Table 3.
Odds ratios predicting fair/poor health and subjective well-being as a function of religious disaffiliation using General Social Survey 1973 – 2012
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Fair/poor Health | Fair/poor Health | Fair/poor Health | Well-Being | Well-Being | Well-Being | |
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Married (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Divorced/Separated | 1.17** | 1.16* | 1.16** | 2.78** | 2.65** | 2.64** |
| Widowed | 1.01 | 0.93 | 0.92 | 2.76** | 2.74** | 2.74** |
| Never Married | 1.18** | 1.16** | 1.10* | 1.97** | 1.92** | 1.92** |
| Number of Children | 1.02** | 1.03** | 1.04** | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.01 |
| Education | ||||||
| Less Than High School (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| High School | 0.56** | 0.58** | 0.58** | 0.89** | 0.92** | 0.92** |
| Some College | 0.48** | 0.50** | 0.51** | 0.81** | 0.84** | 0.84** |
| College Degree | 0.35** | 0.37** | 0.38** | 0.74** | 0.80** | 0.80** |
| Income Quartile | ||||||
| Bottom (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Bottom-Middle | 0.62** | 0.62** | 0.63** | 0.80** | 0.80** | 0.80** |
| Upper Middle | 0.48** | 0.49** | 0.51** | 0.68** | 0.68** | 0.68** |
| Upper | 0.35** | 0.36** | 0.37** | 0.53** | 0.53** | 0.53** |
| Missing | 0.67** | 0.67** | 0.67** | 0.69** | 0.69** | 0.69** |
| Parental Education | ||||||
| Less Than High School (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| High School | 0.82** | 0.81** | 0.80** | 0.94* | 0.93** | 0.93** |
| Some College | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.93* | 0.93 | 1.94 |
| College Degree | 0.74** | 0.74** | 0.72** | 0.83** | 0.82** | 0.82** |
| Childhood Family Situation | ||||||
| Lived with both parents (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Parents divorced | 1.06 | 1.03 | 1.02 | 1.15** | 1.12** | 1.12** |
| Parent died/other | 1.05 | 1.04 | 1.04 | 1.06 | 1.05 | 2.05 |
| Mobility since age 16 | ||||||
| Same City (%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Difference City, Same State | 0.98 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 0.98 | 0.98 |
| Different State | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 1.05 | 1.04 | 1.04 |
| Affiliation/Disaffiliation
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| Consistently Affiliated (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Religious -> None (Disaffiliates) | 1.21** | 1.00 | 0.97 | 1.30** | 1.05 | 1.25* |
| None -> Religious | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.15 | 1.20* | 1.12 |
| Consistently Unaffiliated | 0.97 | 0.80* | 0.77 | 1.13 | 0.93 | 1.20 |
| Attendance
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| Never (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| < Once a Year | 0.87* | 0.87* | 1.04 | 1.04 | ||
| Once a Year | 0.87* | 0.87* | 0.94 | 0.94 | ||
| Several Times a Year | 0.82** | 0.82** | 0.85** | 0.85** | ||
| Once a Month | 0.74** | 0.74** | 0.78** | 0.78** | ||
| 2–3 Times a Month | 0.78** | 0.78** | 0.77** | 0.77** | ||
| Nearly Every Week | 0.67** | 0.67** | 0.69** | 0.69** | ||
| Every Week | 0.59** | 0.59** | 0.62** | 0.62** | ||
| More Than Once a Week | 0.62** | 0.62** | 0.44** | 0.44** | ||
| Disaffiliation-Year Interaction
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| Disaffiliate × Year | 1.00 | 0.99* | ||||
| No. of Observations | 34,565 | 34,565 | 34,565 | 34,565 | 34,565 | 34,565 |
Notes: Models 1–3 predict the odds fair/poor health. Models 4–6 predict lower well-being as an ordered logit. Models 2 and 5 add frequency of church attendance. Models 3 and 6 add an interaction between disaffiliation and year. All models also control for age, sex, race, geographic region, and year of interview.
*
p <0.05
**
p <0.01.