Table 4.
Multilevel Model Predicting Grandchild’s Emotional Closeness to Grandmother From Triadic Patterns of Religiosity (N = 316 Grandchildren Nested Within 117 Grandmothers)
| Predictors | B | SE |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed effects | ||
| Intercept | 10.91*** | 1.64 |
| Triadic religious pattern | ||
| Strong-Strong-Weakera | −0.07 | 0.54 |
| Strong-Weaker-Weakera | −1.18* | 0.60 |
| Controls | ||
| Grandchild: Age | −0.04 | 0.05 |
| Grandchild: Education | 0.23 | 0.18 |
| Grandchild: Femaleb | −0.10 | 0.44 |
| Parent: Femaleb | 1.20** | 0.51 |
| Grandmother: Evangelical Protestantc | −0.22 | 0.83 |
| Grandmother: Catholicc | −0.50 | 0.76 |
| Grandmother: Mormonc | 0.75 | 1.17 |
| Random effects | ||
| Intercept variance | 4.84** | 1.57 |
| Residual variance | 8.88*** | 1.10 |
| -2 log-likelihood | −700.39 | |
aReference group = Strong-Strong-Strong.
bReference group = Male.
cReference group = Mainline protestant and other.
*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.