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Table 3 Attendance at religious services and prayer in Europe, 2002-2010 (adding ‘time since migration’ variables)

From: Bridges or buffers? Motives behind Immigrants’ Religiosity

Variables

Attendance at religious services

Frequency of prayer

EUROPE

EUROPE

Immigrant var.

  

First-generation immigrants - immigrated

  

In last year

0.344

0.950**

1to 5 years ago

0.387***

1.228***

6 to 10 years ago

0.336***

0.838***

11to 20 years ago

0.311***

0.653***

More than 20 years ago

0.189

0.373*

Second-generation immigrants

0.167*

0.355**

Socio-economic vars.

Yes

Yes

Religion denomination variables

Yes

Yes

Country dummies

Yes

Yes

Wave dummies

Yes

Yes

Sample size

107,361

107,361

R-squared

0.183

0.191

  1. *p-value < 0.10; **p-value < 0.05; ***p-value < 0.01.
  2. Notes: Data on ‘time since migration’ is not available for the US.
  3. Reference group = Native residents.