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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 -- Christian fellowship

	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	429	47.4%	47.4%	-.98
Emphasized equally by both	436	48.1%	95.5%	.73
Emphasized more by previous church	40	4.4%	99.9%	2.45
Not emphasized by either	1	.1%	100%	4.16

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	52.9% 193	43.7% 234	47.4% 427
Emphasized equally by both	41.6% 152	52.4% 281	48.1% 433
Emphasized more by previous church	5.2% 19	3.9% 21	4.4% 40
Not emphasized by either	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 365	100.0% 536	901

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Widowed	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	45.5% 287	58.9% 56	37.5% 3	47.1% 8	48.3% 72	47.3% 426
Emphasized equally by both	49.8% 314	35.8% 34	62.5% 5	52.9% 9	47.7% 71	48.1% 433
Emphasized more by previous church	4.6% 29	5.3% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.0% 6	4.4% 40
Not emphasized by either	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 631	100.0% 95	100.0% 8	100.0% 17	100.0% 149	900

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School diploma	Some college	College degree	Graduate school	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	68.4% 13	46.7% 49	46.7% 194	43.4% 85	50.9% 83	47.2% 424
Emphasized equally by both	31.6% 6	48.6% 51	49.4% 205	51.0% 100	43.6% 71	48.2% 433
Emphasized more by previous church	0.0% 0	4.8% 5	3.9% 16	5.6% 11	4.9% 8	4.5% 40
Not emphasized by either	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 19	100.0% 105	100.0% 415	100.0% 196	100.0% 163	898

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	38.3% 41	51.0% 74	48.8% 102	40.7% 68	53.8% 127	47.7% 412
Emphasized equally by both	53.3% 57	45.5% 66	48.3% 101	53.9% 90	41.9% 99	47.8% 413
Emphasized more by previous church	8.4% 9	3.4% 5	2.9% 6	4.8% 8	4.2% 10	4.4% 38
Not emphasized by either	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 107	100.0% 145	100.0% 209	100.0% 167	100.0% 236	864

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 17-35	Age 26-35	Age 36-45	Age 46-55	Age 56+	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	46.0% 46	45.3% 192	46.5% 106	60.2% 59	48.9% 22	47.5% 425
Emphasized equally by both	51.0% 51	50.5% 214	49.1% 112	34.7% 34	40.0% 18	47.9% 429
Emphasized more by previous church	3.0% 3	4.2% 18	4.4% 10	5.1% 5	8.9% 4	4.5% 40
Not emphasized by either	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 424	100.0% 228	100.0% 98	100.0% 45	895