Table 2.

Other Religious Characteristics of Physicians Compared with the U.S. Population

Religious Characteristic	Physicians (N=1144) (%)	U.S. Population*(N=1445) (%)	Odds Ratio Adjusted for Affiliation OR [95% CI]
Intrinsic religiosity
I try hard to carry my religious beliefs over into all my other dealings in life (Agree or Strongly agree)	58	73	0.6 [0.5 to 0.7]
Attendance at religious services
Never	10	19	0.4 [0.3 to 0.5]
Once a month or less	44	41	0.9 [0.7 to 1.1]
Two times a month or more	46	40	1.8 [1.4 to 2.2]
Beliefs
Believe in God	76	83	0.8 [0.6 to 1.0]
Believe in life after death	59	74	0.6 [0.5 to 0.8]
Religiosity and/or spirituality
Religious and spiritual	52	53	1.2 [0.99 to 1.5]
Religious, not spiritual	4	9	0.4 [0.2 to 0.6]
Spiritual, not religious	20	9	2.4 [1.8 to 3.2]
Neither religious nor spiritual	23	29	0.6 [0.5 to 0.8]
Religious coping
I look to God for strength, support, and guidance (A great deal or Quite a bit)	48	64	0.6 [0.5 to 0.7]
I try to make sense of the situation and decide what to do without relying on God (A great deal or Quite a bit)	61	29	3.5 [2.9 to 4.3]

^*U.S. population estimate from General Social Survey data.

^†Physicians compared with U.S. population (logistic regression).

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.