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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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EMPLOY2 (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	416	27.9%	27.9%
Your parents	397	26.6%	54.5%
Your closest friends	193	12.9%	67.4%
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	231	15.5%	82.9%
Members of your church (other than above)	255	17.1%	100%
Missing	1595	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Your spouse	26.8% 185	29.7% 116	28.0% 70	29.0% 38	23.3% 7	27.9% 416
Your parents	26.2% 181	25.6% 100	25.6% 64	34.4% 45	26.7% 8	26.7% 398
Your closest friends	12.3% 85	14.3% 56	14.0% 35	9.9% 13	13.3% 4	12.9% 193
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	16.4% 113	14.1% 55	15.6% 39	13.7% 18	20.0% 6	15.5% 231
Members of your church (other than above)	18.4% 127	16.4% 64	16.8% 42	13.0% 17	16.7% 5	17.1% 255
Missing	703	437	310	122	22	1594
TOTAL	100.0% 691	100.0% 391	100.0% 250	100.0% 131	100.0% 30	1493

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	26.8% 233	29.4% 182	1	27.9% 415
Your parents	26.0% 226	27.6% 171	0	26.7% 397
Your closest friends	12.6% 109	13.4% 83	1	12.9% 192
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	15.9% 138	14.8% 92	0	15.5% 230
Members of your church (other than above)	18.7% 162	14.8% 92	0	17.1% 254
Missing	563	1014	0	1577
TOTAL	100.0% 868	100.0% 620	2	1488

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	45.2% 152	24.5% 118	20.4% 70	21.3% 59	31.9% 15	2	27.9% 414
Your parents	30.4% 102	28.5% 137	22.2% 76	22.4% 62	40.4% 19	2	26.7% 396
Your closest friends	9.2% 31	14.1% 68	14.9% 51	15.2% 42	0.0% 0	0	12.9% 192
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	11.3% 38	17.7% 85	18.1% 62	14.1% 39	10.6% 5	2	15.4% 229
Members of your church (other than above)	3.9% 13	15.2% 73	24.5% 84	27.1% 75	17.0% 8	2	17.0% 253
Missing	215	204	178	466	518	0	1581
TOTAL	100.0% 336	100.0% 481	100.0% 343	100.0% 277	100.0% 47	8	1484

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	64.5% 149	20.2% 247	44.4% 4	55.2% 16	0	27.9% 416
Your parents	18.2% 42	28.4% 347	22.2% 2	20.7% 6	0	26.6% 397
Your closest friends	9.5% 22	13.7% 167	22.2% 2	10.3% 3	0	13.0% 194
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	7.8% 18	17.1% 209	0.0% 0	10.3% 3	1	15.4% 230
Members of your church (other than above)	0.0% 0	20.7% 253	11.1% 1	3.4% 1	0	17.1% 255
Missing	192	1240	133	26	0	1591
TOTAL	100.0% 231	100.0% 1223	100.0% 9	100.0% 29	1	1492

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	30.5% 46	33.7% 132	25.6% 76	27.5% 57	23.6% 105	2	27.9% 416
Your parents	38.4% 58	31.1% 122	27.6% 82	22.7% 47	20.0% 89	0	26.7% 398
Your closest friends	6.6% 10	13.8% 54	13.1% 39	15.0% 31	13.5% 60	0	13.0% 194
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	12.6% 19	9.9% 39	17.2% 51	16.9% 35	19.4% 86	0	15.4% 230
Members of your church (other than above)	11.9% 18	11.5% 45	16.5% 49	17.9% 37	23.4% 104	2	17.0% 253
Missing	557	453	266	104	206	0	1586
TOTAL	100.0% 151	100.0% 392	100.0% 297	100.0% 207	100.0% 444	4	1491

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	27.7% 288	28.4% 123	28.6% 2	3	27.9% 413
Your parents	27.3% 284	24.9% 108	42.9% 3	2	26.7% 395
Your closest friends	12.9% 134	13.6% 59	0.0% 0	0	13.0% 193
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	15.5% 161	14.3% 62	28.6% 2	5	15.2% 225
Members of your church (other than above)	16.6% 172	18.7% 81	0.0% 0	1	17.1% 253
Missing	1053	512	6	0	1571
TOTAL	100.0% 1039	100.0% 433	100.0% 7	11	1479

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	26.9% 163	26.7% 170	27.1% 19	29.6% 32	31	27.0% 384
Your parents	23.4% 142	30.0% 191	25.7% 18	25.0% 27	19	26.6% 378
Your closest friends	13.9% 84	13.8% 88	12.9% 9	8.3% 9	4	13.4% 190
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	18.2% 110	13.2% 84	12.9% 9	15.7% 17	11	15.5% 220
Members of your church (other than above)	17.7% 107	16.2% 103	21.4% 15	21.3% 23	6	17.5% 248
Missing	549	744	52	120	0	1465
TOTAL	100.0% 606	100.0% 636	100.0% 70	100.0% 108	71	1420

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	40.8% 84	21.2% 75	18.7% 59	27.7% 66	30.2% 97	35	26.6% 381
Your parents	28.2% 58	28.2% 100	25.3% 80	26.1% 62	25.2% 81	17	26.6% 381
Your closest friends	5.3% 11	17.8% 63	16.8% 53	11.3% 27	11.8% 38	2	13.4% 192
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	17.0% 35	14.4% 51	15.5% 49	18.9% 45	15.3% 49	1	16.0% 229
Members of your church (other than above)	8.7% 18	18.4% 65	23.7% 75	16.0% 38	17.4% 56	2	17.6% 252
Missing	420	373	214	162	222	0	1391
TOTAL	100.0% 206	100.0% 354	100.0% 316	100.0% 238	100.0% 321	57	1435

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	28.2% 69	27.5% 153	23.5% 12	182	27.5% 234
Your parents	20.8% 51	29.3% 163	21.6% 11	171	26.4% 225
Your closest friends	13.5% 33	12.9% 72	7.8% 4	84	12.8% 109
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	16.7% 41	15.5% 86	17.6% 9	95	16.0% 136
Members of your church (other than above)	20.8% 51	14.7% 82	29.4% 15	108	17.4% 148
Missing	158	574	21	0	753
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 556	100.0% 51	640	852