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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 12.
Published in final edited form as: Demogr Res. 2009 Sep 1;21(4):255–288. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.21.10

Table 2.

Religious leaders’ discussion partners (MRP, 2005)

Has Tie Type Mean # of Partners Std. Dev.
Leader has discussions about Doctrine with
 Anyone (outside the congregation) 0.86
 Other Villagers 0.57 1.5 1.7
 Congregational Leaders 0.61 1.4 1.6
 Denominational Leaders 0.45 1.0 1.4
 NGO Officials 0.15 0.3 0.9
Leader has discussions about HIV/AIDS with
 Anyone (outside the congregation) 0.72
 Other Villagers 0.61 1.7 1.8
 Congregational Leaders 0.53 1.5 1.4
 Denominational Leaders 0.44 0.9 1.2
 NGO Officials 0.22 0.4 0.8
N=187

Note: All numbers in Column 1 represent the proportion of leaders who report at least one partner of each specified type. The mean value (Column 2) and standard deviation (Column 3) refer to how many of the specified tie type the leader reports.