Table 5.
Switching/joining church since age 12, by main reason of switching/joining, discrete-time multinomial logistic regression parameter estimates (standard errors in parentheses), Chibuto Religious Survey, Mozambique
| Covariates | Switching to/joining for marriage vs. not switching/not joining | Switching to/joining for health reasons vs. not switching/not joining | Switching to/joining for personal preference/other reasons vs. not switching/not joining |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | |||
| [No education] | |||
| 1–4 years of school | .4930 (.1426)** | .1164 (.1015) | .6173 (.1366)** |
| 5 or more years of school | 1.0334 (.1519)** | .2712 (.1248)* | 1.1744 (.1554)** |
| Denomination in previous year | |||
| [Roman Catholic] | |||
| Mainline Protestant | .3044 (.2217) | −.1751 (.2433) | −.0547 (.2780) |
| Apostolic | .3578 (.2375) | −.1946 (.2611) | −.5645 (.3383)+ |
| Zionist | −.0738 (.1951) | −.4034 (.2056)* | .0872 (.2202) |
| New Pentecostal | −.0605 (.2428) | −.2175 (.2639) | .4158 (.2419) + |
| None | .5946 (.1475)** | 1.3389 (.1722)** | 2.0066 (.1913)** |
| Type of area of childhood | |||
| [Rural] | |||
| Urban | −.0986 (.1297) | .2805 (.1114)** | .1480 (.1069) |
| Switching/joining experience before current year | |||
| [Never switched/joined church] | |||
| Switched/joined church at least once | −.6985 (.1935)** | −.2792 (.1307)* | .3083 (.1408)* |
| Age | .4647 (.1029)** | .1428 (.0289)** | −.0938 (.0340)* |
| Age squared | −.0104 (.0024)** | −.0019 (.0006)** | .0020(.0007)** |
| Intercept | −9.8469 (1.0438)** | −6.9484 (.4126)** | −4.9554 (.4153)* |
| F-statistic | 30.18** | ||
| Number of person-years | 35250 |
Notes: Reference categories in brackets; ** <.01, * <.05, + <.10, two-tailed test.