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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2008 Sep;63(5):P309–P317. doi: 10.1093/geronb/63.5.p309

Table 2.

Bivariate Correlations Among Baseline Variables

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. Age
2. Gendera .19**
3. Financial strain −.02 .13*
4. Marital statusb .15* .22*** .02
5. Education −.12* −.09 −.03 .04
6. MMSE-B −.30*** −.21** −.08 −.03 .34***
7. CES–D-B .07 .20** .24*** .18** −.04 −.19**
8. CVLT-B −.25*** −.12* −.04 −.02 .23*** .43*** −.15*
9. Fuld-B −.26*** −.07 .003 −.07 .08 .37*** −.13* .62***
10. Trails-B .25*** .17** .07 .02 −.27*** −.46*** .18** −.36*** −.37***

Notes: MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination; CES–D = Center for Epidemiological Studies–Depression scale; CVLT = California Verbal Learning Test; Fuld = Fuld Object Memory Evaluation; Trails = Color Trails Test.

a

Gender dummy codes: male = 1; female = 2.

b

Marital status dummy codes: married or never married = 1; disrupted marriage (e.g., separated, divorced, widowed) = 2.

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001.