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Vineyard Christian Fellowship Study, 1988

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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 follow church leaders without question . . . seemed reluctant to accept the instruction of the leaders

	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	228	25.5%	25.5%	-1.18
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	387	43.2%	68.7%	-.22
Unsure	157	17.5%	86.3%	.75
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	97	10.8%	97.1%	1.71
Completely agree with the statement on the right	26	2.9%	100%	2.68

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Completely agree with the statement on the left	26.5% 97	24.8% 130	25.5% 227
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	40.7% 149	44.8% 235	43.1% 384
Unsure	18.0% 66	17.3% 91	17.6% 157
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	12.3% 45	9.9% 52	10.9% 97
Completely agree with the statement on the right	2.5% 9	3.2% 17	2.9% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 366	100.0% 525	891

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Widowed	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Completely agree with the statement on the left	26.1% 163	21.7% 20	37.5% 3	38.9% 7	23.1% 34	25.5% 227
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	43.3% 270	39.1% 36	12.5% 1	44.4% 8	45.6% 67	43.0% 382
Unsure	18.1% 113	16.3% 15	37.5% 3	11.1% 2	16.3% 24	17.7% 157
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	9.9% 62	16.3% 15	12.5% 1	5.6% 1	12.2% 18	10.9% 97
Completely agree with the statement on the right	2.6% 16	6.5% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 4	2.9% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 624	100.0% 92	100.0% 8	100.0% 18	100.0% 147	889

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	38.9% 7	32.0% 33	29.8% 124	21.6% 42	13.4% 21	25.6% 227
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	5.6% 1	42.7% 44	42.3% 176	44.3% 86	47.8% 75	43.0% 382
Unsure	27.8% 5	13.6% 14	14.9% 62	19.1% 37	24.2% 38	17.6% 156
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	27.8% 5	8.7% 9	9.4% 39	12.4% 24	12.7% 20	10.9% 97
Completely agree with the statement on the right	0.0% 0	2.9% 3	3.6% 15	2.6% 5	1.9% 3	2.9% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 18	100.0% 103	100.0% 416	100.0% 194	100.0% 157	888

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	25.5% 28	18.8% 27	30.2% 61	26.5% 43	24.6% 58	25.4% 217
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	40.0% 44	49.3% 71	38.1% 77	46.3% 75	42.4% 100	43.0% 367
Unsure	20.0% 22	19.4% 28	16.8% 34	17.3% 28	17.4% 41	17.9% 153
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	9.1% 10	9.7% 14	11.9% 24	8.0% 13	13.1% 31	10.8% 92
Completely agree with the statement on the right	5.5% 6	2.8% 4	3.0% 6	1.9% 3	2.5% 6	2.9% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 144	100.0% 202	100.0% 162	100.0% 236	854

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	28.3% 28	25.1% 105	26.3% 60	23.2% 22	26.7% 12	25.6% 227
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	40.4% 40	45.1% 189	39.9% 91	41.1% 39	46.7% 21	42.9% 380
Unsure	20.2% 20	15.8% 66	17.5% 40	22.1% 21	20.0% 9	17.6% 156
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	9.1% 9	11.5% 48	11.8% 27	10.5% 10	6.7% 3	10.9% 97
Completely agree with the statement on the right	2.0% 2	2.6% 11	4.4% 10	3.2% 3	0.0% 0	2.9% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 419	100.0% 228	100.0% 95	100.0% 45	886