Table 1.
Study one participant characteristics (N=2060)
| Christian n=889 | Atheist/Agnostic n=595 | Spiritual n=576 | ||||
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| Age [mean (sd)] | 38.4 (12.1) | 32.6 (10.4) | 37.6 (11.3) | 49.4 | 2.0 | <0.001 |
| Education | n.a. | n.a. | 0.411 | |||
| Less than high school | 6 (0.7) | 2 (0.3) | 3 (0.5) | |||
| High school or GED | 82 (9.2) | 41 (6.9) | 49 (8.5) | |||
| Technical school | 34 (3.8) | 15 (2.5) | 20 (3.5) | |||
| Some college | 270 (30.4) | 181 (30.4) | 200 (34.7) | |||
| College degree | 313 (35.3) | 231 (38.8) | 195 (33.9) | |||
| Graduate degree | 183 (20.6) | 125 (21.0) | 109 (18.9) | |||
| Race | n.a. | n.a. | <0.001 | |||
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 23 (2.6) | 14 (2.4) | 30 (5.2) | |||
| Asian | 18 (2.0) | 29 (4.9) | 13 (2.3) | |||
| African American | 72 (8.1) | 13 (2.2) | 24 (4.2) | |||
| White | 720 (81.0) | 504 (84.7) | 471 (81.8) | |||
| Other | 56 (6.3) | 35 (5.9) | 38 (6.6) | |||
| Hispanic | ||||||
| Yes | 91 (10.2) | 42 (7.1) | 49 (8.5) | n.a. | n.a. | 0.102 |
| No | 798 (89.8) | 553 (92.9) | 527 (91.5) | |||
| Sexual Orientation | n.a. | n.a. | <0.001 | |||
| Gay/Homosexual | 733 (82.5) | 528 (88.7) | 533 (92.5) | |||
| Other | 156 (17.6) | 67 (11.3) | 43 (7.47) | |||
| Living with HIV | n.a. | n.a. | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 158 (17.8) | 66 (11.1) | 129 (22.4) | |||
| No | 731 (82.2) | 529 (88.9) | 447 (77.6) | |||
Note: α=0.05. For age, statistical significance determined using ANOVA. Scheffe multiple comparison test indicates atheists/agnostic participants differ in age from Christian and spiritual participants (p<0.001). For education, race, Hispanic ethnicity, sexual orientation, and HIV-status, statistical significance determined using Pearson's chi-square.