Table 3.
Characteristic | Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p-value |
---|---|---|
Medical School Graduation | ||
US Medical Grads | 1.00 [Referent] | |
Foreign Medical Grads | 2.10 (1.09, 4.02) | 0.03 |
Religious Affiliation | ||
None | 1.00 [Referent] | |
Hindu | 1.01 (0.36, 2.83) | |
Jewish | 0.98 (0.47, 2.09) | |
Muslim | 1.40 (0.49, 4.00) | |
Roman Catholic | 0.77 (0.38, 1.59) | |
Evangelical Protestant | 1.04 (0.46, 2.37) | |
Non-evangelical Protestant | 1.17 (0.58, 2.33) | |
Other Religion | 0.55 (0.18, 1.73) | |
Importance of Religion in Physician’s Life | ||
Not very important | 1.00 [Referent] | |
Fairly important | 1.65 (0.98, 2.77) | |
Very important part | 2.07 (1.23, 3.47) | 0.006 |
Most important part | 2.75 (1.49, 5.04) | 0.001 |
Estimates are weighted to account for differential probabilities of selection and differential non-response.
All models included gender, age, race/ethnicity, immigration history, medical school graduation, type of patients seen, religious affiliation, and importance of religion in the physicians’ life as covariates.