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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2008 Nov-Dec;32(6):714–724. doi: 10.5555/ajhb.2008.32.6.714

Table 2.

Association of Demographic Characteristics with Denominational Affiliation and Religious Involvement for Participants in the REACH 2010 Survey

None Catholic Evangelical Mainline
Protestant
Other Religious
Involvement
N = 476 164 1718 532 124 3014
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Mean S.D
Gender* ξ
Male 60.5 48.8 40.7 45.3 49.2 10.6 2.6
Female 39.5 51.2 59.3 54.7 50.8 11.3 2.2
Race/Ethnicity* ξ
White 53.4 66.5 25.3 51.9 29.0 10.2 2.7
Black 46.6 33.5 74.7 48.1 71.0 11.5 2.1
Income*
<$15k 11.3 5.5 13.1 13.1 11.3 11.0 2.4
$15–25k 19.7 11.0 23.1 23.1 15.3 11.1 2.3
$25–50k 29.8 28.7 26.8 26.8 38.7 11.0 2.4
>$50k 15.5 38.4 13.0 13.0 15.3 11.0 2.5
Unknown 23.5 16.5 24.0 24.0 19.4 10.9 2.5
Education* ξ
<HS 18.5 3.7 23.0 11.1 11.2 10.9 2.3
HS oe GED 30.3 17.7 32.5 23.5 32.8 11.0 2.3
Some college 20.4 33.5 22.1 23.7 34.4 11.2 2.3
College grad 28.4 45.1 21.9 41.7 20.8 11.0 2.7
Unknown 2.5 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.8 7.6 3.9
Employment* ξ
Employed 66.5 67.7 53.7 52.3 63.7 10.8 2.5
Unemployed 2.5 0.6 2.7 2.1 1.6 10.5 2.7
Homemaker 3.6 4.3 4.3 3.0 4.8 11.1 2.5
Student 4.6 4.3 1.5 1.3 4.8 10.2 2.7
Retired 15.5 15.9 29.7 38.0 19.4 11.5 2.2
Disabled 5.9 6.7 7.8 3.2 5.6 11.0 2.4
Unknown 1.5 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.0 8.8 2.5
Age* ξ
18–24 11.8 7.3 5.8 3.8 4.9 10.5 2.4
24–39 20.4 18.3 11.8 7.9 15.4 10.5 2.7
35–44 19.6 15.2 16.6 13.7 19.5 10.7 2.4
54–54 16.2 26.8 19.0 14.5 24.4 11.0 2.5
55–64 13.5 11.6 16.0 17.9 9.8 11.2 2.3
65–74 15.4 19.5 29.3 40.5 22.8 11.4 2.1
75+ 3.2 1.2 1.6 1.7 3.3 10.3 3.5
*

Association with denomination based on Pearson Chi-square test: p < 0.0001;

ξ

Association with Religious Involvement Pearson Chi-square test: p < 0.0001