Table 1.

Sample Characteristics for Intervention and Control Group Participants (N = 337)

Characteristic	Intervention (n = 175)	Control (n = 162)
Mean age in years*	49.5	52.5
Female (%)	79.4	76.3
Marital status (%)
Never married	20.7	18.4
Married	46.6	50.6
Divorced, separated, or widowed	32.8	31.0
Educational attainment (%)**
<High school	2.3	1.9
High school graduate or vocational school	28.2	17.4
Some college	35.1	30.9
College graduate or higher	34.5	49.7
Income categories (%)**
≤$29,000	37.8	18.9
$30,000 to $69,000	39.6	42.7
$70,000 or more	22.6	38.5
Mean monthly attendance at church	5.7	5.1
Action/maintenance at follow-up (%)
License	46.9	48.8
Donor card	24.0	24.7
Talk to family	37.7	35.2

^*p ≤ .05.

^**p ≤ .01.