Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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CHPARTIC (Weighted by WTFACTOR) How important for you is your current participation in the life and work of the church?   1) Very important   2) Fairly important   3) Little importance   4) No importance

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	1614	52.7%	52.7%
Fairly important	1147	37.5%	90.2%
Little importance	276	9%	99.2%
No importance	25	.8%	100%
Missing	25	%	%

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	53.1% 735	50.1% 409	54.7% 304	54.4% 137	56.9% 29	52.7% 1614
Fairly important	36.4% 504	39.8% 325	37.4% 208	36.5% 92	35.3% 18	37.5% 1147
Little importance	9.7% 135	9.1% 74	7.2% 40	8.7% 22	7.8% 4	9.0% 275
No importance	0.8% 11	1.1% 9	0.7% 4	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 25
Missing	9	9	4	2	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 1385	100.0% 817	100.0% 556	100.0% 252	100.0% 51	3061

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	53.3% 759	52.4% 849	6	52.8% 1608
Fairly important	35.6% 506	38.7% 627	13	37.2% 1133
Little importance	10.2% 145	8.1% 131	0	9.1% 276
No importance	0.9% 13	0.8% 13	0	0.9% 26
Missing	8	17	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 1423	100.0% 1620	19	3043

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	37.8% 207	50.7% 347	55.3% 288	60.6% 449	56.9% 313	10	52.7% 1604
Fairly important	43.4% 238	38.0% 260	35.1% 183	34.4% 255	37.3% 205	7	37.5% 1141
Little importance	18.2% 100	9.9% 68	8.6% 45	4.6% 34	4.9% 27	2	9.0% 274
No importance	0.5% 3	1.3% 9	1.0% 5	0.4% 3	0.9% 5	0	0.8% 25
Missing	4	3	1	2	15	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 548	100.0% 684	100.0% 521	100.0% 741	100.0% 550	19	3044

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	35.1% 149	56.1% 1370	50.4% 70	44.4% 24	1	52.7% 1613
Fairly important	42.5% 180	36.5% 891	41.0% 57	31.5% 17	2	37.4% 1145
Little importance	21.2% 90	6.9% 169	6.5% 9	14.8% 8	1	9.0% 276
No importance	1.2% 5	0.5% 13	2.2% 3	9.3% 5	0	0.8% 26
Missing	2	20	3	0	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 424	100.0% 2443	100.0% 139	100.0% 54	4	3060

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	50.2% 348	46.6% 391	49.9% 279	57.1% 177	63.7% 414	5	52.7% 1609
Fairly important	40.5% 281	42.4% 356	38.8% 217	31.9% 99	29.1% 189	5	37.4% 1142
Little importance	8.7% 60	10.3% 86	10.2% 57	9.7% 30	6.3% 41	3	9.0% 274
No importance	0.6% 4	0.7% 6	1.1% 6	1.3% 4	0.9% 6	0	0.9% 26
Missing	14	6	3	2	0	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 693	100.0% 839	100.0% 559	100.0% 310	100.0% 650	13	3051

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	54.0% 1121	50.1% 470	30.8% 4	18	52.7% 1595
Fairly important	36.3% 754	39.4% 370	69.2% 9	14	37.4% 1133
Little importance	8.9% 185	9.5% 89	0.0% 0	1	9.1% 274
No importance	0.8% 16	1.0% 9	0.0% 0	0	0.8% 25
Missing	17	8	0	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 2076	100.0% 938	100.0% 13	33	3027

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	55.9% 642	51.4% 701	47.5% 58	48.4% 109	103	52.8% 1510
Fairly important	35.3% 406	38.3% 523	38.5% 47	38.7% 87	83	37.2% 1063
Little importance	8.0% 92	9.4% 128	11.5% 14	12.0% 27	15	9.1% 261
No importance	0.8% 9	0.9% 12	2.5% 3	0.9% 2	0	0.9% 26
Missing	6	16	0	3	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 1149	100.0% 1364	100.0% 122	100.0% 225	201	2860

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	54.1% 333	61.1% 442	57.2% 302	46.6% 186	46.7% 254	97	54.0% 1517
Fairly important	37.2% 229	31.1% 225	35.6% 188	39.3% 157	42.1% 229	119	36.6% 1028
Little importance	8.1% 50	7.3% 53	6.8% 36	11.8% 47	10.5% 57	34	8.6% 243
No importance	0.6% 4	0.4% 3	0.4% 2	2.3% 9	0.7% 4	3	0.8% 22
Missing	10	4	2	1	0	0	17
TOTAL	100.0% 616	100.0% 723	100.0% 528	100.0% 399	100.0% 544	253	2810

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	58.5% 233	52.0% 585	60.6% 43	753	54.0% 861
Fairly important	31.2% 124	40.0% 450	25.4% 18	555	37.1% 592
Little importance	9.0% 36	7.4% 83	14.1% 10	147	8.1% 129
No importance	1.3% 5	0.6% 7	0.0% 0	13	0.8% 12
Missing	5	7	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 398	100.0% 1125	100.0% 71	1468	1594