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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ethn Health. 2019 Aug 30;27(2):388–406. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2019.1661358

Table 3.

OLS regression of Mental Health Inventory-3 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 −3.90 (−9.19, 1.38) .14 −2.38 (−9.71, 4.96) .52
 Jain 1.43 (−4.88, 7.73) .65 −8.33 (−16.69, 0.03) .05
 Sikh 1.12 (−4.21, 6.46) .68 2.94 (−4.18, 10.06) .41
 Other religion −8.90 (−16.07, −1.72) .01 −9.56 (−18.02, −1.10) .02
 Multiple religions −1.63 (−6.07, 2.80) .46 −4.77 (−13.87, 4.33) .30
 Nonea −0.63 (−5.02, 3.77) .77 - - -
  F-test .22 .09
Group prayer
 Once/day or more (ref) - - - - - -
 >Once/week −4.27 (−11.43, 2.90) .24 −6.30 (−14.09, 1.49) .11
 Once/week −6.19 (−12.01, −0.37) .04 −6.22 (−12.75, 0.31) .06
 Several/month −6.01 (−12.83, .82) .08 −5.05 (−14.54, 4.43) .29
 Several/year −8.39 (−13.73, −3.05) .00 −8.49 (−14.97, −2.01) .01
 Never −8.52 (−14.10, −2.94) .00 −10.54 (−18.14, −2.94) .01
  p-trend .00 .01
Religious attendance
 Several/week (ref) - - - - - -
 Once/week 0.25 (−6.32, 6.82) .94 2.36 (−5.24, 9.96) .54
 2-3/month −1.43 (−7.97, 5.11) .66 3.64 (−4.13, 11.41) .35
 Once/month 0.35 (−6.61, 7.31) .92 7.71 (−2.91, 18.32) .15
 Rarelyc 3.38 (−5.64, 12.40) .46 - - -
  p-trend .47 .15
Giving/receiving cong support
 Very Often (ref) - - - - - -
 Fairly often - - - −4.61 (−9.59, 0.36) .06
 Occasional/never - - - −7.64 (−13.25, −2.02) .01
  p-trend .01
Congregation neglect - - - −2.42 (−7.41, 2.57) .34
Congregation criticism - - - −3.77 (−8.51, 0.97) .11
R2 .117 .235

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.

a

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

b

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

c

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