.0% 273	100.0% 178	100.0% 446	5	1523

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	73.7% 791	75.8% 332	85.7% 6	11	74.4% 1129
Your parents	14.5% 156	14.6% 64	14.3% 1	0	14.6% 221
Your closest friends	4.3% 46	3.0% 13	0.0% 0	0	3.9% 59
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	2.4% 26	3.7% 16	0.0% 0	0	2.8% 42
Members of your church (other than above)	5.0% 54	3.0% 13	0.0% 0	0	4.4% 67
Missing	1020	508	7	0	1535
TOTAL	100.0% 1073	100.0% 438	100.0% 7	11	1518

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	73.4% 461	76.2% 493	78.3% 54	67.6% 75	56	74.4% 1083
Your parents	15.1% 95	13.4% 87	13.0% 9	18.9% 21	9	14.6% 212
Your closest friends	4.0% 25	3.7% 24	2.9% 2	2.7% 3	4	3.7% 54
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	2.9% 18	2.6% 17	0.0% 0	4.5% 5	3	2.7% 40
Members of your church (other than above)	4.6% 29	4.0% 26	5.8% 4	6.3% 7	1	4.5% 66
Missing	527	734	52	116	0	1429
TOTAL	100.0% 628	100.0% 647	100.0% 69	100.0% 111	73	1455

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	72.5% 137	78.8% 308	76.6% 256	68.5% 174	73.0% 235	30	74.5% 1110
Your parents	14.8% 28	11.3% 44	14.7% 49	18.5% 47	14.9% 48	3	14.5% 216
Your closest friends	2.6% 5	3.8% 15	4.5% 15	5.9% 15	2.5% 8	1	3.9% 58
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	3.7% 7	2.6% 10	2.1% 7	2.8% 7	3.7% 12	0	2.9% 43
Members of your church (other than above)	6.3% 12	3.6% 14	2.1% 7	4.3% 11	5.9% 19	4	4.2% 63
Missing	437	336	197	145	220	0	1335
TOTAL	100.0% 189	100.0% 391	100.0% 334	100.0% 254	100.0% 322	38	1490

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	66.7% 168	75.1% 429	67.9% 36	507	72.3% 633
Your parents	21.8% 55	13.5% 77	17.0% 9	79	16.1% 141
Your closest friends	4.0% 10	3.9% 22	5.7% 3	24	4.0% 35
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	1.6% 4	2.6% 15	5.7% 3	21	2.5% 22
Members of your church (other than above)	6.0% 15	4.9% 28	3.8% 2	23	5.1% 45
Missing	150	560	19	0	729
TOTAL	100.0% 252	100.0% 571	100.0% 53	654	876