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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 19.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2011 Jul 12;73(5):759–767. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.019

Table 4.

Mean urban stressor values by level of religious and neighborhood social capital indicators.

Religious Social Capital
Neighborhood Social Capital
Yes = high social capital No = low social capital p-value Yes = high social capital No = low social capital p-value
Regular religious service attendance 22.94 18.94 0.07
Structural social capital
 Were able to name their place of worship 22.06 18.75 0.13 Active in Group 19.62 21.31 0.41
 Know by name more than 5 people in church 21.68 19.42 0.34 Knows by name more than 5 people in neighborhood 19.79 21.32 0.5
 Socializes more than once/month with other church members 25.2 18.67 0.01 Socializes more than once/ month w/neighbors 19.72 22.6 0.24
Values and norms
 Agree that members share same values 20.8 19.89 0.67 Agree that neighbors share values 18.72 26.5 0.01
Bonding trust
 Agree that members can generally be trusted 22.43 18.52 0.07 Agree that people in neighborhood can generally be trusted 19.35 29 <0.01
 Agree that their religious leaders can generally be trusted 22.09 18.85 0.14 Agree that political leaders from this neighborhood can be trusted 17.92 22.73 0.03
 Agree that if you put your faith in God, things will turn out for the best 22.33 18.25 0.05
Bridging trust
 Trust people with different beliefs 19.46 21.3 0.36
Social support
 Rely on members for support 21.09 19.61 0.48 Rely on neighbors for support 19.86 20.46 0.79
Rely on family/friends for support 22.12 18.58 0.09