In fully adjusted models, the percentage of White, Black, and Hispanic residents remained positive and significant predictors of permissive surrogacy laws, while religiosity trended negative but fell just short of statistical significance (p = 0.07).
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Diffusion and division: A spatial analysis of surrogacy policy determinants in the United States.
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Religiosity remains significant ( β = −0.031, p < 0.01), and the coefficients for Black and Hispanic population percentages are positive, though marginally significant, indicating that more racially diverse states may lean slightly toward more permissive surrogacy policies.