Table 1.

Description of the Study Sample by Religious Attendance Status at Time 1

	Sample as Whole (N = 2,938)	Frequent Attenders* (N = 1,665)	Infrequent Attenders (N = 1,273)	F Statistic or χ2	p Value
Race				χ2 = 0.084	.772
Black	n = 1,602 (54.5%)	n = 904 (54.3%)	n = 698 (54.8%)
White	n = 1,336 (45.5%)	n = 761 (45.7%)	n = 575 (45.2%)
Gender				χ2 = 3.692	.055
Male	n = 971 (33%)	n = 526 (31.6%)	n = 445 (35%)
Female	n = 1,967 (67%)	n = 1,139 (68.4%)	n = 828 (65%)
Age	72.87 (6.19)	72.7 (5.85)	73.09 (6.61)	F = 2.875	.09
Education	8.63 (4.06)	9.24 (4.01)	7.84 (3.98)	F = 88.043	<.001
Income	10,631 (10,195)	11,340 (10,313)	9,705 (9,966)	F = 18.679	<.001
Literacy				χ2 = 24.775	<.001
Illiterate	n = 295 (10%)	n = 127 (7.6%)	n = 168 (13.2%)
Literate	n = 2,643 (90%)	n = 1,538 (92.4%)	n = 1,105 (86.8%)
Chronicity of health problems				χ2 = 13.47	.001
Low	n = 1,170 (39.8%)	n = 701 (42.1%)	n = 469 (36.8%)
Medium	n = 806 (27.4%)	n = 463 (27.8%)	n = 343 (26.9%)
High	n = 962 (32.7%)	n = 501 (30.1%)	n = 461 (36.2%)
Physical functioning problems	0.803 (1.07)	0.598 (0.917)	1.071 (1.193)	F = 147.57	<.001
CES-D Time 1	3.13 (3.33)	2.76 (3.09)	3.61 (3.57)	F = 47.442	<.001
Marital status				χ2 = 2.188	.139
Married	1,206 (41%)	703 (42.2%)	503 (39.5%)
Not married	1,732 (59%)	962 (57.8%)	770 (60.5%)
Social support	5.49 (0.1)	5.56 (0.87)	5.41 (0.96)	F = 18.817	<.001
SPMSQ Time 1	1.56 (1.45)	1.36 (1.29)	1.82 (1.59)	F = 74.643	<.001
SPMSQ Time 2	1.8 (2.23)	1.44 (1.85)	2.27 (2.58)	F = 105.07	<.001

Notes: CES-D = Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale; SPMSQ = Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire. Higher scores represent more errors.

^*Frequent attenders were considered to attend religious services or meetings once per week or more.