Religion and political engagement

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive characteristics of research variables

Statistic variables	Minimum statistic	Maximum statistic	Mean statistic	Std. deviation statistic
IR	26.00	54.00	37.51	5.52
ERS	13.00	37.00	21.48	4.80
ERP	15.00	43.00	26.63	5.44
ERM	10.00	32.00	19.82	3.76
Total R	72.00	166.00	104.70	15.09
Cognitive	5.00	25.00	13.54	3.66
Direct	11.00	31.00	24.01	3.41
Indirect	10.00	40.00	19.06	4.42
Total PP	35.00	76.00	56.66	7.80

Table 2. Correlation between religious beliefs dimensions and political engagement

Variables		Cognitive	Direct	Indirect
IR	Pearson correlation	0.68**	0.39**	0.57
	Sig.	0.00^a	0.00^a	3.1E-8
ERS	Pearson correlation	0.14	0.12**	0.24
	Sig.	0.02	0.00^a	7.2E-6
ERP	Pearson correlation	−0.07	0.09	0.17
	Sig.	0.19	0.35^a	2.0E-8
ERM	Pearson correlation	0.27**	0.15**	0.34
	Sig.	0.00^a	0.00^a	1.3E-4

** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level.

Table 3. Regression model results for the relationships between religious beliefs and political engagement

The independent variable	The dependent variable	R	R^2	Adjusted R^2	Std. error of the estimate	F	Indirect
IR-ERS-ERP-ERM	Cognitive	0.57	0.45	0.45	3.57	59.17	1.7E-6
IR-ERS-ERP-ERM	Direct	0.26	0.19	0.18	3.05	11.03	5.0E-4
IR-ERS-ERP-ERM	Indirect	0.39	0.31	0.31	5.92	25.64	2.0E-7
IR-ERS-ERP-ERM	Total PP	0.44	0.29	0.28	3.68	37.15	3.3E-4

Table 4. Nonstandard (B) and standard (b) regression coefficients for each dimension of religious beliefs on political engagement dimensions

The dependent variable	The independent variable	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	t	Sig.
		B	Std. Error	Beta
Cognitive	IR	0.51	0.038	0.43	7.31	2.0E-9
	ERS	0.11	0.041	0.09	2.96	0.001
	ERP	0.18	0.035	0.114	1.17	0.213
	ERM	0.27	0.051	0.31	5.89	1.6E-7
Direct	IR	0.26	0.027	0.315	6.31	3.4E-4
	ERS	0.14	0.038	0.24	4.14	8.0E-9
	ERP	0.113	0.067	0.17	2.28	0.013
	ERM	0.20	0.048	0.22	4.36	7.1E-5
Indirect	IR	0.37	0.042	0.29	6.51	1.4E-6
	ERS	0.12	0.028	0.06	1.54	0.069
	ERP	0.19	0.043	0. 23	1.05	0.537
	ERM	0.25	0.061	0.227	3.79	3.2E-6
Political engagement	IR	0.49	0.078	0.41	5.93	2.7E-4
	ERS	0.15	0.082	0.13	1.25	0.001
	ERP	0.19	0.077	0.174	3.11	0.092
	ERM	0.31	0.107	0.24	4.80	5.0E-6