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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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EMPLOY3 (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	193	12.3%	12.3%
Your parents	660	42%	54.3%
Your closest friends	477	30.4%	84.7%
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	190	12.1%	96.8%
Members of your church (other than above)	50	3.2%	100%
Missing	1517	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Your spouse	12.3% 88	11.7% 48	13.4% 36	13.1% 19	10.3% 3	12.4% 194
Your parents	41.9% 301	41.1% 168	46.1% 124	39.3% 57	31.0% 9	42.0% 659
Your closest friends	30.2% 217	32.0% 131	27.9% 75	29.7% 43	37.9% 11	30.4% 477
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	12.3% 88	11.7% 48	10.8% 29	14.5% 21	13.8% 4	12.1% 190
Members of your church (other than above)	3.3% 24	3.4% 14	1.9% 5	3.4% 5	6.9% 2	3.2% 50
Missing	677	419	290	110	22	1518
TOTAL	100.0% 718	100.0% 409	100.0% 269	100.0% 145	100.0% 29	1570

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	12.7% 113	11.6% 79	2	12.3% 192
Your parents	39.1% 347	45.9% 312	0	42.1% 659
Your closest friends	30.6% 272	30.0% 204	1	30.4% 476
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	13.6% 121	10.2% 69	0	12.1% 190
Members of your church (other than above)	3.9% 35	2.2% 15	0	3.2% 50
Missing	543	958	0	1501
TOTAL	100.0% 888	100.0% 679	3	1567

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	14.7% 49	10.2% 48	11.7% 41	12.6% 45	18.5% 10	0	12.3% 193
Your parents	43.4% 145	38.5% 181	44.0% 154	41.5% 148	51.9% 28	3	41.9% 656
Your closest friends	29.0% 97	35.1% 165	29.7% 104	27.7% 99	20.4% 11	2	30.4% 476
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	10.8% 36	11.1% 52	12.6% 44	15.1% 54	7.4% 4	0	12.1% 190
Members of your church (other than above)	2.1% 7	5.1% 24	2.0% 7	3.1% 11	1.9% 1	0	3.2% 50
Missing	217	216	172	387	510	0	1502
TOTAL	100.0% 334	100.0% 470	100.0% 350	100.0% 357	100.0% 54	5	1565

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	29.3% 71	8.2% 105	40.0% 8	28.6% 8	1	12.2% 192
Your parents	54.1% 131	39.1% 500	50.0% 10	64.3% 18	0	42.0% 659
Your closest friends	14.9% 36	34.2% 437	10.0% 2	7.1% 2	0	30.4% 477
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	1.7% 4	14.6% 186	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	12.1% 190
Members of your church (other than above)	0.0% 0	3.9% 50	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	3.2% 50
Missing	182	1186	123	24	0	1515
TOTAL	100.0% 242	100.0% 1278	100.0% 20	100.0% 28	1	1568

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	17.9% 31	11.1% 46	13.9% 43	9.5% 20	11.7% 54	0	12.4% 194
Your parents	46.2% 80	39.2% 162	42.1% 130	47.6% 100	40.0% 185	2	41.9% 657
Your closest friends	21.4% 37	31.7% 131	32.0% 99	24.8% 52	34.2% 158	1	30.4% 477
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	11.6% 20	14.8% 61	10.0% 31	11.9% 25	11.0% 51	2	12.0% 188
Members of your church (other than above)	2.9% 5	3.1% 13	1.9% 6	6.2% 13	3.0% 14	0	3.3% 51
Missing	534	433	253	101	187	0	1508
TOTAL	100.0% 173	100.0% 413	100.0% 309	100.0% 210	100.0% 462	5	1567

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	11.9% 128	13.0% 61	14.3% 1	3	12.2% 190
Your parents	41.5% 448	43.0% 202	28.6% 2	7	41.9% 652
Your closest friends	31.3% 338	29.4% 138	14.3% 1	1	30.6% 477
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	11.8% 127	12.6% 59	42.9% 3	1	12.1% 189
Members of your church (other than above)	3.6% 39	2.1% 10	0.0% 0	0	3.1% 49
Missing	1013	477	6	0	1496
TOTAL	100.0% 1080	100.0% 470	100.0% 7	12	1557

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	10.2% 66	13.9% 93	8.6% 6	12.5% 14	14	11.9% 179
Your parents	41.4% 268	42.5% 285	47.1% 33	35.7% 40	33	41.7% 626
Your closest friends	32.3% 209	29.4% 197	24.3% 17	37.5% 42	13	31.0% 465
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	12.5% 81	12.2% 82	15.7% 11	8.0% 9	8	12.2% 183
Members of your church (other than above)	3.6% 23	2.1% 14	4.3% 3	6.3% 7	3	3.1% 47
Missing	508	709	52	116	0	1385
TOTAL	100.0% 647	100.0% 671	100.0% 70	100.0% 112	71	1500

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	16.5% 36	12.6% 47	13.4% 46	11.5% 29	7.3% 24	12	12.0% 182
Your parents	42.2% 92	41.0% 153	43.4% 149	39.7% 100	43.1% 141	24	42.0% 635
Your closest friends	31.2% 68	28.2% 105	27.4% 94	35.3% 89	33.3% 109	12	30.7% 465
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	6.9% 15	14.7% 55	11.7% 40	11.9% 30	13.8% 45	4	12.2% 185
Members of your church (other than above)	3.2% 7	3.5% 13	4.1% 14	1.6% 4	2.4% 8	3	3.0% 46
Missing	408	354	187	148	215	0	1312
TOTAL	100.0% 218	100.0% 373	100.0% 343	100.0% 252	100.0% 327	55	1513

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	13.9% 36	11.4% 65	11.1% 6	87	12.1% 107
Your parents	38.6% 100	39.9% 227	46.3% 25	308	39.9% 352
Your closest friends	33.2% 86	32.3% 184	33.3% 18	190	32.7% 288
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	9.7% 25	13.4% 76	5.6% 3	85	11.8% 104
Members of your church (other than above)	4.6% 12	3.0% 17	3.7% 2	19	3.5% 31
Missing	145	562	17	0	724
TOTAL	100.0% 259	100.0% 569	100.0% 54	689	882