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Vineyard Christian Fellowship Study, 1988

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ASKED ONLY OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO HAVE ATTENDED ANOTHER CHURCH REGULARLY: In this question we would like you to compare The Vineyard to the last church you attended regularly (as specified in Q-8). For each of the following aspects of church life, please indicate whether it is emphasized more by the vineyard, emphasized an equal amount by both churches, emphasized more by your previous church, or not emphasized by either church -- Personal Bible study

	1) Emphasized more by Vineyard
	2) Emphasized equally by both
	3) Emphasized more by previous church
	4) Not emphasized by either

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Emphasized more by Vineyard	203	22.3%	22.3%	-1.46
Emphasized equally by both	425	46.8%	69.1%	-.13
Emphasized more by previous church	267	29.4%	98.5%	1.19
Not emphasized by either	14	1.5%	100%	2.52

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	21.3% 78	23.0% 124	22.3% 202
Emphasized equally by both	48.1% 176	45.9% 247	46.8% 423
Emphasized more by previous church	29.2% 107	29.4% 158	29.3% 265
Not emphasized by either	1.4% 5	1.7% 9	1.5% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 366	100.0% 538	904

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Widowed	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	21.4% 135	30.1% 28	33.3% 3	16.7% 3	21.2% 32	22.3% 201
Emphasized equally by both	48.3% 305	38.7% 36	66.7% 6	44.4% 8	44.4% 67	46.7% 422
Emphasized more by previous church	29.0% 183	29.0% 27	0.0% 0	38.9% 7	32.5% 49	29.5% 266
Not emphasized by either	1.4% 9	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 3	1.6% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 632	100.0% 93	100.0% 9	100.0% 18	100.0% 151	903

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School diploma	Some college	College degree	Graduate school	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	47.6% 10	24.8% 26	21.6% 90	23.9% 47	17.9% 29	22.4% 202
Emphasized equally by both	38.1% 8	48.6% 51	49.0% 204	42.1% 83	46.3% 75	46.7% 421
Emphasized more by previous church	9.5% 2	25.7% 27	28.1% 117	32.0% 63	34.0% 55	29.3% 264
Not emphasized by either	4.8% 1	1.0% 1	1.2% 5	2.0% 4	1.9% 3	1.6% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 105	100.0% 416	100.0% 197	100.0% 162	901

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $15,000	$15,001-$25,000	$25,001-$35,000	$35,001-$45,000	$45,000+	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	25.2% 28	22.8% 33	24.0% 50	20.2% 34	22.7% 53	22.9% 198
Emphasized equally by both	42.3% 47	44.1% 64	48.6% 101	47.0% 79	47.6% 111	46.5% 402
Emphasized more by previous church	30.6% 34	31.7% 46	26.4% 55	32.1% 54	27.0% 63	29.1% 252
Not emphasized by either	1.8% 2	1.4% 2	1.0% 2	0.6% 1	2.6% 6	1.5% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 145	100.0% 208	100.0% 168	100.0% 233	865

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 17-35	Age 26-35	Age 36-45	Age 46-55	Age 56+	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	24.0% 24	22.1% 94	17.5% 40	29.3% 29	30.4% 14	22.4% 201
Emphasized equally by both	45.0% 45	44.9% 191	49.6% 113	45.5% 45	54.3% 25	46.7% 419
Emphasized more by previous church	30.0% 30	31.5% 134	30.7% 70	23.2% 23	15.2% 7	29.4% 264
Not emphasized by either	1.0% 1	1.4% 6	2.2% 5	2.0% 2	0.0% 0	1.6% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 425	100.0% 228	100.0% 99	100.0% 46	898