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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 -- Christianity as the only way to heaven

	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	83	9.2%	9.2%	-2.21
Emphasized equally by both	762	84.9%	94.1%	.04
Emphasized more by previous church	39	4.3%	98.4%	2.29
Not emphasized by either	14	1.6%	100%	4.53

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	8.8% 32	9.6% 51	9.3% 83
Emphasized equally by both	84.9% 309	84.9% 449	84.9% 758
Emphasized more by previous church	4.1% 15	4.3% 23	4.3% 38
Not emphasized by either	2.2% 8	1.1% 6	1.6% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 364	100.0% 529	893

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Widowed	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	8.6% 54	8.7% 8	11.1% 1	5.9% 1	11.5% 17	9.1% 81
Emphasized equally by both	86.3% 540	78.3% 72	88.9% 8	88.2% 15	83.8% 124	85.1% 759
Emphasized more by previous church	3.8% 24	9.8% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.4% 5	4.3% 38
Not emphasized by either	1.3% 8	3.3% 3	0.0% 0	5.9% 1	1.4% 2	1.6% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 626	100.0% 92	100.0% 9	100.0% 17	100.0% 148	892

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School diploma	Some college	College degree	Graduate school	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	15.0% 3	7.0% 7	7.8% 32	10.3% 20	12.3% 20	9.2% 82
Emphasized equally by both	85.0% 17	86.0% 86	86.4% 356	85.1% 166	80.4% 131	84.9% 756
Emphasized more by previous church	0.0% 0	7.0% 7	3.9% 16	4.1% 8	4.3% 7	4.3% 38
Not emphasized by either	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 8	0.5% 1	3.1% 5	1.6% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 20	100.0% 100	100.0% 412	100.0% 195	100.0% 163	890

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	9.6% 10	7.6% 11	9.8% 20	6.6% 11	10.6% 25	9.0% 77
Emphasized equally by both	81.7% 85	84.8% 123	84.9% 174	87.3% 145	84.7% 199	84.9% 726
Emphasized more by previous church	4.8% 5	6.2% 9	5.4% 11	4.8% 8	2.1% 5	4.4% 38
Not emphasized by either	3.8% 4	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	2.6% 6	1.6% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 104	100.0% 145	100.0% 205	100.0% 166	100.0% 235	855

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 17-35	Age 26-35	Age 36-45	Age 46-55	Age 56+	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	9.5% 9	8.5% 36	9.3% 21	10.3% 10	8.7% 4	9.0% 80
Emphasized equally by both	85.3% 81	86.0% 363	83.7% 190	83.5% 81	87.0% 40	85.1% 755
Emphasized more by previous church	3.2% 3	3.8% 16	6.2% 14	5.2% 5	0.0% 0	4.3% 38
Not emphasized by either	2.1% 2	1.7% 7	0.9% 2	1.0% 1	4.3% 2	1.6% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 95	100.0% 422	100.0% 227	100.0% 97	100.0% 46	887