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Table 7 Sample details, descriptive statistics, and psychometric properties for DUREL items and subscales in 26 countries

From: Religiousness worldwide: translation of the Duke University Religion Index into 20 languages and validation across 27 nations

Region, nation

Language

n

Female%

Mage

ORA

NORA

RA

IR

Total score

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

α

ω

Africa (Sub-Saharan)

 Ethiopia

Amharic

381

29

24.0

4.57

1.46

3.85

1.51

4.21

1.36

4.09

1.02

4.14

1.05

.90

.90

 Kenya

English

288

33

24.6

4.44

1.19

3.75

1.44

4.08

1.21

3.69

1.00

3.85

0.96

.87

.87

 Tanzania

Kiswahili

256

33

24.8

5.10

0.76

4.77

1.09

4.94

0.83

3.82

0.95

4.27

0.79

.77

.76

North Africa/Middle East

 Morocco

Arabic

441

50

25.6

4.68

1.51

5.16

1.45

4.91

1.24

4.38

0.83

4.59

0.84

.77

.77

 Turkey

Turkish

416

54

21.1

2.42

1.52

3.09

1.84

2.75

1.50

2.94

1.31

2.86

1.32

.94

.94

South Asia

 Bangladesh

Bengali

272

22

21.7

4.36

1.55

3.67

1.49

4.02

1.32

3.53

1.07

3.73

0.98

.81

.80

 India

English

390

62

21.1

3.54

1.32

3.25

1.60

3.39

1.28

3.12

1.04

3.22

1.01

.81

.81

 Nepal

Nepali

346

59

21.0

3.85

1.16

3.44

1.38

3.65

1.14

3.42

0.96

3.51

0.89

.81

.81

Southeast Asia

 Malaysia

Malay

324

66

20.5

4.22

1.32

5.22

1.41

4.71

1.12

4.69

0.67

4.70

0.78

.92

.93

 Philippines

Tagalog

425

68

20.0

4.55

1.08

4.37

1.39

4.46

1.08

4.00

0.96

4.18

0.89

.86

.86

 Thailand

Thai

350

72

21.6

3.65

1.21

3.59

1.35

3.62

1.09

3.26

0.88

3.40

0.81

.74

.75

 Singapore

English

304

55

21.7

2.93

1.56

2.37

1.65

2.65

1.50

2.87

1.27

2.78

1.28

.94

.94

East Asia

 China

Chinese

350

73

20.8

1.76

0.82

1.26

0.63

1.51

0.63

1.93

0.88

1.76

0.69

.88

.88

 Japan

Japanese

429

63

20.9

1.44

0.80

1.24

0.69

1.38

0.65

1.67

0.71

1.54

0.54

.84

.85

 Taiwan

Chinese

395

64

22.6

2.58

1.08

1.57

0.97

2.07

.93

2.54

1.05

2.35

0.90

.90

.90

Eastern Europe

 Greece

Greek

246

70

21.8

2.70

0.91

2.35

1.53

2.53

1.10

2.34

1.14

2.44

1.03

.91

.91

 Poland

Polish

225

88

21.2

3.11

1.39

2.31

1.59

2.70

1.38

2.69

1.33

2.70

1.27

.94

.94

 Ukraine

Ukrainian

244

64

20.2

2.65

1.08

2.43

1.57

2.54

1.19

2.88

1.15

2.74

1.05

.89

.89

Western Europe

 Germany

German

349

52

23.6

2.23

1.01

1.65

1.23

1.94

1.00

1.94

1.13

1.94

1.00

.94

.94

 Spain

Spanish

379

64

22.7

1.76

1.08

1.54

1.20

1.63

1.02

1.68

0.99

1.66

0.94

.94

.94

 UK

English

229

62

22.7

2.09

1.33

1.96

1.54

2.02

1.35

1.98

1.27

2.00

1.26

.97

.97

North America

 Canada

English

220

61

21.8

2.57

1.58

2.28

1.65

2.43

1.54

2.51

1.37

2.48

1.36

.96

.95

 USA

English

425

57

21.9

2.99

1.55

2.78

1.72

2.87

1.50

2.87

1.40

2.87

1.37

.95

.95

South America

 Argentina

Spanish

243

56

24.3

2.45

1.38

2.28

1.65

2.38

1.33

2.70

1.12

2.57

1.09

.87

.88

 Brazil

Portuguese

195

79

22.2

3.25

1.61

3.00

1.68

3.12

1.49

3.31

1.27

3.24

1.29

.93

.93

 Peru

Spanish

309

61

21.8

2.76

1.33

2.47

1.65

2.62

1.31

2.97

1.15

2.83

1.11

.89

.90

  1. Note. ORA Organizational Religious activity, NORA Non-Organizational Religious Activity, RA Religious Activity (ORA and NORA), IR Intrinsic Religiosity