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Vineyard Christian Fellowship Study, 1988

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PREVWIT

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 driven by the desire to win others to Christ . . . seemed reluctant to share their beliefs with non-Christians

	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	203	22.7%	22.7%	-1.25
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	289	32.3%	55%	-.48
Unsure	139	15.5%	70.5%	.3
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	182	20.3%	90.8%	1.08
Completely agree with the statement on the right	82	9.2%	100%	1.86

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Completely agree with the statement on the left	18.6% 68	25.5% 134	22.7% 202
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	30.3% 111	33.5% 176	32.2% 287
Unsure	16.9% 62	14.7% 77	15.6% 139
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	24.3% 89	17.7% 93	20.4% 182
Completely agree with the statement on the right	9.8% 36	8.6% 45	9.1% 81
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	21.0% 131	18.9% 17	25.0% 2	16.7% 3	32.4% 48	22.6% 201
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	34.7% 217	30.0% 27	12.5% 1	44.4% 8	23.0% 34	32.3% 287
Unsure	15.5% 97	13.3% 12	50.0% 4	33.3% 6	13.5% 20	15.6% 139
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	20.3% 127	22.2% 20	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	22.3% 33	20.4% 181
Completely agree with the statement on the right	8.5% 53	15.6% 14	0.0% 0	5.6% 1	8.8% 13	9.1% 81
TOTAL	100.0% 625	100.0% 90	100.0% 8	100.0% 18	100.0% 148	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	10.5% 2	35.9% 37	23.6% 98	21.2% 41	13.9% 22	22.5% 200
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	15.8% 3	28.2% 29	32.7% 136	36.3% 70	31.0% 49	32.3% 287
Unsure	36.8% 7	11.7% 12	16.1% 67	13.0% 25	17.7% 28	15.6% 139
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	10.5% 2	19.4% 20	20.2% 84	19.7% 38	24.1% 38	20.5% 182
Completely agree with the statement on the right	26.3% 5	4.9% 5	7.5% 31	9.8% 19	13.3% 21	9.1% 81
TOTAL	100.0% 19	100.0% 103	100.0% 416	100.0% 193	100.0% 158	889

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	23.6% 26	22.4% 32	23.2% 47	24.7% 40	17.8% 42	21.9% 187
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	31.8% 35	33.6% 48	34.0% 69	32.1% 52	29.7% 70	32.1% 274
Unsure	21.8% 24	14.7% 21	15.8% 32	14.8% 24	14.4% 34	15.8% 135
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	19.1% 21	22.4% 32	17.7% 36	20.4% 33	24.2% 57	21.0% 179
Completely agree with the statement on the right	3.6% 4	7.0% 10	9.4% 19	8.0% 13	14.0% 33	9.3% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 143	100.0% 203	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	32.0% 32	24.9% 104	20.0% 45	11.5% 11	19.6% 9	22.7% 201
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	23.0% 23	37.1% 155	31.1% 70	26.0% 25	21.7% 10	32.0% 283
Unsure	16.0% 16	12.2% 51	18.7% 42	19.8% 19	23.9% 11	15.7% 139
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	23.0% 23	17.5% 73	18.7% 42	32.3% 31	26.1% 12	20.5% 181
Completely agree with the statement on the right	6.0% 6	8.4% 35	11.6% 26	10.4% 10	8.7% 4	9.2% 81
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 418	100.0% 225	100.0% 96	100.0% 46	885