Personal social networks and organizational affiliation of South Asians in the United States

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Participants’ affiliation with south Asian organizations, the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) social networks study, 2014-2017

	Overall		Community-Based Organizations (CBO)		Spiritual Organizations		Churches		Temples		Mosques
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Affiliations (participant/organization pairs)	2411	-	643	-	86	-	31	-	1576	-	75	-
Attended >10 years	1235	51.2	302	47.0	37	43.0	13	41.9	835	53.0	48	64.0
Feel very/somewhat close to organization	1619	67.2	388	60.3	66	76.7	24	77.4	1086	68.9	55	73.3
Attendance improves health*	1776	73.7	435	67.7	73	84.9	25	80.6	1177	74.7	66	88.0
Eat food at organization**	1498	62.1	383	59.6	23	26.7	20	64.5	1035	65.7	37	49.3
Attend health screening at organization**	98	4.1	31	4.8	3	3.5	1	3.2	53	3.4	10	13.3
Attend healthy eating or exercise activity at organization**	99	4.1	42	6.5	14	16.3	1	3.2	40	2.5	2	2.7
Talk with other people at organization**	1926	79.9	581	90.4	73	84.9	30	96.8	1176	74.6	66	88.0

Note: Spiritual organizations focused on religious or spiritual teaching, but were non-denominational, not recognized as places of worship, and did not provide organized religious services like a church, temple, or mosque.
*Indicates participants who reported, “A little bit, somewhat, quite a bit or very much” versus “Not at all”
**Indicates participants who reported, “Sometimes, usually or always” versus “Never”

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