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. 2003 Apr;38(2):647–673. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.00138

Table 2.

Predictors of Ever Contacting Religious Providers among Respondents with Lifetime Mental or Substance Disorders

Contacting Religious Providers, among Those with Lifetime Disorders Contacting Religious Providers, among Those with Disorders Who Sought Treatment from Any Provider


OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Age 15–24 17.9* (11.6–27.6) 1.1 (0.5–2.1)
25–34 4.6* (3.0–7.0) 1.4 (0.9–2.4)
35–44 2.5* (1.6–3.9) 0.9 (0.6–1.5)
45–54 1.0 1.0
χ32 192.1* 4.3
Ethnicity Black 0.6* (0.4–0.8) 0.9 (0.5–1.6)
Hispanic 0.9 (0.6–1.3) 1.6 (1.0–2.8)
Other 1.1 (0.4–2.7) 1.2 (0.4–3.6)
White 1.0 1.0
χ32 17.5* 3.8
Gender Female 0.8 (0.6–1.1) 0.7 (0.5–1.0)
Male 1.0 1.0
χ12 2.3 2.3
Education Student<12 2.9* (1.1–7.7) 1.6 (0.5–4.9)
Student>12 1.7 (0.9–3.3) 1.9 (0.8–4.4)
Non-student 0–11 0.6 (0.4–1.2) 0.6 (0.3–1.3)
Non-student 12 1.2 (0.7–1.9) 1.0 (0.6–1.7)
Non-student 13–15 0.8 (0.5–1.3) 0.9 (0.5–1.7)
Non-student 16+ 1.0 1.0
χ52 32.3* 10.6
Marital status Never married 1.0 (0.7–1.3) 0.5* (0.3–0.8)
SWD 1.3 (0.9–1.3) 0.9 (0.5–1.4)
Married 1.0 1.0
χ22 3.2 11.3*
Type of disorder Dep/Dys 3.0* (2.2–4.2) 1.0 (0.6–1.6)
GAD 1.8 (1.0–3.3) 0.7 (0.4–1.2)
Sub 1.2 (0.9–1.7) 0.5* (0.3–0.8)
Panic Disorder 3.2* (1.8–5.8) 0.4* (0.2–0.9)
Psychotic 1.7 (0.8–3.6) 0.9 (0.4–2.3)
PTSD 1.7* (1.1–2.7) 1.3 (0.7–2.5)
Phobias 1.0 1.0
χ62 67.8* 26.5*
Number of disorders 1 1.0 1.0
2 1.2 (0.8–1.7) 1.1 (0.7–1.7)
3 0.7 (0.3–1.4) 1.0 (0.4–2.2)
4 0.6 (0.3–1.7) 1.3 (0.4–4.4)
5 0.3 (0.0–2.0) 2.6 (0.4–17.4)
6 0.0* (0.0–0.2) 4.9 (0.2–111.3)
7 0.0* (0.0–0.2) 0.1 (0.0–1.0)
χ62 18.0* 2.8
Previous contact with providers Psychiatrist 2.7* (1.2–5.9)
MD 1.4* (1.1–2.0)
MHS 1.2 (0.8–1.7)
Religious
Human services 31.6* (11.3–88.9)
Alternative 1.5 (0.9–2.3)
χ52 335.9*
Urbanicity Urban 1.0 (0.7–1.3) 0.7 (0.5–1.1)
Metro 1.0 (0.7–1.4) 0.7 (0.4–1.0)
Rural 1.0 1.0
χ22 0.1 3.7
Suicidality Thought 6.7* (3.1–14.4) 1.4 (0.7–2.6)
Plan 15.7* (6.7–37.0) 1.7 (0.5–5.3)
Attempt 4.6* (2.1–10.4) 1.2 (0.5–2.6)
None 1.0 1.0
χ32 77.8* 2.2
Region Midwest 1.0 (0.7–1.3) 1.1 (0.6–1.9)
NE 1.1 (0.8–1.6) 1.4 (0.8–2.3)
South 1.3 (0.9–1.8) 2.5* (1.4–4.4)
West 1.0 1.0
χ32 3.5 19.2*
*

Significant at the .05 level, two-sided test.