Table 2.

Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Relationship Behaviors, by Religious Participation.

	Religious Participation
	(A) Male frequent attendees n = 192	(B) Female frequent attendees n = 354	(C) Both frequent attendees n = 431	(D) Neither frequent attendees n = 1,057
Attitudes about Marriage
Father: Better if parents married	0.86	0.81 c	0.91 b,d	0.80 c
Father: Father earn main living	0.48 d	0.36 c	0.47 b,d	0.36 a,c
Father: Women can't be trusted	0.14	0.10	0.07	0.09
Mother: Better if parents married	0.73 c	0.75 c,d	0.85 a,b,d	0.66 b,c
Mother: Father earn main living	0.34	0.29 c	0.38 b,d	0.25 c
Mother: Men can't be trusted	0.14	0.17	0.10	0.14
Adherence to Values
Father worked last week	0.80 c	0.81 c	0.90 a,b,d	0.83 c
Mother worked last year	0.74	0.72	0.73	0.75
No sexual fidelity conflict	0.65 c	0.63 c	0.82 a,b,d	0.68 c
Father drinks-3 or more	0.30 d	0.39 c,d	0.27 b,d	0.47 a,b,c
Father drinking/drugs interfere	0.10	0.10	0.06 d	0.09 c
Father uses street drugs	0.04	0.07 c	0.02 b,d	0.12 c
Mother street drugs-pregnant	0.07 c	0.03	0.01 a,d	0.04 c
Mother drinking/drugs interfere	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.02
Conducive Behaviors
Father is supportive	2.71 c	2.71 c	2.80 a,b,d	2.71 c
Mother is supportive	2.75	2.70	2.77 d	2.71 c
Father is not hurtful	0.74	0.74	0.76	0.71
Mother is not hurtful	0.66	0.63	0.67	0.63
No domestic violence	0.84 c	0.87 c	0.94 a,b,d	0.86 c

Note: Means are significantly (p < .05) different from those in columns denoted by subscripted letters.

N = 2,034 couples