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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 5.

OLS regression of trait anger 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 1.59 (−5.20, 8.38) .64 −0.54 (−10.15, 9.07) .91
 Jain 0.90 (−8.08, 9.87) .84 9.14 (−3.84, 22.12) .16
 Sikh −1.62 (−7.33, 4.09) .57 −5.49 (−14.72, 3.73) .24
 Other religion 6.28 (−1.19, 13.75) .09 9.83 (0.32, 19.33) .04
 Multiple religions −1.49 (−6.60, 3.62) .56 −5.82 (−14.68, 3.03) .19
 Nonea −2.93 (−8.44, 2.59) .29 - - -
  F-test .49 .10
Group prayer
 Once/day or more (ref) - - - - - -
 >Once/week 12.40 (1.59, 23.21) .02 15.57 (2.60, 28.54) .02
 Once/week 4.29 (−3.04, 11.62) .25 3.16 (−5.92, 12.24) .49
 Several/month 3.26 (−5.01, 11.53) .44 8.27 (−4.51, 21.05) .20
 Several/year 6.22 (−0.25, 12.70) .06 7.33 (−2.27, 16.92) .13
 Never 4.36 (−2.49, 11.22) .21 6.57 (−5.56, 18.71) .28
  p-trend .70 .46
Religious attendance
 Several/week (ref) - - - - - -
 Once/week −1.17 (−8.53, 6.19) .75 −3.12 (−12.14, 5.90) .49
 2-3/month 0.40 (−6.90, 7.70) .91 −2.30 (−12.16, 7.56) .64
 Once/month −4.28 (−12.03, 3.48) .27 −13.96 (−25.99, −1.94) .02
 Rarelyc −4.94 (−15.59, 5.70) .36 - - -
  p-trend .10 .14
Giving/receiving cong support
 Very Often (ref) - - - - - -
 Fairly often - - - −3.73 (−10.82, 3.36) .30
 Occasional - - - 6.16 (−2.21, 14.53) .14
  p-trend .16
Congregation neglect - - - 1.55 (−5.19, 8.28) .65
Congregation criticism - - - 9.06 (3.09, 15.02) .00
R2 .066 .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.

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"