Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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CHMEMBER (Weighted by WTFACTOR) All in all, how important is it to you to be a member of a church?   1) Very important   2) Fairly important   3) Little importance   4) No importance

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	2342	76.2%	76.2%
Fairly important	590	19.2%	95.4%
Little importance	128	4.2%	99.6%
No importance	14	.5%	100.1%
Missing	12	%	%

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
Very important	78.5% 1091	75.0% 616	75.5% 422	68.6% 175	74.5% 38	76.1% 2342
Fairly important	17.2% 239	20.0% 164	20.9% 117	23.5% 60	21.6% 11	19.2% 591
Little importance	4.1% 57	4.3% 35	2.9% 16	7.1% 18	3.9% 2	4.2% 128
No importance	0.2% 3	0.7% 6	0.7% 4	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 15
Missing	5	7	1	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 1390	100.0% 821	100.0% 559	100.0% 255	100.0% 51	3076

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	74.0% 1054	78.2% 1275	13	76.2% 2329
Fairly important	20.6% 294	17.8% 290	6	19.1% 584
Little importance	4.8% 69	3.6% 59	0	4.2% 128
No importance	0.6% 8	0.4% 6	0	0.5% 14
Missing	6	7	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 1425	100.0% 1630	19	3055

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	63.3% 347	68.2% 468	77.0% 401	83.4% 620	88.3% 490	16	76.2% 2326
Fairly important	29.4% 161	23.5% 161	19.4% 101	14.7% 109	9.7% 54	3	19.2% 586
Little importance	6.9% 38	7.3% 50	3.3% 17	1.6% 12	1.8% 10	1	4.2% 127
No importance	0.4% 2	1.0% 7	0.4% 2	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0	0.5% 14
Missing	3	0	1	0	9	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 548	100.0% 686	100.0% 521	100.0% 743	100.0% 555	20	3053

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	58.7% 249	78.5% 1924	94.3% 133	62.3% 33	2	76.2% 2339
Fairly important	32.5% 138	17.6% 431	5.0% 7	22.6% 12	1	19.2% 588
Little importance	8.5% 36	3.5% 85	0.0% 0	11.3% 6	0	4.1% 127
No importance	0.2% 1	0.4% 11	0.7% 1	3.8% 2	0	0.5% 15
Missing	0	11	1	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 424	100.0% 2451	100.0% 141	100.0% 53	3	3069

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	80.5% 565	75.4% 635	72.3% 404	73.6% 229	76.9% 500	10	76.1% 2333
Fairly important	17.8% 125	19.4% 163	20.2% 113	21.9% 68	18.3% 119	3	19.2% 588
Little importance	1.6% 11	4.5% 38	7.0% 39	4.2% 13	4.2% 27	0	4.2% 128
No importance	0.1% 1	0.7% 6	0.5% 3	0.3% 1	0.6% 4	0	0.5% 15
Missing	6	3	4	0	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 702	100.0% 842	100.0% 559	100.0% 311	100.0% 650	13	3064

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	77.8% 1622	72.6% 685	53.8% 7	28	76.1% 2314
Fairly important	17.4% 363	23.2% 219	30.8% 4	5	19.3% 586
Little importance	4.4% 91	3.6% 34	7.7% 1	1	4.1% 126
No importance	0.4% 8	0.6% 6	7.7% 1	0	0.5% 15
Missing	10	2	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 2084	100.0% 944	100.0% 13	34	3041

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	79.8% 919	74.2% 1018	68.0% 83	76.2% 173	149	76.4% 2193
Fairly important	16.0% 184	21.3% 292	25.4% 31	17.2% 39	44	19.0% 546
Little importance	4.1% 47	3.8% 52	4.9% 6	6.2% 14	9	4.1% 119
No importance	0.1% 1	0.7% 10	1.6% 2	0.4% 1	0	0.5% 14
Missing	3	9	0	1	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 1151	100.0% 1372	100.0% 122	100.0% 227	202	2872

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	81.6% 505	77.4% 562	79.9% 422	70.6% 283	70.7% 384	187	76.5% 2156
Fairly important	14.9% 92	18.2% 132	16.3% 86	22.2% 89	23.8% 129	61	18.7% 528
Little importance	3.1% 19	4.0% 29	3.4% 18	6.7% 27	4.8% 26	9	4.2% 119
No importance	0.5% 3	0.4% 3	0.4% 2	0.5% 2	0.7% 4	1	0.5% 14
Missing	7	1	2	0	1	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 726	100.0% 528	100.0% 401	100.0% 543	258	2817

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	75.3% 301	78.6% 883	76.4% 55	1103	77.6% 1239
Fairly important	17.0% 68	17.4% 196	23.6% 17	310	17.6% 281
Little importance	6.8% 27	3.7% 42	0.0% 0	58	4.3% 69
No importance	1.0% 4	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	7	0.4% 7
Missing	3	6	0	0	9
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1124	100.0% 72	1478	1596