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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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EMPLOY4 (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	161	11%	11%
Your parents	302	20.6%	31.6%
Your closest friends	345	23.6%	55.2%
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	362	24.7%	79.9%
Members of your church (other than above)	293	20%	99.9%
Missing	1624	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Your spouse	11.1% 74	11.3% 44	8.2% 20	14.8% 20	14.8% 4	11.1% 162
Your parents	18.6% 124	22.5% 88	23.0% 56	20.0% 27	22.2% 6	20.6% 301
Your closest friends	21.6% 144	25.6% 100	25.0% 61	25.9% 35	18.5% 5	23.6% 345
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	24.3% 162	27.6% 108	23.8% 58	21.5% 29	22.2% 6	24.8% 363
Members of your church (other than above)	24.4% 163	13.0% 51	20.1% 49	17.8% 24	22.2% 6	20.0% 293
Missing	727	436	316	122	23	1624
TOTAL	100.0% 667	100.0% 391	100.0% 244	100.0% 135	100.0% 27	1464

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	11.8% 101	10.0% 60	0	11.0% 161
Your parents	21.2% 182	19.6% 118	1	20.6% 300
Your closest friends	25.4% 218	21.1% 127	0	23.6% 345
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	22.9% 196	27.4% 165	1	24.7% 361
Members of your church (other than above)	18.7% 160	21.9% 132	1	20.0% 292
Missing	574	1034	0	1608
TOTAL	100.0% 857	100.0% 602	3	1459

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	8.6% 26	9.1% 41	9.7% 32	17.1% 56	13.0% 6	0	11.0% 161
Your parents	15.2% 46	18.3% 83	21.8% 72	24.4% 80	45.7% 21	0	20.7% 302
Your closest friends	30.8% 93	21.6% 98	21.8% 72	20.7% 68	28.3% 13	2	23.6% 344
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	29.5% 89	27.2% 123	23.6% 78	19.8% 65	10.9% 5	2	24.7% 360
Members of your church (other than above)	15.9% 48	23.8% 108	23.3% 77	18.0% 59	2.2% 1	1	20.1% 293
Missing	249	233	191	416	519	0	1608
TOTAL	100.0% 302	100.0% 453	100.0% 331	100.0% 328	100.0% 46	5	1460

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	13.4% 29	9.7% 116	42.1% 8	32.1% 9	0	11.1% 162
Your parents	21.2% 46	20.5% 246	15.8% 3	28.6% 8	0	20.7% 303
Your closest friends	35.0% 76	21.5% 258	21.1% 4	21.4% 6	1	23.5% 344
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	29.5% 64	24.1% 289	21.1% 4	17.9% 5	0	24.7% 362
Members of your church (other than above)	0.9% 2	24.3% 291	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	20.0% 293
Missing	207	1264	123	27	0	1621
TOTAL	100.0% 217	100.0% 1200	100.0% 19	100.0% 28	1	1464

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	13.8% 20	11.8% 45	9.5% 27	7.5% 15	11.9% 54	1	11.0% 161
Your parents	24.1% 35	19.9% 76	19.4% 55	19.6% 39	20.9% 95	2	20.5% 300
Your closest friends	22.8% 33	20.7% 79	23.6% 67	27.6% 55	24.6% 112	0	23.6% 346
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	20.0% 29	26.0% 99	27.8% 79	26.6% 53	22.6% 103	0	24.8% 363
Members of your church (other than above)	19.3% 28	21.5% 82	19.7% 56	18.6% 37	20.0% 91	0	20.1% 294
Missing	563	465	279	111	195	0	1613
TOTAL	100.0% 145	100.0% 381	100.0% 284	100.0% 199	100.0% 455	3	1464

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	11.7% 119	9.4% 40	12.5% 1	1	11.0% 160
Your parents	19.6% 200	23.6% 100	0.0% 0	2	20.6% 300
Your closest friends	22.3% 228	26.2% 111	25.0% 2	5	23.5% 341
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	25.6% 261	23.1% 98	25.0% 2	1	24.8% 361
Members of your church (other than above)	20.9% 213	17.7% 75	37.5% 3	2	20.0% 291
Missing	1073	522	5	0	1600
TOTAL	100.0% 1021	100.0% 424	100.0% 8	11	1453

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	11.4% 69	11.6% 73	7.9% 5	9.2% 10	5	11.2% 157
Your parents	19.0% 115	21.9% 138	22.2% 14	18.3% 20	14	20.4% 287
Your closest friends	20.3% 123	24.3% 153	33.3% 21	28.4% 31	17	23.3% 328
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	25.8% 156	24.3% 153	25.4% 16	24.8% 27	10	25.0% 352
Members of your church (other than above)	23.5% 142	17.9% 113	11.1% 7	19.3% 21	10	20.1% 283
Missing	550	751	57	120	0	1478
TOTAL	100.0% 605	100.0% 630	100.0% 63	100.0% 109	56	1407

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	11.6% 23	10.2% 36	9.1% 28	13.9% 33	11.9% 38	4	11.2% 158
Your parents	18.7% 37	20.6% 73	17.6% 54	21.0% 50	23.4% 75	12	20.4% 289
Your closest friends	25.3% 50	19.5% 69	22.1% 68	26.9% 64	26.6% 85	10	23.7% 336
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	22.7% 45	26.0% 92	27.0% 83	22.3% 53	22.5% 72	16	24.3% 345
Members of your church (other than above)	21.7% 43	23.7% 84	24.1% 74	16.0% 38	15.6% 50	3	20.4% 289
Missing	429	374	222	162	222	0	1409
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 354	100.0% 307	100.0% 238	100.0% 320	45	1417

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Your spouse	9.4% 22	13.1% 71	7.5% 4	64	11.7% 97
Your parents	19.7% 46	20.2% 110	17.0% 9	138	19.9% 165
Your closest friends	19.2% 45	23.7% 129	26.4% 14	157	22.6% 188
Your colleagues at work, in business, or in your profession	26.5% 62	25.0% 136	24.5% 13	151	25.4% 211
Members of your church (other than above)	25.2% 59	18.0% 98	24.5% 13	123	20.5% 170
Missing	169	588	18	0	775
TOTAL	100.0% 234	100.0% 544	100.0% 53	633	831