Table 2.
Multivariable analyses of the relationship between religiosity and medical mistrust
| Model 1a | Model 2b | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | p | β | p | |
| Religiosity | ||||
| Church congregation | ||||
| Latino Catholic | 1 | 1 | ||
| Latino Pentecostal | −0.109 | .102 | −0.140 | .015 |
| Length of attendance | ||||
| Less than 1 year | 1 | 1 | ||
| At least 1 year but less than 5 years | −0.064 | .459 | −0.026 | .750 |
| 5 years or more | 0.042 | .133 | 0.040 | .125 |
| Frequency of attendance | ||||
| Rarely | 1 | 1 | ||
| Infrequent (once or twice /month) | 0.019 | .897 | −0.006 | .969 |
| Frequent (once /week or more) | −0.146 | .208 | −0.157 | .212 |
| Number of groups or ministries | ||||
| None | 1 | 1 | ||
| One or two groups or ministries | 0.244 | .009 | 0.232 | .019 |
| Three or more groups or ministries | 0.474 | .033 | 0.453 | .033 |
| Sociodemographic factors | ||||
| Age (in years, range: 18–96) | 0.002 | .221 | ||
| Hispanic/Latino group | ||||
| Central American, Other | 1 | |||
| Mexican/Mexican American/Chicano | −0.231 | .029 | ||
| English language proficiency | ||||
| Not well/not at all | 1 | |||
| Very well/well | −0.100 | .101 | ||
| Immigrant parents | ||||
| None | 1 | |||
| One parent | 0.283 | .037 | ||
| Both parents | −0.145 | .230 | ||
| Educational status | ||||
| Less than high school | 1 | |||
| High school/GED | −0.089 | .124 | ||
| More than high school | −0.124 | .141 | ||
Sociodemographic factors were included in Model 2 only if they were significantly associated with medical mistrust in bivariate analyses (p < .10).
a R 2 = .05; R2 (adjusted) = .04; p < .001 .
b R 2 = .09; R2 (adjusted) = .08; p = .004.