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. 2011 Nov 15;58(3):249–257. doi: 10.1159/000332214

Table 2.

Correlation matrix for variables

Variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Covariate
  • 1 Gender (male = 0, female = 1)

1
  • 2 Ethnicity (African-Am. = 0, White = 1)

–0.04 1
  • 3 Residence (others = 0, long-term care = 1)

0.12 0.16* 1

Functional capacity
  • 4 Self-rated health

–0.13 0.05 –0.06 1
  • 5 Instrumental ADL

–0.24** 0.07 –0.24** 0.32** 1
  • 6 Physical ADL

–0.13 0.05 –0.34** 0.29** 0.64** 1

Psychological factors
  • 7 Positive affect

–0.02 0.03 –0.17* 0.29** 0.18** 0.23** 1
  • 8 Negative affect

0.10 –0.02 0.01 –0.18 0.03 –0.04 –0.21** 1

Situational factors
  • 9 Social network

–0.08 –0.08 –0.11 0.07 0.11 0.03 0.17** –0.08 1
  • 10 Social support

0.11 –0.03 –0.30** 0.22** 0.27** 0.36** 0.22** –0.03 0.24** 1
  • 11 Fatigue

0.02 0.03 0.21** –0.38** –0.38** –0.34** –0.40** 0.29** –0.14* –0.26** 1

Means 0.74 0.83 0.30 1.94 6.91 8.40 11.22 6.55 2.86 2.40 –3.16
SD 0.44 0.38 0.46 0.74 2.83 2.14 3.37 2.28 0.43 0.91 6.34

ADL = Activities of daily living.

*

p < 0.05;

**

p < 0.01.