Table 2.

OLS regression of self-rated health on religious group involvement

	Full Sample (N=928)			Congregation Members Only (N=312)

Variable	% diff	(95% CI)	p	% diff	(95% CI)	p
Religious tradition
Hindu (ref)
Muslim	−2.63	(−8.51, 3.24)	.38	−5.41	(−14.62, 3.79)	.24
Jain	6.83	(.14, 13.53)	.04	−2.46	(−11.50, 6.58)	.59
Sikh	−0.39	(−6.38, 5.59)	.89	0.25	(−8.52, 9.02)	.95
Other religion	−1.51	(−10.02, 7.00)	.72	0.94	(−12.06, 13.93)	.86
Multiple religions	0.06	(−5.65, 5.77)	.98	0.88	(−7.13, 8.90)	.82
None^a	1.57	(−4.03, 7.17)	.58	-	-	-
F-test			.54			.92
Group prayer
Once/day or more (ref)	-	-	-	-	-	-
>Once/week	1.35	(−8.07, 10.76)	.77	2.61	(−7.96, 13.18)	.62
Once/week	−2.81	(−10.19, 4.57)	.45	−0.73	(−9.43, 7.97)	.86
Several/month	1.21	(−7.22, 9.63)	.75	6.66	(−4.24, 17.56)	.23
Several/year	−5.31	(−12.30, 1.68)	.13	−2.30	(−11.22, 6.62)	.61
Never	−6.43	(−13.70, .83)	.08	−5.59	(−15.72, 4.54)	.28
p-trend			.02			.25
Religious attendance
Several/week (ref)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Once/week	0.40	(−6.86, 7.67)	.90	2.37	(−6.70, 11.44)	.60
2-3/month	0.20	(−6.61, 7.02)	.95	5.91	(−2.99, 14.82)	.19
Once/month	0.92	(−6.51, 8.35)	.80	8.54	(−3.89, 20.97)	.17
Rarely^c	4.94	(−5.48, 15.36)	.35	-	-	-
p-trend			.60			.10
Giving/receiving cong support
Very Often (ref)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fairly often	-	-	-	−6.73	(−12.25, −1.21)	.01
Occasional/never	-	-	-	−10.72	(−17.08, −4.37)	.00
p-trend						.00
Congregation neglect	-	-	-	2.11	(−3.76, 7.97)	.47
Congregation criticism	-	-	-	−2.97	(−8.30, 2.36)	.27
R²	.093			.178

Notes: Models control for age, gender, income, education, full time employment, home ownership, marital status, percent of life in US, language spoken at home, depression and anxiety medication, and alcohol consumption.

After deletion of non-congregants, six remaining cases removed from sample

After deletion of non-congregants, one remaining case moved from "not at all" to "slightly"

After deletion of non-congregants, one remaining case moved from "rarely" to "once/month"