TABLE 1—
Chinese Immigrant Church or Temple Member Attitudes and Characteristics by Religion Type: New York City, 2009–2011
| Variable | Buddhist (n = 365), Mean ±SD or % | Evangelical (n = 232), Mean ±SD or % | Mainline (n = 115), Mean ±SD or % | Total (n = 712), Mean ±SD or % |
| Attitudes (dependent variables; range = 1–5) | ||||
| Teach adolescents about condoms | 4.21 ±1.01a | 3.67 ±1.31b | 3.97 ±1.16 | 3.99 ±1.16 |
| Be nonjudgmental about homosexuality | 4.23 ±0.90a | 3.55 ±1.36b | 4.01 ±1.10c | 3.97 ±1.14 |
| Do not use an abstinence-only approach | 2.39 ±1.28a | 1.98 ±1.19b | 2.20 ±1.24 | 2.22 ±1.26 |
| Characteristic | ||||
| Age, y | 53.41 ±12.90a | 43.21 ±15.39b | 48.67 ±15.41 | 49.32 ±14.87 |
| Acculturation level (range = 0–16) | 2.73 ±3.30 | 4.47 ±4.42 | 3.01 ±3.22 | 3.35 ±3.77 |
| Education level (range = 1–7) | 3.41 ±2.06a | 4.23 ±2.00 | 5.03 ±1.75b | 3.94 ±2.08 |
| Church or temple attendance (range = 0–8) | 3.50 ±1.76a | 4.12 ±1.01b | 4.13 ±0.84b | 3.81 ±1.46 |
| Prayer, meditation, or chant frequency (range = 0–6) | 3.52 ±2.02a | 4.69 ±1.53b | 4.70 ±1.44b | 4.09 ±1.88 |
| HIV knowledge (range = 0–16) | 9.04 ±3.50a | 10.26 ±3.09 | 10.57 ±2.62b | 9.68 ±3.31 |
| Characteristics—mean percentages within religion type | ||||
| Female | 77.0a | 58.6b | 59.1b | 68.1 |
| Ethnic/national identity | ||||
| Mainland China | 46.6 | 50.0 | 44.3 | 47.3 |
| Taiwan | 18.1 | 10.3 | 35.7 | 18.4 |
| Hong Kong | 16.7 | 19.0 | 19.1 | 17.8 |
| Other | 18.6a | 20.7a | 0.9b | 16.4 |
| Holds formal leadership role | 8.8a | 35.3b | 27.0b | 20.4 |
| Knows Chinese person with HIV | 7.7 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 7.2 |
Note. Different superscripts (within row) denote significant differences between means by religion type at P < .05. P values are corrected for clustering within organization.