Table 6B.

OLS regression results for the association between 2008 religious participation and 2010 mental health for MLSFH men and women

	Women						Men
	All		Less than 45		45 or more		All		Less than 45		45 or more
	Coef.	SE	Coef.	SE	Coef.	SE	Coef.	SE	Coef.	SE	Coef.	SE
Age	−0.05**	0.02	−0.03	0.05	−0.01	0.05	−0.09***	0.02	0.01	0.06	−0.13**	0.05
Education
No education (ref)	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
Primary	1.02	0.70	0.17	0.88	2.42**	1.22	−0.76	0.92	0.15	1.47	−1.15	1.26
Secondary+	0.67	1.33	0.62	1.44	−3.48	3.70	−0.77	1.20	0.27	1.70	−1.30	2.04
Region of residence
Mchinji (ref)	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
Balaka	−0.21	0.74	−0.68	0.90	0.86	1.32	−0.79	0.86	−0.60	1.14	−0.72	1.34
Rumphi	1.21*	0.70	0.77	0.81	2.14	1.37	−0.20	0.74	−0.11	0.90	−0.14	1.27
Marital status
Currently married (ref)	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
Widowed/divorced/separated	−1.80**	0.75	−2.20*	1.12	−1.31	1.08	0.05	1.70	0.51	2.17	−0.44	2.73
Never married 1	0.85	2.36	0.49	2.28			0.73	1.17	1.30	1.25
Household size	0.08	0.11	0.00	0.14	0.22	0.22	0.12	0.10	−0.13	0.14	0.27*	0.16
Occupation
Agricultural- own land (ref)	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
Agricultural wage laborer	0.98	1.10	−0.27	1.31	4.08**	2.01	0.38	1.40	0.18	1.74	0.62	2.33
Salaried employment	5.74*	3.34	3.64	3.62	15.04*	7.75	−3.11*	1.72	−1.93	1.99	−6.24*	3.24
Market work/sales	−0.01	0.98	0.10	1.04	−0.47	2.55	−0.97	1.27	−0.32	1.31	−2.98	3.92
Handicraft production	1.17	1.03	0.26	1.26	2.81	1.80	0.01	1.06	−0.37	1.44	0.71	1.60
Other	−0.57	0.88	0.14	1.09	−1.23	1.51	−0.97	1.06	1.37	1.34	−3.83**	1.77
2008 mental health	0.15***	0.03	0.14***	0.04	0.16***	0.05	0.14***	0.04	0.15***	0.05	0.13**	0.06
Religious participation	0.56	0.37	0.14	0.44	1.37**	0.67	−0.10	0.36	−0.27	0.47	0.01	0.57
N=	1411		910		501		917		523		394

Notes:

^***p<.01,

^**p<.05,

^*p<0.10.

Two-tailed tests;

¹No adults aged 45 and older were never married, so this category dropped out of the regression models above.