Table 2.
Descriptive statistics by wave and race
| Wave 2 | Wave 3 | Wave 4 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | p | White | Black | p | White | Black | p | |
| N | 301 | 346 | 299 | 304 | 231 | 248 | |||
| Age, mean (SD) | 76.92 (5.66) | 76.84 (5.99) | .372 | 78.61 (5.36) | 78.59 (5.58) | .566 | 80.10 (5.11) | 80.27 (5.12) | .858 |
| ADL, mean (SD) | 2.22 (2.97) | 3.11 (3.42) | < .001 | 2.84 (3.09) | 2.98 (3.12) | .600 | 2.85 (3.10) | 3.15 (3.24) | .334 |
| Education, mean (SD) | 13.05 (2.82) | 10.48 (3.38) | < .001 | 12.85 (2.95) | 10.84 (3.15) | .068 | 13.09 (2.99) | 10.89 (3.26) | .107 |
| Congregational Support, mean (SD) | 5.63 (2.59) | 6.68 (3.17) | < .001 | 6.03 (2.67) | 7.07 (3.14) | .005 | 5.72 (2.69) | 6.69 (3.30) | < .001 |
NOTES: ADL Activities of Daily Living Scale, p-values are for independent samples t-tests between White and Black participants for each measure within wave