Table 4.
Regression models for religious coping1
| Importance of Prayer for Stressful Situations | Look to God for Strength | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictor Variables | African Americans | Caribbean Blacks | African Americans | Caribbean Blacks |
| Age | −.010 (.006) | −.026 (.014) | .000 (.006) | .002 (.017) |
| Gender | 1.11*** (.147) | 1.54*** (.247) | .932*** (.101) | 1.03*** (.274) |
| Income | −.000 (.000) | −.000 (.000) | −.000 (.000) | −.000 (.000) |
| Education | −.045* (.022) | −.169** (.053) | −.026 (.021) | −.122 (.060)a |
| Marital Status | ||||
| Partner | −.470 (.259) | −.281 (.468) | −.621** (.204) | −.392 (.507) |
| Separated | .416 (.387) | −.441 (.515) | −.009 (.366) | .012 (.912) |
| Divorced | .120 (.292) | −.309 (.714) | −.243 (.327) | .513 (.520) |
| Widowed | .335 (.464) | 1.18 (.837) | .315 (.430) | .655 (.958) |
| Never Married | −.537* (.214) | −.958** (.283) | −.418a (.212) | −.385 (.514) |
| Region | ||||
| Midwest | −.453** (.168) | -- | −.797*** (.217) | -- |
| West | −.024 (.229) | -- | −.490* (.199) | -- |
| Northeast | −.514 (.279) | −.09 (.307) | −.975*** (.256) | −.374 (.464) |
| Denomination | ||||
| Methodist | .509 (.343) | .821 (.589) | −.562* (.235) | 2.02* (.873) |
| Pentecostal | .652 (.399) | 1.36** (.459) | .239 (.372) | 1.69* (.789) |
| Catholic | −.325 (.304) | −.391 (.377) | −.463 (.381) | −.461 (.520) |
| Episcopalian | -- | .020 (.871) | -- | .053 (.644) |
| Seventh Day Adventist | -- | .086 (.681) | -- | .970 (.930) |
| Other Protestant | .643** (.212) | .478 (.336) | .714*** (.205) | −.078 (.580) |
| Other Religion | 1.03* (.489) | 1.01 (.571) | −.194 (.428) | .801 (.623) |
| No Affiliation | −1.3*** (.177) | −1.77*** (.490) | −1.51*** (.163) | −1.97** (.637) |
| Country of Origin | ||||
| Spanish | -- | .232 (.326) | -- | −.203 (.570) |
| Haiti | -- | .507* (.226) | -- | −.398 (.350) |
| Trinidad | -- | −.573 (.515) | -- | −.763 (.405) |
| Other English | -- | −.195 (.353) | -- | −.574 (.405) |
| Immigration Status | -- | -- | ||
| 0 to 5 years ago | -- | .622 (.582) | -- | .065 (.587) |
| 6 to 10 years ago | -- | −.145 (.433) | -- | .899a (.449) |
| 11 to 20 years ago | -- | −.005 (.565) | -- | .997* (.428) |
| Over 21 years ago | -- | .376 (.497) | -- | .830 (.488) |
| N | 3507 | 1546 | 3387 | 1516 |
1
Regressions for African Americans control for age, gender (0=male), income, education, marital status (0=married), region (South=0), and denomination (0=Baptist). Regressions for Black Caribbeans additionally control for Country of Origin (0=Jamaica) and Immigration Status (0=Native born).
a
p < .06;
*
p < .05;
**
p < .005;
***
p < .001