Table 1.

Descriptive statistics by denominational affiliation (percent), Chibuto Religious Survey, Mozambique

	Roman Catholic	Mainline Protestant	Zionist	Apostolic	New Pentecostal	All affiliated	Not affiliated
A. All women (N=2008)
Belonged to other churches before	34.4	53.3	52.8	61.4	60.7	52.3	56.7
Belonged to only one church before	26.1	45.6	44.1	52.7	46.2	43.1	48.1
Belonged to two or more churches before	8.3	7.7	8.7	8.7	14.5	9.2	8.6
Educational level
No schooling	14.6	23.1	39.0	26.6	28.1	30.7	56.2
1–4 years of schooling	35.6	34.9	38.7	45.6	33.9	38.2	32.2
5 or more years of schooling	49.8	42.1	22.3	27.8	38.0	31.1	11.6
Number of cases	253	195	865	241	221	1775	233
Percent in sample	12.6	9.7	43.1	12.0	11.0	88.4	11.6
B. Women with at least one previous affiliation (N=1061)
Educational level
No schooling	21.8	23.1	29.6	20.3	22.4	25.6	47.7
1–4 years of schooling	34.5	39.4	43.4	50.7	39.6	42.7	36.4
5 or more years of schooling	43.7	37.5	27.0	29.1	38.1	31.6	15.9
Previous affiliation
Roman Catholic	1.2a	25.0	29.8	27.7	22.4	25.2	16.7
Mainline Protestant	24.1	15.4	14.7	16.2	11.2	15.4	12.1
Zionist	50.6	38.5	24.1	41.2	47.8	34.3	45.5
Apostolic	13.8	5.8	17.1	2.0	12.7	12.5	15.9
New Pentecostal	9.2	15.4	14.3	14.7	6.0	12.5	9.9
Main reason for joining current church
Marriage	44.8	36.7	21.5	34.7	29.3	28.5	n/a
Health	0.9	9.5	60.2	45.7	21.0	42.0	n/a
Personal preference or other	54.3	53.7	18.3	19.6	49.7	29.5	n/a
Number of cases	87	104	456	148	134	929	132
Percent	11.9	9.8	43.0	13.9	12.6	87.6	12.4

Note:

^aone Catholic respondent who reported having rejoined the Catholic Church after a hiatus of several years.