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Table 5
Multiple Regression: The Effects of Psychological Trauma, Poverty,
and Control Variables on Religiosity for the 1978, 1988, and 1998 Survey Years
1978
1988
1998
Model I
Model II
Model I
Model II
Model I
Model II
Psychological Trauma
–.335
(.147)*
–.260
(.143)@
–.348
(.179)@
–.421
(.171)*
–.070
(.018)*
–.039
(.017)*
Life in Poverty
.601
(.370)@
–.047
(.398)
.107
(.562)
–.314
(.569)
–.765
(.463)@
–.960
(.470)@
Life in Urban Poverty
–.253
(.116)*
–.090
(.122)
–.168
(.180)
.018
(.181)
.187
(.123)
.267
(.128)*
Age
.029
(.005)*
.019
(.006)*
.014
(.005)*
Urban Residence
–.143
(.051)*
–.261
(.064)*
–.156
(.054)*
Southern Residence
.378
(.149)*
.281
(.182)
.643
(.154)*
Married Respondents
.454
(.173)*
.998
(.205)*
1.028
(.173)*
Educational Attainment
.073
(.024)*
.091
(.031)*
.091
(.027)*
Children Living at Home
.587
(.158)*
.369
(.198)@
.315
(.177)@
African Americans
1.113
(.247)*
.994
(.273)*
1.397
(.224)*
Female Respondents
.784
(.140)*
.862
(.169)*
.568
(.148)*
Constant
4.020
.996
4.109
1.398
4.456
1.237
R-Square
.008*
.089*
.007@
.131*
.015*
.130*
N
1455
1455
903
903
1288
1288
Cell entries are given as unstandardized regression coefficients with standard errors in parentheses.@ = p < .10* = p < .05 or beyond