Table 5.
Odds Ratios of Fair/Poor Health and Well-being as a Function of Religious Disaffiliation from Specific Denominations
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 6 | |
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| Affiliation/Disaffiliation | Fair/Poor Health | Well-beinga | ||||
| Remain Evangelical (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Evangelical -> None | 1.33** | 1.09 | 1.01 | 1.54** | 1.21* | 1.05 |
| Year × Disaffiliate | 1.00 | 1.02 | ||||
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| Remain Catholic (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Catholic -> None | 1.27** | 1.04 | 1.17 | 1.19* | 0.97 | 1.42* |
| Year × Disaffiliate | 0.99 | 0.98** | ||||
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| Remain Mainline (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Mainline -> None | 1.05 | 0.90 | 0.88 | 1.27* | 1.10 | 1.22 |
| Year × Disaffiliate | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
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| Remain high-costb (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| High-cost -> None | 2.75** | 2.18* | 4.40 | 1.22 | 0.90 | 0.44 |
| Year × Disaffiliate | 0.97 | 1.04 | ||||
Notes: All models control for sociodemographic characteristics and year of interview. Models 2 and 5 add frequency of church attendance. Models 3 and 6 add an interaction between disaffiliation and year.
a
Modeled as an ordered logit predicting the odds of moving one category towards lower well-being
b
Includes Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Seventh Day Adventists
*
p <0.05
**
p <0.01.