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Vineyard Christian Fellowship Study, 1988

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EMDOLLAR

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 -- Giving financially to the church

	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	86	9.5%	9.5%	-1.91
Emphasized equally by both	401	44.4%	53.9%	-.57
Emphasized more by previous church	361	39.9%	93.8%	.76
Not emphasized by either	56	6.2%	100%	2.1

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	8.5% 31	10.3% 55	9.6% 86
Emphasized equally by both	49.0% 178	41.0% 220	44.3% 398
Emphasized more by previous church	38.6% 140	41.0% 220	40.0% 360
Not emphasized by either	3.9% 14	7.6% 41	6.1% 55
TOTAL	100.0% 363	100.0% 536	899

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Widowed	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	8.4% 53	18.1% 17	0.0% 0	16.7% 3	8.1% 12	9.5% 85
Emphasized equally by both	43.3% 272	37.2% 35	44.4% 4	61.1% 11	51.0% 76	44.3% 398
Emphasized more by previous church	41.4% 260	40.4% 38	33.3% 3	22.2% 4	36.9% 55	40.1% 360
Not emphasized by either	6.8% 43	4.3% 4	22.2% 2	0.0% 0	4.0% 6	6.1% 55
TOTAL	100.0% 628	100.0% 94	100.0% 9	100.0% 18	100.0% 149	898

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School diploma	Some college	College degree	Graduate school	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	22.7% 5	5.8% 6	10.6% 44	8.8% 17	8.1% 13	9.5% 85
Emphasized equally by both	9.1% 2	44.7% 46	47.6% 198	42.3% 82	42.9% 69	44.3% 397
Emphasized more by previous church	63.6% 14	39.8% 41	35.6% 148	43.3% 84	45.3% 73	40.2% 360
Not emphasized by either	4.5% 1	9.7% 10	6.3% 26	5.7% 11	3.7% 6	6.0% 54
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 103	100.0% 416	100.0% 194	100.0% 161	896

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	11.9% 13	12.5% 18	5.3% 11	10.2% 17	9.0% 21	9.3% 80
Emphasized equally by both	56.9% 62	42.4% 61	42.7% 88	41.9% 70	44.0% 103	44.7% 384
Emphasized more by previous church	26.6% 29	38.2% 55	46.6% 96	43.1% 72	39.7% 93	40.1% 345
Not emphasized by either	4.6% 5	6.9% 10	5.3% 11	4.8% 8	7.3% 17	5.9% 51
TOTAL	100.0% 109	100.0% 144	100.0% 206	100.0% 167	100.0% 234	860

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 17-35	Age 26-35	Age 36-45	Age 46-55	Age 56+	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	9.1% 9	11.4% 48	8.7% 20	5.2% 5	6.5% 3	9.5% 85
Emphasized equally by both	54.5% 54	45.3% 191	35.8% 82	45.4% 44	50.0% 23	44.1% 394
Emphasized more by previous church	34.3% 34	36.3% 153	49.3% 113	44.3% 43	34.8% 16	40.2% 359
Not emphasized by either	2.0% 2	7.1% 30	6.1% 14	5.2% 5	8.7% 4	6.2% 55
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 422	100.0% 229	100.0% 97	100.0% 46	893