Table 4.

Associations Between Religiosity, Risk Correlates and Violent Aggression Among Respondents 12 to 17 Years of Age by Gender.

	Male Adolescents (n = 46,047)	Female Adolescents (n = 44,155)
	OR [95% CI]	OR [95% CI]
Attendance at religious services
Fight	0.75 [0.70, 0.81]	0.65 [0.60, 0.71]
Group fight	0.76 [0.70, 0.83]	0.79 [0.72, 0.87]
Attack	0.88 [0.78, 0.98]	0.66 [0.57, 0.76]
Importance of religious beliefs
Fight	0.86 [0.80, 0.92]	0.76 [0.70, 0.82]
Group fight	0.82 [0.76, 0.90]	0.87 [0.80, 0.95]
Attack	0.97 [0.87, 1.08]	0.82 [0.72, 0.94]
Religious beliefs influence decisions
Fight	0.83 [0.77, 0.90]	0.78 [0.71, 0.85]
Group fight	0.80 [0.73, 0.88]	0.85 [0.77, 0.94]
Attack	0.93 [0.83, 1.06]	0.74 [0.63, 0.87]
Participation in religious groups
Fight	0.93 [0.87, 1.00]	0.88 [0.81, 0.96]
Group fight	0.90 [0.82, 0.98]	0.89 [0.81, 0.97]
Attack	0.94 [0.84, 1.05]	0.87 [0.76, 1.00]

Note. Odds ratios adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, 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.