Table 4.

Relationship of Measures of Religiousness, Demographic Characteristics, and Resources on ADL Functional Difficulties Over Time

	Intercept		Linear Effect		Quadratic Effect
	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE
Intercept	1.139	0.226***	−0.152	0.211	0.085	0.063
Religiousness
Attendance	−0.168	0.048***	0.005	0.045	−0.014	0.013
Prayer	0.043	0.063	0.003	0.058	0.007	0.017
Intrinsic	0.026	0.045	−0.008	0.042	0.001	0.012
Demographics
Age	0.037	0.012**	−0.012	0.011	0.009	0.003**
Black	−0.151	0.229	0.279	0.214	−0.136	0.060*
Female	0.402	0.204*	0.003	0.191	−0.020	0.057
Ethnicity × Gender	0.468	0.275	−0.318	0.256	0.132	0.076
Rural	0.375	0.145**	−0.185	0.135	0.045	0.040
Resources
Married	−0.248	0.161	−0.016	0.150	0.007	0.045
Perceived social support	−0.014	0.024	−0.003	0.022	−0.001	0.006
Receive help	0.789	0.163***	−0.410	0.153**	0.154	0.045***
Income adequacy	−0.381	0.088***	0.236	0.082**	−0.059	0.024*
Education	0.002	0.029	0.049	0.027	−0.012	0.008
Comorbidity	0.384	0.045***	−0.097	0.041*	0.023	0.012
MMSE score	−0.027	0.021	−0.068	0.020***	0.012	0.006*
SD	1.662		1.076		0.274
χ 2	3,386		1,208		1,040
df	755		755		755
p	.000		.000		.000

Note: Error SD = 1.01, deviance = 18,654, parameters estimated = 7. ADL = activity of daily living; MMSE = Mini Mental State Examination.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.