Table 3.

Associations Between Religiosity, Risk Correlates and Violent Behaviors Among Respondents 12 to 17 Years of Age by Race/Ethnicity.

	Non-Hispanic White Adolescents (n = 14,060)	African American Adolescents (n = 12,482)	Hispanic Adolescents (n = 15,638)
	OR [95% CI]	OR [95% CI]	OR [95% CI]
Attendance at religious services
Fight	0.68 [0.60, 0.78]	0.68 [0.60, 0.77]	0.70 [0.61, 0.81]
Group fight	0.72 [0.62, 0.84]	0.65 [0.56, 0.75]	0.73 [0.62, 0.86]
Violent attack	0.72 [0.57, 0.91]	0.79 [0.6, 0.94]	0.92 [0.73, 1.16]
Importance of religious beliefs
Fight	0.79 [0.69, 0.91]	0.86 [0.77, 0.96]	0.79 [0.69, 0.90]
Group fight	0.80 [0.69, 0.94]	0.75 [0.66, 0.85]	0.80 [0.68, 0.93]
Violent attack	0.84 [0.67, 1.06]	0.86 [0.74, 1.01]	0.95 [0.77, 1.18]
Religious beliefs influence decisions
Fight	0.79 [0.68, 0.92]	0.91 [0.81, 1.02]	0.83 [0.72, 0.96]
Group fight	0.74 [0.62, 0.88]	0.77 [0.67, 0.88]	0.85 [0.72, 1.01]
Violent attack	0.76 [0.59, 0.99]	0.83 [0.70, 0.99]	1.00 [0.78, 1.28]
Participation in religious groups
Fight	0.91 [0.80, 1.05]	0.96 [0.85, 1.07]	0.85 [0.73, 0.99]
Group fight	0.89 [0.76, 1.04]	0.93 [0.81, 1.07]	0.88 [0.74, 1.04]
Violent attack	0.82 [0.65, 1.03]	0.90 [0.76, 1.06]	1.06 [0.84, 1.34]

Note. Odds ratios adjusted for age, sex, family income, educational enrollment, recent alcohol, recent marijuana, recent cocaine, recent depression, recent anxiety, and risk seeking. Odds ratios in bold are statistically significant. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.