more likely to oppose gay marriage. Finally, the effect of Theology is significantly greater than the Religiosity measure at predicting attitudes towards gay marriage, which allows for the rejection of the null hypothesis (H0). 5: Ordered Probit Regression Predicting African American Male Opposition to Gay Marriage Variable Coefficient (std. Min Max First error) Difference .25(.033) 5% 77% 72% Theology** Denomination -.00(.004) _ _ _ -.24(.096) 59% 50% -9% Gender** .20 (.028) 33% 77% 44% Party Identification** -.01(.003) 71% 48% -23% Age (in Birth Year) ** -.09 (.030) 71% 52% -19% Education** .06(.025) 44% 65% 21% Religiosity** .34 (.162) 46% 59% 13% Race *First Differences represent the approximate net change in probability of strong opposition to gay marriage if the given independent variable with at least p<.05 were at its maximum values holding all other variables at their means (except race and gender). Table 6: Ordered Probit Regression Predicting Caucasian Male Opposition to Gay Marriage Variable Coefficient (std. Min Max First error) Difference .25(.033) 2% 65% 63% Theology** Denomination -.00(.004) _ _ _ -.24(.096) 45% 37% -8% Gender** .20 (.028) 22% 65% 43% Party Identification** -.01(.003) 59% 34% -25% Age (in Birth Year) ** -.09 (.030) 59% 38% -21% Education** .06(.025) 30% 52% 22% Religiosity** .34 (.162) 45% 59% 14% Race (White-Black)**
more likely to oppose gay marriage. Finally, the effect of Theology is significantly greater than the Religiosity measure at predicting attitudes towards gay marriage, which allows for the rejection of the null hypothesis (H0). 5: Ordered Probit Regression Predicting African American Male Opposition to Gay Marriage Variable Coefficient (std. error) Min Max First Difference Theology** .25(.033) 5% 77% 72% Denomination -.00(.004) _ _ _ Gender** -.24(.096) 59% 50% -9% Party Identification** .20 (.028) 33% 77% 44% Age (in Birth Year) ** -.01(.003) 71% 48% -23% Education** -.09 (.030) 71% 52% -19% Religiosity** .06(.025) 44% 65% 21% Race .34 (.162) 46% 59% 13% *First Differences represent the approximate net change in probability of strong opposition to gay marriage if the given independent variable with at least p<.05 were at its maximum values holding all other variables at their means (except race and gender). Table 6: Ordered Probit Regression Predicting Caucasian Male Opposition to Gay Marriage Variable Coefficient (std. error) Min Max First Difference Theology** .25(.033) 2% 65% 63% Denomination -.00(.004) _ _ _ Gender** -.24(.096) 45% 37% -8% Party Identification** .20 (.028) 22% 65% 43% Age (in Birth Year) ** -.01(.003) 59% 34% -25% Education** -.09 (.030) 59% 38% -21% Religiosity** .06(.025) 30% 52% 22% Race (White-Black)** .34 (.162) 45% 59% 14%