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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 to feel their religious beliefs are "the truth" and all others are in error . . . seemed to feel that all religious insights are incomplete and no one religion has all of "the truth"

	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	325	36.4%	36.4%	-1
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	294	32.9%	69.3%	-.11
Unsure	142	15.9%	85.2%	.77
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	100	11.2%	96.4%	1.66
Completely agree with the statement on the right	32	3.6%	100%	2.54

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Completely agree with the statement on the left	33.3% 122	38.4% 201	36.3% 323
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	37.4% 137	29.8% 156	33.0% 293
Unsure	16.9% 62	15.3% 80	16.0% 142
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	9.8% 36	12.0% 63	11.1% 99
Completely agree with the statement on the right	2.5% 9	4.4% 23	3.6% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 366	100.0% 523	889

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Widowed	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Completely agree with the statement on the left	36.1% 225	38.9% 35	16.7% 1	29.4% 5	37.3% 56	36.3% 322
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	34.3% 214	24.4% 22	16.7% 1	17.6% 3	34.7% 52	32.9% 292
Unsure	15.7% 98	22.2% 20	33.3% 2	29.4% 5	11.3% 17	16.0% 142
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	10.6% 66	11.1% 10	16.7% 1	23.5% 4	12.0% 18	11.2% 99
Completely agree with the statement on the right	3.4% 21	3.3% 3	16.7% 1	0.0% 0	4.7% 7	3.6% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 624	100.0% 90	100.0% 6	100.0% 17	100.0% 150	887

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	35.0% 7	37.5% 39	39.5% 164	33.9% 65	30.1% 47	36.3% 322
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	20.0% 4	30.8% 32	32.8% 136	37.5% 72	30.8% 48	32.9% 292
Unsure	20.0% 4	26.0% 27	12.5% 52	12.5% 24	22.4% 35	16.0% 142
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	5.0% 1	4.8% 5	11.3% 47	13.0% 25	13.5% 21	11.2% 99
Completely agree with the statement on the right	20.0% 4	1.0% 1	3.9% 16	3.1% 6	3.2% 5	3.6% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 20	100.0% 104	100.0% 415	100.0% 192	100.0% 156	887

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	34.9% 38	31.0% 45	36.0% 72	38.7% 63	37.2% 87	35.8% 305
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	26.6% 29	35.2% 51	32.5% 65	33.1% 54	37.6% 88	33.7% 287
Unsure	19.3% 21	19.3% 28	15.0% 30	13.5% 22	15.0% 35	16.0% 136
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	16.5% 18	11.0% 16	12.5% 25	11.0% 18	7.3% 17	11.0% 94
Completely agree with the statement on the right	2.8% 3	3.4% 5	4.0% 8	3.7% 6	3.0% 7	3.4% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 109	100.0% 145	100.0% 200	100.0% 163	100.0% 234	851

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	40.0% 40	36.7% 154	35.4% 80	35.1% 33	27.9% 12	36.1% 319
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	28.0% 28	33.6% 141	34.1% 77	31.9% 30	39.5% 17	33.2% 293
Unsure	15.0% 15	15.7% 66	14.6% 33	20.2% 19	16.3% 7	15.9% 140
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	11.0% 11	10.2% 43	13.3% 30	12.8% 12	7.0% 3	11.2% 99
Completely agree with the statement on the right	6.0% 6	3.8% 16	2.7% 6	0.0% 0	9.3% 4	3.6% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 420	100.0% 226	100.0% 94	100.0% 43	883