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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2008 Sep;37(3):828–843. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2007.11.001

Table 5.

Seemingly Unrelated Regressions of Union Satisfaction on Religious Attendance and Adherence to Values.

Men
Women
Men b = Women b
Religious Service Attendance b SE b b SE b
    Father attends frequently .21* .08 −.02 .09 *
    Mother attends frequently −.00 .07 −.05 .07 n.s.
    Both attend frequently .13* .06 .13 .07 n.s.
    Neither attends --- --- --- --- ---
Spousal Religious Denomination
    Black Protestant .14 .09 .07 .09 ---
    Catholic .02 .09 −.11 .10 ---
    Conservative Protestant .−01 .10 −.05 .10 ---
    Other −.12 .10 .24* .10 ---
    None --- --- --- --- ---
    Spouses same denomination .00 .05 .07 .06 ---
Adherence to Values
    Father worked last week −.09 .07 .01 .07 ---
    Mother worked last year .08 .05 −.07 .06 ---
    No sexual fidelity conflict .34*** .05 .35*** .06 ---
    Father drinks-3 or more −.04 .05 −.04 .05 ---
    Father drinking/drugs interfere −.25** .08 −.21* .09 ---
    Father uses street drugs −.10 .10 −.22* .10 ---
    Mother street drugs-pregnant .06 .13 .29* .14 ---
    Mother drinking/drugs interfere −.18 .16 −.26 .17 ---
Married .31*** .06 .30*** .07 ---
Constant −2.32*** .15 −2.45*** .16 ---
Error correlation .37***

Note: Model controls for age, education, race, and family structure at age 15. N = 2,034 couples

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001 (2 tail tests)