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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 confront fellow Christians not living in a Christ-like manner . . . seemed to assume it is none of their business how fellow Christians live their lives

	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	215	23.9%	23.9%	-1.21
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	297	33.1%	57%	-.42
Unsure	157	17.5%	74.5%	.36
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	143	15.9%	90.4%	1.15
Completely agree with the statement on the right	86	9.6%	100%	1.93

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Completely agree with the statement on the left	20.1% 74	26.6% 140	23.9% 214
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	33.7% 124	32.5% 171	33.0% 295
Unsure	18.2% 67	17.1% 90	17.6% 157
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	18.2% 67	14.4% 76	16.0% 143
Completely agree with the statement on the right	9.8% 36	9.3% 49	9.5% 85
TOTAL	100.0% 368	100.0% 526	894

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Widowed	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Completely agree with the statement on the left	23.0% 144	23.1% 21	37.5% 3	22.2% 4	27.3% 41	23.9% 213
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	33.1% 207	29.7% 27	25.0% 2	33.3% 6	35.3% 53	33.1% 295
Unsure	18.7% 117	14.3% 13	0.0% 0	33.3% 6	14.0% 21	17.6% 157
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	16.8% 105	15.4% 14	25.0% 2	5.6% 1	14.0% 21	16.0% 143
Completely agree with the statement on the right	8.3% 52	17.6% 16	12.5% 1	5.6% 1	9.3% 14	9.4% 84
TOTAL	100.0% 625	100.0% 91	100.0% 8	100.0% 18	100.0% 150	892

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	0.0% 0	31.4% 32	25.8% 108	24.2% 47	15.8% 25	23.8% 212
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	36.8% 7	24.5% 25	34.4% 144	35.6% 69	31.0% 49	33.0% 294
Unsure	21.1% 4	19.6% 20	17.2% 72	17.0% 33	17.7% 28	17.6% 157
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	15.8% 3	17.6% 18	14.8% 62	12.4% 24	22.8% 36	16.0% 143
Completely agree with the statement on the right	26.3% 5	6.9% 7	7.7% 32	10.8% 21	12.7% 20	9.5% 85
TOTAL	100.0% 19	100.0% 102	100.0% 418	100.0% 194	100.0% 158	891

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	29.1% 32	21.7% 31	27.3% 56	25.6% 42	17.4% 41	23.6% 202
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	33.6% 37	39.2% 56	32.2% 66	30.5% 50	31.1% 73	32.9% 282
Unsure	17.3% 19	14.7% 21	14.1% 29	20.7% 34	20.4% 48	17.6% 151
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	10.0% 11	15.4% 22	16.1% 33	17.1% 28	19.6% 46	16.3% 140
Completely agree with the statement on the right	10.0% 11	9.1% 13	10.2% 21	6.1% 10	11.5% 27	9.6% 82
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 143	100.0% 205	100.0% 164	100.0% 235	857

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	31.0% 31	25.7% 109	22.1% 49	14.4% 14	17.8% 8	23.8% 211
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	27.0% 27	36.8% 156	31.5% 70	26.8% 26	31.1% 14	33.0% 293
Unsure	14.0% 14	17.0% 72	20.3% 45	18.6% 18	17.8% 8	17.7% 157
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	18.0% 18	12.7% 54	16.7% 37	22.7% 22	24.4% 11	16.0% 142
Completely agree with the statement on the right	10.0% 10	7.8% 33	9.5% 21	17.5% 17	8.9% 4	9.6% 85
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 424	100.0% 222	100.0% 97	100.0% 45	888