Social Correlates of Spiritual Maturity among North American Mennonites

Abstract

spiritual maturity and a number of other social and religious variables. Data for the study originated in a 1972 survey of the members offive Mennonite denominations in the United States and Canada. The two-stage systematic random sampling procedure yielded 3,591 respondents, each of whom completed a lengthy questionnaire which utilizedfixed-alternative responses. As measured by scores on the Religious Life Scale, spiritual maturity was found to be: (1) positively and strongly related to age, (2) weakly (but significantly) related to socio-economic status, rural residence, and sex (females higher), and (3) not significantly related to educational achievement. Correlations with additional religious variables were examined and discussed.

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