Table 4.
Regression models for importance of spirituality and self-rated spiritualitya
| Importance of Spirituality | Self-Rated Spirituality | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Americans | Caribbean Blacks | African Americans | Caribbean Blacks | |||||
| B | S.E. | B | S.E. | B | S.E. | B | S.E. | |
| Age | .014 | .005* | −.008 | .010 | .024 | .003*** | .006 | .010 |
| Gender | .663 | .091*** | .370 | .251 | .437 | .079*** | .043 | .150 |
| Income | .002 | .010 | −.009 | .011 | .011 | .006 | −.012 | .018 |
| Education | .078 | .024** | −.004 | .042 | .045 | .016** | −.001 | .044 |
| Marital Status | ||||||||
| Partner | −.747 | .193*** | −.968 | .377* | −.474 | .142** | −.506 | .373 |
| Separated | −.420 | .249 | −.282 | .655 | .358 | .185 | −.200 | .378 |
| Divorced | −.208 | .205 | .028 | .369 | .137 | .137 | −.307 | .354 |
| Widowed | .306 | .396 | 1.95 | .667** | .030 | .173 | .008 | .244 |
| Never Married | −.650 | .152*** | −.396 | .271 | −.188 | .113 | −.332 | .193 |
| Region | ||||||||
| Northeast | −.419 | .189* | −.291 | .188 | −.219 | .118 | −.179 | −.217 |
| North Central | −.258 | .130 | -- | -- | −.039 | .068 | -- | -- |
| West | −.263 | .172 | -- | -- | −.080 | .110 | -- | -- |
| Denomination | ||||||||
| Methodist | .009 | .208 | −.090 | .322 | .061 | .135 | .552 | .309 |
| Pentecostal | .816 | .254** | 1.61 | .607* | .570 | .121*** | 1.015 | .411* |
| Catholic | −.024 | .248 | −.422 | .321 | .270 | .208 | .017 | .404 |
| Episcopalian | -- | -- | -.946 | .420* | -- | -- | −.144 | .223 |
| Seventh Day Adventist | -- | -- | -.000 | .551 | -- | -- | .764 | .455 |
| Other Protestant | .572 | .154*** | −.332 | .322 | .566 | .118*** | .543 | .250* |
| Other Religion | .986 | .496 | .552 | .549 | .756 | .214*** | .803 | .879 |
| No Affiliation | −1.11 | .146*** | −1.96 | .347*** | −.528 | .166** | −1.10 | .590 |
| Country of Origin | ||||||||
| Spanish | -- | -- | .375 | .364 | -- | -- | .575 | .383 |
| Haiti | -- | -- | −.503 | .567 | -- | -- | −.430 | .445 |
| Trinidad-Tobago | -- | -- | .467 | .359 | -- | -- | −.548 | .211* |
| Other English | -- | -- | .009 | .317 | -- | -- | −.355 | .265 |
| Immigration Status | ||||||||
| 0 to 5 years | -- | -- | -.627 | .710 | -- | -- | .459 | .362 |
| 6 to 10 years | -- | -- | .498 | .345 | -- | -- | .156 | .298 |
| 11 to 20 years | -- | -- | .393 | .316 | -- | -- | −.144 | .321 |
| Over 21 years | -- | -- | .279 | .291 | -- | -- | .016 | .341 |
| N | 3705 | 1574 | 3706 | 1572 | ||||
a
Regressions control for age, gender (0=male), income, education, marital status (0=married), region (0=South for African Americans and 0=all other regions for Black Caribbeans), and denomination (0=Baptist). Income is coded in dollars and has been divided by 5000. Regressions for Black Caribbeans additionally control for Country of Origin (0=Jamaica) and Immigration Status (0=U.S. born).
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01;
***
p < .001