TABLE 4.
Logistic Regressions Predicting the Likelihood of the Congregation Leader Having Received Some Formal Religious Training (A) and Holding a Higher-Ranking Post in Church (B and C), Parameter Estimates and Standard Errors, Chibuto Congregation Census
| Covariate | A. Leader Received Some Formal Religious Training
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B. Leader Is in Higher-Ranking Posta
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C. Leader Is in Higher-Ranking Posta
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coef. | SE | Coef. | SE | Coef. | SE | |
| Gender of congregation leader | ||||||
| Woman | −0.338 | 0.213 | −0.343* | 0.146 | −0.323* | 0.147 |
| [Man] | ||||||
| Denominational category | ||||||
| Catholic | −0.200 | 0.327 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Apostolic | −2.022** | 0.488 | −0.322 | 0.267 | −0.175 | 0.271 |
| Zionist | −0.787** | 0.242 | 0.337+ | 0.182 | 0.418+ | 0.186 |
| Pentecostal | −0.698* | 0.289 | −0.224 | 0.215 | −0.163 | 0.218 |
| [Traditional Protestant] | ||||||
| Area of congregation location | ||||||
| Urban | 0.045 | 0.233 | 0.554** | 0.172 | 0.555** | 0.173 |
| [Rural] | ||||||
| Number of people attending last regular service | 0.022** | 0.004 | 0.018** | 0.004 | 0.016** | 0.004 |
| Women-to-men ratio among last service attendees | −0.005 | 0.009 | 0.007+ | 0.004 | 0.008+ | 0.004 |
| Type of congregation facility | ||||||
| Precarious facility (no or reed/grass roof) | 0.617** | 0.224 | 0.178 | 0.143 | 0.135 | 0.144 |
| Sturdy facility (tile or metal sheet roof) | 0.619* | 0.275 | 0.313 | 0.203 | 0.284 | 0.205 |
| [No permanent facility] | ||||||
| Leader’s formal religious training | ||||||
| Received some training | n/a | n/a | 0.807** | 0.217 | ||
| [Received no training] | ||||||
| Constant | −2.181** | 0.276 | −0.621** | 0.205 | −0.726** | 0.209 |
| Likelihood ratio chi-square | 90** | 74** | 88** | |||
| Number of congregations | 1118 | 1026 | 1026 | |||
NOTE: Reference categories in brackets; significance level:
p < .01,
p < .05,
p < .1, two-tailed test. Coef. = coefficient.
Catholics are excluded.