Table 2.
Religiosity and Spirituality by Demographics and Outcome Variables (N = 699)
| Very Religious | Somewhat Religious | Not Religious/No Preference | Very Spiritual | Somewhat Spiritual | Not at all Spiritual | |||
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| DEMOGRAPHICS | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | p value | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | p value |
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| Sexual Identity | ||||||||
| Lesbian | 13.6 (70) | 36.1 (186) | 50.3 (259) | .401 | 49.3 (255) | 42.4 (219) | 8.3 (43) | .088 |
| Bisexual | 13.3 (24) | 30.9 (56) | 55.8 (101) | 42.3 (78) | 44.5 (81) | 13.2 (24) | ||
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| Age | ||||||||
| 18–30 | 8.9 (20) | 28.9 (65) | 62.2 (140) | <.001 | 39.6 (90) | 49.8 (112) | 10.7(24) | .006 |
| 31–40 | 11.4 (17) | 31.5 (47) | 57.0 (85) | 43.6 (65) | 42.3 (63) | 14.1 (21) | ||
| 41–50 | 17.3 (24) | 41.0 (57) | 41.7 (58) | 56.7 (80) | 38.3 (54) | 5.0 (7) | ||
| 51+ | 18.0 (33) | 39.9 (73) | 42.1 (77) | 53.5 (98) | 38.6 (71) | 8.2 (15) | ||
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| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| White | 10.0 (26) | 26.4 (69) | 63.6 (166) | <.001 | 38.3 (100) | 47.5 (124) | 14.2 (37) | <.001 |
| African-American | 18.1 (45) | 46.6 (116) | 35.3 (88) | 59.5 (150) | 36.1 (91) | 4.4 (11) | ||
| Latina | 10.5 (17) | 33.3 (54) | 56.2 (91) | 43.2 (70) | 45.7 (74) | 11.1 (18) | ||
| Other | 25.0 (6) | 12.5 (3) | 62.5 (15) | 50.0 (12) | 45.8 (11) | 4.2 (1) | ||
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| Relationship Status | ||||||||
| Partnered | 14.7 (62) | 35.7 (151) | 49.6 (211) | .289 | 46.0 (196) | 44.3 (188) | 9.7 (41) | .641 |
| Not partnered | 11.5 (31) | 33.3 (90) | 55.2 (149) | 49.6 (135) | 41.2 (112) | 9.2 (25) | ||
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| Employment | ||||||||
| Employed | 13.2 (62) | 32.7 (154) | 54.1 (255) | .151 | 45.6 (215) | 44.1 (208) | 10.4 (49) | .300 |
| Not employed | 14.3 (32) | 39.3 (88) | 46.4 (104) | 51.3 (116) | 40.7 (92) | 8.0 (18) | ||
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| Education | ||||||||
| HS or Less | 15.5 (22) | 51.4 (73) | 33.1 (47) | <.001 | 46.9 (67) | 44.8 (64) | 8.4 (12) | .264 |
| Some college | 10.6 (23) | 37.5 (81) | 51.9 (112) | 53.9(117) | 39.2 (85) | 6.9 (15) | ||
| Bachelor’s degree | 14.4 (21) | 20.5 (30) | 65.1 (95) | 42.9 (63) | 45.6 (67) | 11.6 (17) | ||
| Graduate school | 14.6 (28) | 30.2 (58) | 55.2 (106) | 44.3 (85) | 43.8 (84) | 12.0 (23) | ||
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| Children at home | ||||||||
| Children at home | 18.6 (26) | 43.6 (61) | 37.9 (53) | .001 | 52.5 (74) | 42.6 (60) | 5.0 (7) | .086 |
| No children at home | 12.2 (68) | 32.6 (181) | 55.2 (307) | 46.1 (257) | 43.1 (240) | 10.8 (60) | ||
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| OUTCOMES | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | p value | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | p value |
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| Hazardous Drinking (Past yr) | ||||||||
| 2+ Indicators | 11.8 (35) | 30.7 (91) | 57.4 (170) | .048 | 40.4 (120) | 47.8 (142) | 11.8 (35) | .014 |
| 0–1 Indicators | 14.6 (55) | 37.6 (142) | 47.9 (181) | 51.5 (195) | 40.1 (152) | 8.4 (32) | ||
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| Drug Use (Past yr) | ||||||||
| Any drug use | 11.2 (33) | 33.2 (98) | 55.6 (166) | .144 | 45.4 (134) | 44.4 (131) | 10.2 (30) | .635 |
| No drug use | 64.9 (61) | 35.9 (144) | 48.9 (196) | 49.0 (198) | 41.8 (169) | 9.2 (37) | ||
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| Depression (Past yr) | ||||||||
| One or more | 12.8 (27) | 37.4 (79) | 49.8 (105) | .662 | 49.1 (104) | 43.9 (93) | 7.1 (15) | .287 |
| No episode | 14.4 (67) | 34.0 (161) | 51.9 (246) | 46.4 (221) | 42.6 (203) | 10.9 (52) | ||