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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: Sociol Relig. 2017 Jul 10;78(4):411–436. doi: 10.1093/socrel/srx027

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
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.