Table 2.

Bivariate analysis, Pearson Correlations. All Variables and each investigated outcome.

All County Variables	Obesity		Diabetes		Life Expectancy
	Pearson	Significance	Pearson	Significance	Pearson	Significance
Percent Births to Unmarried Women	0.672	000 < 0.001	0.298	0.049	−0.374	0.019
Religious Congregations per 1000	0.657	<0.001	0.543	0.001	−0.254	0.081
Percent Children with Single Parent	0.612	<0.001	0.034	0.427	−0.621	<0.001
Non-religious Nonprofit Organizations per 1000	−0.584	<0.001	−0.515	0.001	0.271	0.067
Poverty Rate	0.579	<0.001	0.341	0.030	−0.292	0.053
Percent Women Currently Married	−0.468	0.003	0.185	0.155	−0.064	0.364
Recreation Establishment per 1000	−0.435	0.006	−0.449	0.005	0.370	0.018
Unemployment Rate	0.379	0.016	0.105	0.286	−0.544	0.001
Violent Crimes per 100,000	0.271	0.067	0.029	0.440	−0.102	0.295
Membership Organizations per 1000	−0.233	0.099	−0.193	0.145	0.204	0.132
Percent Who Get Emotional Support Sometimes, Rarely, or Never	0.193	0.154	0.342	0.005	−0.309	0.062
Mailback Census Response Rate	0.132	0.236	0.159	0.193	−0.011	0.478
Religious Adherents per 1000	−0.101	0.292	0.233	0.099	0.234	0.062
Associations per 1000	0.088	0.316	0.273	0.065	−0.024	0.447