Table 4.

Community Engagement over Time and Health in African American Mothers Compared to Those with Persistent Involvement – Multivariate Linear and Logistic Regression Estimates from Multiply-Imputed Data^a (N=680)

	SF-36 Physical Functioningc		Good to Excellent Self-Reported Healthd		Anxious Moode		Depressed Moodf
Church Attendance and/or Club Activityb	B	95% CI	OR	95% CI	B	95% CI	B	95% CI
Neither at T2 nor T3	−4.99	−12.40, 2.43	0.50*	0.27, 0.93	0.44***	0.19, 0.69	0.36***	0.17, 0.55
T2 only (Early)	−5.45	−11.69, 0.78	0.61	0.37, 1.03	0.23*	0.02, 0.44	0.17*	0.02, 0.31
T3 only (Late)	3.89	−3.91, 11.69	1.53	0.83, 2.84	0.04	−0.21, 0.28	0.01	−0.16, 0.18
Either at T2 & T3 (Persistent)	Reference		Reference		Reference		Reference
Both at T2 & T3 (Diverse & persistent)	10.23**	3.08, 17.37	1.44	0.75, 2.78	−0.12	−0.35, 0.11	0.00	−0.16, 0.17
Controls:
Age	−0.88***	−1.27, −0.50	0.99	0.96, 1.02	−0.01	−0.02, 0.00	−0.02***	−0.02, −0.01
Fair/poor Health T2	−19.74***	−26.04, −13.43	0.27***	0.17, 0.43	0.15	−0.05, 0.35	0.16*	0.02, 0.29
Fairly/very often sad or anxious T2	−1.39	−6.95, 4.17	0.71	0.46, 1.08	0.41***	0.23, 0.59	0.26***	0.14, 0.38
Years of Education	0.82	−0.13, 1.76	1.08*	1.00, 1.17	−0.03	−0.06, 0.00	−0.03*	−0.05, −0.00
Poverty at T2	−5.54*	−10.13, −0.95	0.76	0.53, 1.09	−0.08	−0.23, 0.08	0.04	−0.07, 0.15
Constant	118.67		--		3.02		2.89

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.

^aImputation by chained equations (ICE) method was used in concert with STATA to impute 10 data sets; analysis from each data set are pooled to generate the final analysis output for N=680 women.

^bChurch attendance once per week or more and/or any current club activity.

^cHigher values=better functioning in regression.

^dGood, very good, or excellent health=1, fair or poor health=0.

^eHigher values=more frequent anxious mood in regression.

^fHigher values indicate more frequent depressed mood in regression.