Table 4.
Clinical importance of religion, stratified by physicians’ religious characteristics
| Moral guidelines from religious traditions given “little to no weight” |
Religious beliefs shouldn’t keep doctors from providing legal medical options (agree/strongly agree) |
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| Bivariate |
Multivariate* |
Bivariate |
Multivariate* |
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| Characteristic (n) | % | P(χ2) | OR (95% CI) | % | P(χ2) | OR (95% CI) |
| Religious affiliation | ||||||
| No religion (50) | 47 | 0.000 | 1.0 referent | 94 | 0.000 | 1.0 referent |
| Hindu (91) | 51 | 1.2 (0.5 to 3.0) | 96 | 1.5 (0.3 to 8.8) | ||
| Muslim (75) | 37 | 0.9 (0.3 to 2.5) | 94 | 0.9 (0.2 to 5.5) | ||
| Catholic/Orthodox (92) | 29 | 0.5 (0.2 to 1.1) | 72 | 0.2 (0.04 to 0.8)† | ||
| Protestant, evangelical (26) | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 0.04 (0.01 to 0.2)† | ||
| Protestant, not evangelical (70) | 29 | 0.4 (0.2 to 0.97)† | 77 | 0.3 (0.1 to 1.4) | ||
| Other religion (35) | 40 | 0.7 (0.2 to 2.0) | 90 | 0.7 (0.1 to 5.0) | ||
| Intrinsic religious motivation | ||||||
| Low (153) | 56 | 0.000 | 1.0 referent | 91 | 0.000 | 1.0 referent |
| Medium (117) | 35 | 0.4 (0.2 to 0.7)† | 83 | 0.5 (0.2 to 1.3) | ||
| High (167) | 10 | 0.1 (0.04 to 0.2)† | 63 | 0.2 (0.1 to 0.5)† | ||
| Attend religious services | ||||||
| Never (53) | 55 | 0.000 | 1.0 referent | 89 | 0.000 | 1.0 referent |
| Once a month or less (240) | 38 | 0.4 (0.2 to 0.9)† | 88 | 0.8 (0.2 to 2.9) | ||
| Twice a month or more (144) | 17 | 0.1 (0.1 to 0.3)† | 60 | 0.2 (0.1 to 0.6)† | ||
| Religious/spiritual | ||||||
| Neither (93) | 58 | 0.000 | 1.0 referent | 98 | 0.000 | 1.0 referent |
| Spiritual not religious (100) | 41 | 0.5 (0.3 to 1.1) | 83 | 0.1 (0.03 to 0.8)† | ||
| Religious (243) | 18 | 0.2 (0.1 to 0.3)† | 68 | 0.1 (0.01 to 0.2)† | ||
Table presents population estimates adjusted for survey design.
*
Multivariate analyses include sex, age, region, immigration history, and specialty.
†
p<0.05.