Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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WMNORDAN (Weighted by WTFACTOR) Should the policy on ordinations in your denomination allow for the ordination of women to the Christian ministry?   1) Yes   2) No   3) Undecided

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	1357	44.2%	44.2%
No	1043	34%	78.2%
Undecided	670	21.8%	100%
Missing	17	%	%

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
Yes	44.7% 620	58.5% 480	27.2% 152	38.0% 97	15.7% 8	44.2% 1357
No	33.8% 469	22.9% 188	48.9% 273	32.2% 82	60.8% 31	34.0% 1043
Undecided	21.4% 297	18.5% 152	23.8% 133	29.8% 76	23.5% 12	21.8% 670
Missing	8	7	2	1	0	18
TOTAL	100.0% 1386	100.0% 820	100.0% 558	100.0% 255	100.0% 51	3070

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	47.4% 675	41.7% 679	4	44.4% 1354
No	33.7% 479	34.2% 556	8	33.9% 1035
Undecided	18.9% 269	24.1% 393	8	21.7% 662
Missing	8	9	0	17
TOTAL	100.0% 1423	100.0% 1628	20	3051

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	48.6% 268	49.1% 337	46.9% 243	44.0% 324	32.8% 184	3	44.4% 1356
No	28.6% 158	31.2% 214	30.3% 157	37.2% 274	41.2% 231	9	33.9% 1034
Undecided	22.8% 126	19.7% 135	22.8% 118	18.8% 138	26.0% 146	7	21.7% 663
Missing	1	0	4	7	4	0	16
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 686	100.0% 518	100.0% 736	100.0% 561	19	3053

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	46.4% 196	44.7% 1095	27.0% 38	51.9% 28	0	44.3% 1357
No	29.6% 125	34.5% 845	39.7% 56	25.9% 14	3	33.9% 1040
Undecided	23.9% 101	20.8% 509	33.3% 47	22.2% 12	1	21.8% 669
Missing	1	15	1	0	0	17
TOTAL	100.0% 422	100.0% 2449	100.0% 141	100.0% 54	4	3066

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	24.7% 173	36.9% 310	49.8% 278	57.3% 177	64.2% 416	3	44.3% 1354
No	46.5% 326	39.2% 330	28.3% 158	25.6% 79	22.4% 145	5	34.0% 1038
Undecided	28.8% 202	23.9% 201	21.9% 122	17.2% 53	13.4% 87	4	21.8% 665
Missing	7	4	4	2	1	0	18
TOTAL	100.0% 701	100.0% 841	100.0% 558	100.0% 309	100.0% 648	12	3057

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	43.2% 899	46.3% 436	69.2% 9	13	44.3% 1344
No	34.8% 725	32.7% 308	0.0% 0	11	34.0% 1033
Undecided	22.0% 458	21.0% 198	30.8% 4	10	21.7% 660
Missing	12	5	0	0	17
TOTAL	100.0% 2082	100.0% 942	100.0% 13	34	3037

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	45.2% 520	43.3% 593	45.1% 55	47.4% 108	80	44.4% 1276
No	33.4% 384	34.6% 474	31.1% 38	32.9% 75	72	33.8% 971
Undecided	21.4% 246	22.2% 304	23.8% 29	19.7% 45	46	21.7% 624
Missing	5	9	0	1	0	15
TOTAL	100.0% 1150	100.0% 1371	100.0% 122	100.0% 228	198	2871

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	32.9% 205	46.4% 335	50.4% 265	45.7% 182	52.3% 283	87	45.2% 1270
No	42.5% 265	33.1% 239	27.8% 146	31.2% 124	31.6% 171	99	33.6% 945
Undecided	24.6% 153	20.5% 148	21.9% 115	23.1% 92	16.1% 87	74	21.2% 595
Missing	3	6	4	2	1	0	16
TOTAL	100.0% 623	100.0% 722	100.0% 526	100.0% 398	100.0% 541	260	2810

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	71.8% 288	35.4% 397	63.9% 46	627	45.8% 731
No	14.7% 59	41.7% 468	18.1% 13	503	33.8% 540
Undecided	13.5% 54	23.0% 258	18.1% 13	345	20.4% 325
Missing	2	9	0	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1123	100.0% 72	1475	1596