Table 2 shows marginally significant negative relations between church
attendance and life expectancy. The estimated coefficient of 2.2 (s.e.=1.2) in column 1
means that a fall in the reciprocal of life expectancy by 0.08 (its sample standard
deviation) is associated with lower monthly church attendance by about 4 percentage
points. In contrast, the results show marginally significant positive relations between life
expectancy and the beliefs in heaven and hell.