Table 1.
Characteristic | No (%) |
---|---|
Sex | |
Female | 176 (39) |
Male | 270 (61) |
Race | |
Asian | 191 (44) |
Black or African-American | 18 (4) |
Hispanic or Latino | 23 (5) |
White or Caucasian | 192 (44) |
Other | 13 (3) |
Age | |
26–29 | 107 (24) |
30–34 | 119 (27) |
35–46 | 112 (25) |
47–60 | 108 (24) |
Immigration history | |
Born in the USA | 216 (50) |
Immigrated to USA as a child or adult | 217 (50) |
Specialty | |
Family medicine or general practice | 118 (26) |
Internal medicine | 328 (74) |
Region* | |
South | 125 (29) |
Midwest | 110 (25) |
Northeast | 129 (30) |
West | 72 (17) |
Religious characteristics | |
Religious affiliation | |
No religion | 50 (11) |
Hindu | 93 (21) |
Muslim | 76 (17) |
Catholic and Orthodox† | 94 (21) |
Protestant, evangelical | 26 (6) |
Protestant, not evangelical | 71 (16) |
Other religion | 35 (8) |
Intrinsic religious motivation | |
Low | 153 (35) |
Medium | 120 (27) |
High | 170 (38) |
Attendance at religious services | |
Never | 53 (12) |
Once a month or less | 244 (55) |
Twice a month or more | 147 (33) |
Religious/spiritual | |
Neither | 94 (21) |
Spiritual not religious | 101 (23) |
Religious | 248 (56) |
Average respondent age 38.2 years, SD 10.2, range 26–60.
Respondents from Puerto Rico (n = 10) are not listed here but were included in all analyses.
11 respondents were Orthodox.