Table 4.
Multinomial Logistic Regressions of the Church-Based Network and Demographic Variables on the Patterns of Reciprocal Support with Church Members among African Americans
| Baseline Models | Models with Church Variables | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Variables |
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 6 |
| Both Gave and Received Support |
Received Support Only |
Gave Support Only | Both Gave and Received Support |
Received Support Only |
Gave Support Only | |
| RRR(95% C.I.) | RRR(95% C.I.) | RRR(95% C.I.) | RRR(95% C.I.) | RRR(95% C.I.) | RRR(95% C.I.) | |
| Age | 1.02**(1.01,1.03) | 1.00(0.98,1.02) | 1.02***(1.01,1.04) | 1.00(0.99,1.01) | 0.99(0.97,1.02) | 1.02*(1.00,1.03) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 1.12(0.81,1.54) | 1.64(0.76,3.53) | 0.98(0.55,1.73) | 0.81(0.52,1.28) | 1.51(0.64,3.55) | 0.85(0.45,1.62) |
| Education | 0.97(0.90,1.03) | 0.84**(0.75,0.94) | 0.97(0.90,1.04) | 1.04(0.95,1.14) | 0.88*(0.78,0.99) | 1.03(0.94,1.12) |
| Household Income | 1.04(1.00,1.08) | 0.95(0.85,1.06) | 1.05*(1.00,1.10) | 1.03(0.98,1.09) | 0.94(0.84,1.06) | 1.05(0.99,1.11) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 0.99(0.65,1.50) | 1.24(0.53,2.90) | 0.92(0.55,1.52) | 0.75(0.45,1.25) | 1.07(0.45,2.52) | 0.73(0.42,1.27) |
| Parent | 0.69(0.42,1.13) | 0.45(0.18,1.16) | 1.31(0.62,2.75) | 0.71(0.40,1.28) | 0.43(0.17,1.11) | 1.39(0.62,3.14) |
| Church Member Contact | -- | -- | -- | 1.58***(1.37,1.82) | 1.13(0.88,1.45) | 1.26**(1.07,1.47) |
| Church Member Closeness | -- | -- | -- | 4.65***(3.83,5.64) | 2.20***(1.50,3.20) | 2.73***(2.15,3.47) |
| F | 5.11 | 17.16 | ||||
| df | 34 | 34 | ||||
| N | 2291 | 2287 | ||||
*
p<.05
**
p< .01
***
p<.001
Comparison group for each model is ‘Never Receive Support and Never Give Support to Congregation Members’
RRR=Relative Risk Ratio
CI=Confidence Interval