Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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SEMTRAIN (Weighted by WTFACTOR) In your opinion, how desirable is it that the pastor in your congregation have seminary training (at least some)?   1) Very desirable   2) Desirable   3) Somewhat desirable   4) Undesirable   5) Very undesirable

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very desirable	1333	43.4%	43.4%
Desirable	1002	32.6%	76%
Somewhat desirable	608	19.8%	95.8%
Undesirable	111	3.6%	99.4%
Very undesirable	20	.7%	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 desirable	34.6% 480	48.3% 398	54.4% 304	48.0% 122	56.9% 29	43.3% 1333
Desirable	32.2% 447	35.0% 288	30.9% 173	31.5% 80	27.5% 14	32.6% 1002
Somewhat desirable	26.4% 366	15.0% 124	12.3% 69	16.9% 43	13.7% 7	19.8% 609
Undesirable	6.0% 83	1.5% 12	1.4% 8	2.8% 7	2.0% 1	3.6% 111
Very undesirable	0.8% 11	0.2% 2	0.9% 5	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 20
Missing	6	3	1	2	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 1387	100.0% 824	100.0% 559	100.0% 254	100.0% 51	3075

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very desirable	42.1% 601	44.7% 727	6	43.5% 1328
Desirable	35.6% 509	29.9% 486	6	32.6% 995
Somewhat desirable	18.7% 267	20.8% 338	4	19.8% 605
Undesirable	3.3% 47	3.7% 60	4	3.5% 107
Very undesirable	0.3% 5	0.9% 14	0	0.6% 19
Missing	1	11	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 1429	100.0% 1625	20	3054

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very desirable	42.2% 233	48.2% 330	48.9% 253	43.3% 321	33.7% 189	7	43.4% 1326
Desirable	31.5% 174	27.8% 190	30.4% 157	33.2% 246	40.3% 226	9	32.5% 993
Somewhat desirable	21.9% 121	20.6% 141	17.4% 90	18.6% 138	20.9% 117	2	19.9% 607
Undesirable	3.6% 20	2.6% 18	2.7% 14	4.6% 34	4.3% 24	1	3.6% 110
Very undesirable	0.7% 4	0.7% 5	0.6% 3	0.3% 2	0.9% 5	0	0.6% 19
Missing	1	1	4	2	4	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 684	100.0% 517	100.0% 741	100.0% 561	19	3055

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Very desirable	42.5% 180	43.9% 1077	35.0% 49	46.3% 25	1	43.4% 1331
Desirable	32.5% 138	32.3% 793	37.9% 53	31.5% 17	2	32.6% 1001
Somewhat desirable	21.2% 90	19.3% 474	22.9% 32	20.4% 11	2	19.8% 607
Undesirable	3.3% 14	3.8% 94	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0	3.6% 110
Very undesirable	0.5% 2	0.6% 14	2.9% 4	1.9% 1	0	0.7% 21
Missing	0	10	2	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 424	100.0% 2452	100.0% 140	100.0% 54	5	3070

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Very desirable	24.4% 171	35.6% 300	48.7% 273	57.0% 176	62.4% 405	8	43.3% 1325
Desirable	38.6% 270	34.6% 292	32.8% 184	26.5% 82	26.7% 173	2	32.7% 1001
Somewhat desirable	28.9% 202	23.8% 201	16.2% 91	14.6% 45	10.3% 67	2	19.8% 606
Undesirable	7.3% 51	5.0% 42	1.8% 10	1.3% 4	0.5% 3	0	3.6% 110
Very undesirable	0.9% 6	0.9% 8	0.5% 3	0.6% 2	0.2% 1	0	0.7% 20
Missing	7	3	1	2	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 700	100.0% 843	100.0% 561	100.0% 309	100.0% 649	12	3062

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very desirable	43.4% 905	43.3% 408	46.2% 6	15	43.4% 1319
Desirable	31.4% 655	35.3% 333	46.2% 6	8	32.7% 994
Somewhat desirable	20.1% 419	19.0% 179	7.7% 1	10	19.7% 599
Undesirable	4.3% 89	2.2% 21	0.0% 0	1	3.6% 110
Very undesirable	0.8% 17	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	1	0.6% 19
Missing	9	4	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 2085	100.0% 943	100.0% 13	35	3041

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very desirable	39.7% 458	45.7% 629	54.9% 67	49.1% 111	68	44.0% 1265
Desirable	31.7% 366	33.2% 457	27.9% 34	33.2% 75	70	32.4% 932
Somewhat desirable	24.3% 280	16.9% 233	14.8% 18	12.8% 29	48	19.5% 560
Undesirable	3.9% 45	3.6% 49	1.6% 2	4.4% 10	5	3.7% 106
Very undesirable	0.3% 4	0.6% 8	0.8% 1	0.4% 1	6	0.5% 14
Missing	2	5	1	2	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 1153	100.0% 1376	100.0% 122	100.0% 226	197	2877

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Very desirable	34.0% 212	40.2% 291	49.4% 262	46.3% 185	56.7% 307	76	44.6% 1257
Desirable	36.8% 229	33.6% 243	31.5% 167	32.8% 131	25.7% 139	94	32.3% 909
Somewhat desirable	23.3% 145	21.6% 156	16.4% 87	18.3% 73	14.4% 78	69	19.1% 539
Undesirable	4.8% 30	3.9% 28	2.6% 14	2.0% 8	3.1% 17	14	3.4% 97
Very undesirable	1.1% 7	0.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	5	0.5% 15
Missing	3	5	0	0	1	0	9
TOTAL	100.0% 623	100.0% 723	100.0% 530	100.0% 400	100.0% 541	258	2817

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Very desirable	55.5% 223	46.7% 526	40.8% 29	555	48.6% 778
Desirable	32.3% 130	31.0% 349	26.8% 19	504	31.1% 498
Somewhat desirable	9.7% 39	18.5% 209	26.8% 19	341	16.7% 267
Undesirable	2.0% 8	3.2% 36	5.6% 4	63	3.0% 48
Very undesirable	0.5% 2	0.6% 7	0.0% 0	12	0.6% 9
Missing	1	4	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 1127	100.0% 71	1475	1600