Relationship Between Dietary Self-Efficacy and Religiosity Among Seventh-Day Adventists in Peru

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Table 1 Number and Percentages of Participants According to Their Sociodemographic Characteristics

Characteristics	Mean±SD/n (%)			X^2	P value*
	Women	Men	Total
Age (years)	30.85 ± 12.09/262 (65)	36.97 ± 14.82/141 (35)	32.99±13.41/403 (100)		0.000
Origin				5.865	0.053
Coast	121 (46.2)	63 (44.7)	184 (45.7)
Jungle	55 (21.0)	18 (12.8)	73 (18.1)
Sierra	86 (32.8)	60 (42.6)	146 (36.2)
Place of residence				1.517	0.218
Urban	210 (80.2)	120 (85.1)	330 (81.9)
Rural	52 (19.8)	21 (14.9)	73 (18.1)
Marital status				8.478	0.004
Married	79 (30.2)	63 (44.7)	142 (35.2)
Single	183 (69.8)	78 (55.3)	261 (64.8)
Level of education				0.395	0.821
Basic	26 (9.9)	15 (10.6)	41 (10.2)
Technical	19 (7.3)	8 (5.7)	27 (6.7)
University	217 (82.8)	118 (83.7)	335 (83.1)
Age of baptism (years)				14.195	0.003
≤10	99 (37.8)	46 (32.6)	145 (36.0)
11–20	105 (40.1)	41 (29.1)	146 (36.2)
21–30	35 (13.4)	26 (18.4)	61 (15.1)
>30	23 (8.8)	28 (19.9)	51 (12.7)
Pastoral visit^†				5.760	0.124
No	106 (40.5)	56 (39.7)	162 (40.2)
1–2	62 (23.7)	32 (22.7)	94 (23.3)
3–4	31 (11.8)	8 (5.7)	39 (9.7)
≥5	63 (24.0)	45 (31.9)	108 (26.8)
Health training^‡				4.858	0.028
Yes	203 (77.5)	95 (67.4)	298 (73.9)
No	59 (22.5)	46 (32.6)	105 (26.1)
Religiosity
ORA	5.17 ± 1.084 262 (65)	4.99 ± 1.407 141 (35)	5.11 ± 1.208 403 (100)		0.166
NORA	4.45 ± 1.300/262 (65)	4.33 ± 1.602/141 (35)	4.41 ± 1.412/403 (100)		0.413
IR	13.28 ± 2.163/262 (65)	12.99 ± 2.445/141 (35)	13.18 ±2.267/403 (100)		0.228
DIET-SE				1.789	0.181
LDSE	107 (40.8)	48 (34.0)	155 (38.5)
HDSE	155 (59.2)	93 (66.0)	248 (61.5)

Note: *p <0.05 (significant); ^†Number of pastoral visits received in the last year; ^‡Training on healthy eating in the last year.

Abbreviations: ORA, organized religious activities; NORA, unorganized religious activities; IR, intrinsic religiosity. DIET-SE, Dietary Self-Efficacy Scale; LDSE, low dietary self-efficacy; HDSE, high dietary self-efficacy.

Table 2 Correlations Between Study Variables

Variable		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
		DIET-SE	ORA	NORA	IR	Age of Baptism (years)	Pastoral Visit^†	Health Training^‡	Age (Years)	Origin	Place of Residence	Marital Status	Level of Education
1	DIET-SE	–
2	ORA	−0.16***	–
3	NORA	−0.21***	0.72***	–
4	IR	−0.14**	0.49***	0.50***	–
5	Age of baptism (years)	−0.22***	0.32***	0.36***	0.22***	–
6	Pastoral visit^†	−0.06	0.24***	0.24***	0.12**	0.11*	–
7	Health training^‡	0.01	−0.22***	−0.24***	−0.19***	−0.08*	−0.21***	–
8	Age (years)	−0.26***	0.29***	0.33***	0.20***	0.72***	0.12**	−0.01	–
9	Origin	−0.06	0.04	0.05	0.02	0.09*	−0.01	−0.02	0.14**	–
10	Place of residence	0.00	−0.03*	−0.08*	0.05	−0.11*	−0.02	−0.06	−0.01	0.12**	–
11	Marital status	0.17***	−0.25***	−0.32***	−0.22***	−0.57***	−0.19***	0.08*	−0.62***	−0.12**	0.00	–
12	Level of education	0.03	0.05	0.03	0.06	0.12**	−0.05	−0.13**	0.02	0.05	−0.22***	−0.01	–

Note: n=403; *p <0.05 (significant); **p <0.01 (significant); ***p <0.001 (significant); ^†Number of pastoral visits received in the last year; ^‡Training on healthy eating in the last year.

Abbreviations: ORA, organized religious activities; NORA, non-organized religious activities; IR, intrinsic religiosity. DIET-SE, Dietary Self-Efficacy Scale.

Table 3 Multiple Regression Analysis for Variables Predicting DIET-SE

Characteristics	B	SE	β	t Value	P value	R^2	Adjusted R^2	F (df1,df2)
Religiosity						0.09***	0.06	3.515 (11.391)
ORA	0.10	0.51	0.01	0.20	0.844
NORA	−0.77	0.45	−0.13	−1.70	0.090
IR	−0.16	0.22	−0.04	−0.75	0.451
Age of baptism (years)	−0.46	0.62	−0.05	−0.74	0.462
Pastoral visit^†	−0.06	0.35	−0.01	−0.18	0.858
Health training^‡	−0.53	1.00	−0.03	−0.53	0.596
Age (years)	−0.12	0.05	−0.19	−2.57	0.011*
Origin	−0.27	0.47	−0.03	−0.57	0.570
Place of residence	−0.24	1.13	−0.01	−0.22	0.829
Marital status	−0.63	1.15	−0.04	−0.55	0.584
Level of education	0.50	0.68	0.04	0.73	0.465

Note: n=403; *p <0.05 (significant); ***p <0.001 (significant). ^†Number of pastoral visits received in the last year; ^‡Training on healthy eating in the last year.

Abbreviations: B, beta coefficient; SE, standard error; β, coefficient of each independent variable by regression; ORA, organized religious activities; NORA, non-organized religious activities; IR, intrinsic religiosity.