Table 3.

Multivariate results of contextual-level religious factors in association with DSM-IV alcohol use disorders in the past 12 months and suicide ideation since the past interview, among adults in the NESARC, Wave 2 (N= 34, 326)

	Alcohol Use Disorders			Suicide Ideation
	ARR	[95% CI]	ARR	[95% CI]
Geographic state-level
High religiositya	1.04	[0.99, 1.09]	1.03	[0.97, 1.09]
Adherence rate:
Catholics	1.06	[0.97, 1.15]	1.05	[0.93, 1.18]
Evangelical Protestant	1.27**	[1.08, 1.49]	0.98	[0.79, 1.23]
Mainline Protestant	1.07	[0.99, 1.15]	0.96	[0.85, 1.08]
Historically Black Protestant	0.83*	[0.72, 0.96]	0.95	[0.77, 1.16]

ARR=Adjusted Relative Risk. CI=Confidence Interval.

Individual-level covariates include continuous age, race/ethnicity, sex, marital status, nativity, education, income, self-rated health, any mood disorder, and any anxiety disorder, residence in one of the four Census regions, and in residence a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).

Geographic state-level covariates include % black in the state, % in poverty, % unemployed, % < high school diploma, median household income, % divorced, and residential instability—% residing out of the state in 1995 in the state. N=49 states including Washington, D.C. were included (Alaska and Hawaii excluded).

^***p<.001;

^**p<.01;

^*p<.05

aHigh religiosity is a composite variable including the sum of the proportion of persons who attend church once a week and almost every day, and the proportion who respond that religion is very important in their own life.