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Table 5 Attendance at religious services and prayer in Europe and the US, 2002-2010 (adding “does/doesn’t share the country’s main religion” variables)

From: Bridges or buffers? Motives behind Immigrants’ Religiosity

Variables

Attendance at religious services

Attendance at religious services

Frequency of prayer

Frequency of prayer

EUROPE

US

EUROPE

US

Immigrant var.

    

First-generation

    

Not main rel.

0.365***

0.308**

0.662***

−0.147**

Main rel.

−0.373*

1.676***

−0.616

0.588***

Second-generation

    

Not main rel.

0.429***

0.026

0.354

−0.103

Main rel.

−0.576***

0.221

−0.841***

0.376

Natives - Main religion

−0.525***

0.739***

−1.076***

0.478***

Socio-economic vars.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Religious denomination variables

Yes

No22

Yes

No

Country dummies

Yes

-

Yes

-

Wave dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sample size

107,361

6,547

107,361

6,547

R-squared

0.190

0.068

0.200

0.100

  1. *p-value < 0.10; **p-value < 0.05; ***p-value < 0.01.
  2. Note: Reference group = Natives who do not belong to the country’s main religion.