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Vineyard Christian Fellowship Study, 1988

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EMPRAY

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 prayer life

	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	393	43.1%	43.1%	-1.03
Emphasized equally by both	452	49.6%	92.8%	.57
Emphasized more by previous church	63	6.9%	99.7%	2.18
Not emphasized by either	3	.3%	100%	3.78

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	43.7% 160	42.8% 231	43.2% 391
Emphasized equally by both	50.8% 186	48.9% 264	49.7% 450
Emphasized more by previous church	5.2% 19	8.0% 43	6.8% 62
Not emphasized by either	0.3% 1	0.4% 2	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 366	100.0% 540	906

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Widowed	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	44.4% 281	44.7% 42	44.4% 4	33.3% 6	38.4% 58	43.2% 391
Emphasized equally by both	49.1% 311	45.7% 43	55.6% 5	61.1% 11	52.3% 79	49.6% 449
Emphasized more by previous church	6.3% 40	8.5% 8	0.0% 0	5.6% 1	8.6% 13	6.9% 62
Not emphasized by either	0.2% 1	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 94	100.0% 9	100.0% 18	100.0% 151	905

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School diploma	Some college	College degree	Graduate school	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	33.3% 7	43.8% 46	41.7% 174	44.4% 88	46.3% 75	43.2% 390
Emphasized equally by both	57.1% 12	45.7% 48	51.1% 213	49.5% 98	48.1% 78	49.7% 449
Emphasized more by previous church	4.8% 1	10.5% 11	7.2% 30	5.6% 11	4.9% 8	6.8% 61
Not emphasized by either	4.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.6% 1	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 105	100.0% 417	100.0% 198	100.0% 162	903

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	40.5% 45	41.4% 60	44.0% 92	39.3% 66	50.0% 117	43.8% 380
Emphasized equally by both	45.9% 51	52.4% 76	50.2% 105	55.4% 93	44.4% 104	49.5% 429
Emphasized more by previous church	11.7% 13	6.2% 9	5.7% 12	4.8% 8	5.6% 13	6.3% 55
Not emphasized by either	1.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 145	100.0% 209	100.0% 168	100.0% 234	867

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 17-35	Age 26-35	Age 36-45	Age 46-55	Age 56+	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	40.0% 40	45.0% 192	38.6% 88	43.4% 43	56.5% 26	43.2% 389
Emphasized equally by both	52.0% 52	46.4% 198	56.1% 128	49.5% 49	43.5% 20	49.7% 447
Emphasized more by previous church	7.0% 7	8.4% 36	4.8% 11	7.1% 7	0.0% 0	6.8% 61
Not emphasized by either	1.0% 1	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 427	100.0% 228	100.0% 99	100.0% 46	900