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Vineyard Christian Fellowship Study, 1988

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PREVSAC

ASKED ONLY OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO HAVE ATTENDED ANOTHER CHURCH REGULARLY: We need to understand your opinions of how the members of your previous church (the last church you attended regularly before the vineyard, as specified in q-8), approached their faith, beliefs, and church life. For each of the following pairs of statements (pair a, pair b, etc.), please indicate whether you agree more with the statement on the left or the statement on the right. For each pair of statements, circle the number you feel best represents your feelings in completing the statement: compared to church-goers in general, members of my previous church -- seemed willing to sacrifice everything for Christ . . . seemed reluctant to make sacrifices for their beliefs

	1) Completely agree with the statement on the left
	2) Somewhat agree with the statement on the left
	3) Unsure
	4) Somewhat agree with the statement on the right
	5) Completely agree with the statement on the right

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Completely agree with the statement on the left	158	17.5%	17.5%	-1.36
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	353	39.2%	56.7%	-.5
Unsure	149	16.5%	73.3%	.36
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	189	21%	94.2%	1.21
Completely agree with the statement on the right	52	5.8%	100%	2.07

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Completely agree with the statement on the left	14.4% 53	19.7% 104	17.5% 157
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	40.4% 149	38.3% 202	39.1% 351
Unsure	16.8% 62	16.5% 87	16.6% 149
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	23.3% 86	19.3% 102	21.0% 188
Completely agree with the statement on the right	5.1% 19	6.3% 33	5.8% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 369	100.0% 528	897

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Widowed	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Completely agree with the statement on the left	16.9% 107	16.7% 15	25.0% 2	11.8% 2	20.9% 31	17.5% 157
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	40.5% 256	28.9% 26	25.0% 2	47.1% 8	39.2% 58	39.1% 350
Unsure	17.1% 108	17.8% 16	25.0% 2	23.5% 4	12.8% 19	16.6% 149
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	20.7% 131	26.7% 24	25.0% 2	11.8% 2	18.9% 28	20.9% 187
Completely agree with the statement on the right	4.7% 30	10.0% 9	0.0% 0	5.9% 1	8.1% 12	5.8% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 632	100.0% 90	100.0% 8	100.0% 17	100.0% 148	895

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School diploma	Some college	College degree	Graduate school	TOTAL
Completely agree with the statement on the left	5.3% 1	22.1% 23	18.7% 78	15.9% 31	15.2% 24	17.6% 157
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	26.3% 5	31.7% 33	40.2% 168	43.1% 84	36.7% 58	38.9% 348
Unsure	36.8% 7	21.2% 22	15.1% 63	15.4% 30	17.1% 27	16.7% 149
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	15.8% 3	22.1% 23	20.3% 85	21.5% 42	22.2% 35	21.0% 188
Completely agree with the statement on the right	15.8% 3	2.9% 3	5.7% 24	4.1% 8	8.9% 14	5.8% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 19	100.0% 104	100.0% 418	100.0% 195	100.0% 158	894

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $15,000	$15,001-$25,000	$25,001-$35,000	$35,001-$45,000	$45,000+	TOTAL
Completely agree with the statement on the left	20.9% 23	13.2% 19	18.6% 38	23.0% 38	12.7% 30	17.2% 148
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	40.0% 44	40.3% 58	38.2% 78	37.6% 62	37.3% 88	38.4% 330
Unsure	19.1% 21	20.8% 30	12.7% 26	13.3% 22	19.5% 46	16.9% 145
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	14.5% 16	18.8% 27	25.5% 52	20.6% 34	24.2% 57	21.7% 186
Completely agree with the statement on the right	5.5% 6	6.9% 10	4.9% 10	5.5% 9	6.4% 15	5.8% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 144	100.0% 204	100.0% 165	100.0% 236	859

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 17-35	Age 26-35	Age 36-45	Age 46-55	Age 56+	TOTAL
Completely agree with the statement on the left	20.0% 20	21.3% 90	14.5% 33	8.4% 8	13.0% 6	17.6% 157
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	41.0% 41	40.0% 169	37.4% 85	35.8% 34	37.0% 17	38.8% 346
Unsure	11.0% 11	17.0% 72	16.3% 37	21.1% 20	17.4% 8	16.6% 148
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	19.0% 19	18.0% 76	24.2% 55	26.3% 25	28.3% 13	21.1% 188
Completely agree with the statement on the right	9.0% 9	3.8% 16	7.5% 17	8.4% 8	4.3% 2	5.8% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 423	100.0% 227	100.0% 95	100.0% 46	891