Table 4.
Switching/joining church since age 12, by denominational destination of switching/joining, discrete-time multinomial logistic regression parameter estimates (standard errors in parentheses), Chibuto Religious Survey, Mozambique
Covariates | Switching to/joining to a Mainline church vs. not switching/not joining | Switching to/joining to a Apostolic church vs. not switching/not joining | Switching to/joining to a Zionist church vs. not switching/not joining | Switching to/joining to a Pentecostal church vs. not switching/not joining |
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Education | ||||
[No education] | ||||
1–4 years of school | .7560 (.2058)** | .6173 (.1733)** | .1235 (.0972) | .5457 (.2120)** |
5 or more years of school | 1.6438 (.2326)** | .5127 (.2055)* | .3678 (.1195)** | 1.2281 (.1944)** |
Denomination in previous year | ||||
[Roman Catholic] | ||||
Mainline Protestant | .9766 (.3457)** | −.0046 (.3805) | −.1354 (.2154) | −.4304 (.3843) |
Apostolic | .7477 (.3490)* | −2.0812 (.7824)** | .0017 (.2256) | −.2183 (.3704) |
Zionist | .9755 (.2836)** | −.0237 (.2804) | −.7966 (.1812)** | .0541 (.3049) |
New Pentecostal | .8535 (.3767)* | −.2111 (.3529) | −.1103 (.2145) | −.2607 (.4295) |
None | 2.1774 (.2599)** | .9075 (.1914)** | 1.2024 (.1656)** | 1.4146 (.2799)** |
Type of area of childhood | ||||
[Rural] | ||||
Urban | .0948 (.1523) | .0225 (.1732) | .2065 (.1006)* | .1145 (.1896) |
Switching/joining experience before current year | ||||
[Never switched/joined church] | ||||
Switched/joined church at least once | −.3064 (.1850) | −.2905 (.2671) | −.2276 (.1178)+ | .2150 (.2373) |
Age | −.0195 (.0430) | .1356 (.0528)** | .1055 (.0253)** | .0179 (.0602) |
Age squared | .0005 (.0009) | −.0030 (.0011)** | −.0014 (.0005)** | −.0001 (.0013) |
Intercept | −6.7794 (.5539) | −6.9938 (.6390)** | −6.0020 (.3345) | −6.7875 (.6833)** |
F-statistic | 14.90** | |||
Number of person-years | 35250 |
Notes: Reference categories in brackets; significance levels: ** <.01, * <.05, + <.10, two-tailed test.