Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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WORDOGOD (Weighted by WTFACTOR) Do you believe that the teachings of your denomination more accurately reflect the Word of God than the teachings of any other denomination?   1) Definitely   2) For the most part   3) No   4) Uncertain

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Definitely	747	24.3%	24.3%
For the most part	1411	45.9%	70.2%
No	630	20.5%	90.7%
Uncertain	283	9.2%	99.9%
Missing	16	%	%

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
Definitely	28.4% 394	17.4% 142	23.4% 131	26.0% 66	28.0% 14	24.3% 747
For the most part	47.4% 658	44.3% 362	45.8% 256	44.1% 112	46.0% 23	46.0% 1411
No	14.9% 207	28.7% 235	23.6% 132	17.7% 45	18.0% 9	20.5% 628
Uncertain	9.3% 129	9.7% 79	7.2% 40	12.2% 31	8.0% 4	9.2% 283
Missing	6	9	0	1	0	16
TOTAL	100.0% 1388	100.0% 818	100.0% 559	100.0% 254	100.0% 50	3069

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	24.3% 347	24.4% 396	4	24.4% 743
For the most part	48.7% 695	43.4% 705	10	45.9% 1400
No	18.5% 264	22.4% 363	3	20.6% 627
Uncertain	8.5% 122	9.8% 159	2	9.2% 281
Missing	3	13	0	16
TOTAL	100.0% 1428	100.0% 1623	19	3051

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	20.4% 112	20.0% 137	21.3% 111	31.2% 232	27.5% 152	4	24.4% 744
For the most part	33.5% 184	46.6% 320	49.9% 260	47.8% 355	50.8% 281	11	45.9% 1400
No	28.1% 154	23.9% 164	22.6% 118	14.5% 108	15.0% 83	3	20.5% 627
Uncertain	18.0% 99	9.5% 65	6.1% 32	6.5% 48	6.7% 37	2	9.2% 281
Missing	3	0	0	1	12	0	16
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 686	100.0% 521	100.0% 743	100.0% 553	20	3052

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	19.1% 81	25.3% 620	25.7% 36	16.7% 9	1	24.3% 746
For the most part	35.7% 151	47.4% 1162	51.4% 72	42.6% 23	2	45.9% 1408
No	26.5% 112	19.8% 486	13.6% 19	24.1% 13	0	20.5% 630
Uncertain	18.7% 79	7.4% 181	9.3% 13	16.7% 9	1	9.2% 282
Missing	0	13	3	0	0	16
TOTAL	100.0% 423	100.0% 2449	100.0% 140	100.0% 54	4	3066

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	31.2% 219	27.0% 227	19.5% 109	14.2% 44	22.7% 147	2	24.4% 746
For the most part	46.2% 324	43.2% 363	43.5% 243	51.5% 159	48.3% 313	9	45.8% 1402
No	11.8% 83	19.5% 164	26.5% 148	26.5% 82	23.1% 150	2	20.5% 627
Uncertain	10.7% 75	10.3% 87	10.6% 59	7.8% 24	5.9% 38	0	9.3% 283
Missing	6	4	3	2	2	0	17
TOTAL	100.0% 701	100.0% 841	100.0% 559	100.0% 309	100.0% 648	13	3058

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	25.6% 533	21.2% 200	15.4% 2	12	24.2% 735
For the most part	47.7% 992	42.1% 397	61.5% 8	14	46.0% 1397
No	17.5% 365	27.3% 257	23.1% 3	5	20.6% 625
Uncertain	9.2% 191	9.3% 88	0.0% 0	4	9.2% 279
Missing	13	3	0	0	16
TOTAL	100.0% 2081	100.0% 942	100.0% 13	35	3036

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	27.3% 314	22.4% 306	17.2% 21	23.8% 54	51	24.2% 695
For the most part	47.7% 549	45.7% 626	40.2% 49	37.0% 84	103	45.6% 1308
No	17.1% 197	22.3% 305	34.4% 42	24.7% 56	30	20.9% 600
Uncertain	7.9% 91	9.6% 132	8.2% 10	14.5% 33	17	9.3% 266
Missing	3	11	0	1	0	15
TOTAL	100.0% 1151	100.0% 1369	100.0% 122	100.0% 227	201	2869

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	26.3% 162	25.8% 187	20.6% 109	23.0% 92	23.4% 127	69	24.1% 677
For the most part	49.0% 302	47.9% 348	48.3% 255	41.8% 167	44.6% 242	98	46.7% 1314
No	16.2% 100	18.3% 133	21.4% 113	25.5% 102	25.2% 137	45	20.8% 585
Uncertain	8.4% 52	8.0% 58	9.7% 51	9.8% 39	6.8% 37	46	8.4% 237
Missing	10	2	2	0	0	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 616	100.0% 726	100.0% 528	100.0% 400	100.0% 543	258	2813

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Definitely	26.0% 104	24.6% 276	12.7% 9	358	24.4% 389
For the most part	46.8% 187	49.1% 551	47.9% 34	638	48.4% 772
No	18.5% 74	18.4% 207	25.4% 18	331	18.8% 299
Uncertain	8.8% 35	7.9% 89	14.1% 10	148	8.4% 134
Missing	3	8	0	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 1123	100.0% 71	1475	1594