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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 annoyed by people with religious views different from their own . . . seemed to appreciate the religious views of people who believe differently than they do

	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	165	18.6%	18.6%	-1.43
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	256	28.8%	47.4%	-.56
Unsure	251	28.2%	75.6%	.32
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	170	19.1%	94.7%	1.19
Completely agree with the statement on the right	47	5.3%	100%	2.07

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Completely agree with the statement on the left	16.5% 60	20.2% 105	18.6% 165
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	29.7% 108	28.2% 147	28.8% 255
Unsure	25.5% 93	29.9% 156	28.1% 249
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	24.5% 89	15.4% 80	19.1% 169
Completely agree with the statement on the right	3.8% 14	6.3% 33	5.3% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 364	100.0% 521	885

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Widowed	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Completely agree with the statement on the left	18.9% 117	22.2% 20	12.5% 1	17.6% 3	15.5% 23	18.6% 164
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	30.6% 190	26.7% 24	0.0% 0	17.6% 3	25.0% 37	28.8% 254
Unsure	26.9% 167	25.6% 23	75.0% 6	35.3% 6	31.8% 47	28.2% 249
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	18.9% 117	17.8% 16	12.5% 1	23.5% 4	20.9% 31	19.1% 169
Completely agree with the statement on the right	4.7% 29	7.8% 7	0.0% 0	5.9% 1	6.8% 10	5.3% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 620	100.0% 90	100.0% 8	100.0% 17	100.0% 148	883

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	30.0% 6	15.7% 16	23.4% 97	15.6% 30	10.3% 16	18.7% 165
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	30.0% 6	28.4% 29	28.9% 120	31.3% 60	25.2% 39	28.7% 254
Unsure	20.0% 4	29.4% 30	26.3% 109	26.6% 51	35.5% 55	28.2% 249
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	5.0% 1	17.6% 18	17.3% 72	20.3% 39	25.2% 39	19.1% 169
Completely agree with the statement on the right	15.0% 3	8.8% 9	4.1% 17	6.3% 12	3.9% 6	5.3% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 20	100.0% 102	100.0% 415	100.0% 192	100.0% 155	884

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	13.9% 15	17.4% 25	22.4% 45	16.8% 27	18.8% 44	18.4% 156
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	33.3% 36	26.4% 38	26.9% 54	32.9% 53	29.9% 70	29.6% 251
Unsure	31.5% 34	29.2% 42	29.9% 60	23.0% 37	27.4% 64	27.9% 237
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	14.8% 16	18.8% 27	17.9% 36	19.9% 32	20.9% 49	18.9% 160
Completely agree with the statement on the right	6.5% 7	8.3% 12	3.0% 6	7.5% 12	3.0% 7	5.2% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 108	100.0% 144	100.0% 201	100.0% 161	100.0% 234	848

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	18.4% 18	20.0% 84	17.4% 39	17.7% 17	16.7% 7	18.8% 165
Somewhat agree with the statement on the left	25.5% 25	30.5% 128	28.1% 63	28.1% 27	23.8% 10	28.8% 253
Unsure	32.7% 32	27.7% 116	25.4% 57	27.1% 26	38.1% 16	28.1% 247
Somewhat agree with the statement on the right	13.3% 13	17.4% 73	24.1% 54	21.9% 21	16.7% 7	19.1% 168
Completely agree with the statement on the right	10.2% 10	4.3% 18	4.9% 11	5.2% 5	4.8% 2	5.2% 46
TOTAL	100.0% 98	100.0% 419	100.0% 224	100.0% 96	100.0% 42	879