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Table 4 The influence of frequency of religious service attendance on the intercept and slope of problem gambling severity, by gender (n = 3959)

From: The protective role of religiosity against problem gambling: findings from a five-year prospective study

 

Males (n = 1764)

Females (n = 2195)

 

Intercept

Slope

Intercept

Slope

 

Effect

p

Effect

p

Effect

p

Effect

p

Frequency of service attendancea

 Not at all (ref.)

 Low

0.10

0.11

−0.16

0.15

0.03

0.57

0.04

0.68

 Moderate

−0.07

0.48

−0.005

0.98

−0.16

0.04

0.06

0.68

 High

−0.54

<0.001

−0.25

0.10

−0.68

<0.001

0.24

0.10

Religious affiliationb

 Atheist/Agnostic (ref.)

 Catholic

0.22

0.11

0.01

0.96

0.30

0.03

−0.09

0.74

 Protestant

0.06

0.66

−0.08

0.73

0.18

0.17

−0.01

0.98

 Other

−0.10

0.50

0.02

0.93

−0.13

0.41

−0.01

0.97

 Prefer not to say

0.21

0.19

−0.38

0.19

0.16

0.29

−0.13

0.66

Age

−0.004

0.04

0.01

0.01

0.003

0.17

0.006

0.10

Education

−0.12

<0.001

0.02

0.67

−0.14

<0.001

0.05

0.25

Household income

0.07

0.08

−0.04

0.60

0.02

0.465

0.10

0.12

Marital status

 Never married (ref.)

 Married or common law

−0.34

<0.001

0.36

0.03

−0.20

0.02

0.42

0.01

 Divorced or separated or widowed

−0.11

0.33

0.06

0.78

−0.19

0.05

0.45

0.01

  1. Standardized estimates used for regression coefficients
  2. a Low = categories “once” and “2 to 5 times” in the past year; Moderate = categories “6 to 10 times” and “once or twice a month”; High: categories “once a week” and “more than once a week”
  3. b See Additional file 1: Table S1 for contrasts between all levels of religious affiliation