Table 6.
Quitting a church since age 12, discrete-time binomial logistic regression parameter estimates (standard errors in parentheses), women with a religious affiliation at age 12, Chibuto Religious Survey, Mozambique
| Covariates | β (SE) |
|---|---|
| Education | |
| [No education] | |
| 1–4 years of school | −.1943 (.1262) |
| 5 or more years of school | −.5589 (.1465)** |
| Denomination in previous year | |
| [Roman Catholic] | |
| Mainline Protestant | .1420 (.1680) |
| Apostolic | −.0152 (.1823) |
| Zionist | −.1880 (.1676) |
| New Pentecostal | .1573 (.1633) |
| Type of area of childhood | |
| [Rural] | |
| Urban | −.1383 (.1395) |
| Switching/joining experience before current year | |
| [Never switched/joined church] | |
| Switched/joined church at least once | .3132 (.1422)* |
| Age | .0308 (.0478) |
| Age squared | −.0021 (.0010)* |
| Intercept | −3.3920 (.5330)** |
| F-statistic | 6.85** |
| Number of person-years | 24148 |
Notes: Reference categories in brackets; ** <.01, * <.05, + <.10, two-tailed test.