Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics by Wave

	Wave 1 (N = 1,495)		Wave 2 (N = 1,019)		Wave 3 (N = 957)		Wave 4 (N = 716)
Age, M (SD)	75.16 (6.68)		77.48 (6.20)		78.89 (5.83)		80.29 (5.28)
Race (White), N (%)	763 (51.04 %)		540 (52.99%)		521 (54.44%)		391 (54.61%)
Gender (female), N (%)	923 (61.74%)		640 (62.81%)		610 (63.74%)		463 (64.66%)
Education, M (SD)	11.27 (3.47)		11.51 (3.39)		11.62 (3.34)		11.75 (2.25)
Religious commitment (3–12), M (SD)	9.97 (1.88)		9.88 (2.00)		10.08 (2.02)		10.01 (2.08)
Personal control (4–16), M (SD)	12.19 (2.01)		11.94 (2.28)		11.90 (2.83)		11.88 (2.27)
God-mediated control (3–12), M (SD)	10.22 (1.89)		10.16 (1.96)		10.46 (1.92)		10.24 (2.05)

Notes: M = mean; SD = standard deviation.