Table 1.
Completely standardized LISREL loadings and weighted descriptive statistics for analyzed variables: Blacks and Whites in ACL waves 1 (1986) and 2 (1989)
| Variables | Factor Loading
|
Mean
|
Standard Dev.
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacks | Whites | Blacks | Whites | Blacks | Whites | |
| PUBLIC RELIGIOSITY (Wave 1) | ||||||
| Attendance@religious services | .824 | .869 | 4.018 | 3.365 | 1.639 | 1.818 |
| Volunteer for religious organizations | .472 | .616 | .294 | .254 | .438 | .436 |
| SUBJECTIVE RELIGIOSITY (Wave 1) | ||||||
| Importance of religious beliefs | .680 | .796 | 3.698 | 3.292 | .543 | .872 |
| Seeks spiritual comfort… | .680 | .799 | 3.857 | 3.315 | 1.240 | 1.486 |
| PUBLIC RELIGIOSITY (Wave 2) | ||||||
| Attendance@religious services | .819 | .869 | 3.871 | 3.316 | 1.647 | 1.851 |
| Volunteer for religious organizations | .514 | .607 | .276 | .262 | .447 | .440 |
| SUBJECTIVE RELIGIOSITY (Wave 2) | ||||||
| Importance of religious beliefs | .745 | .803 | 3.777 | 3.374 | .541 | .842 |
| Seeks spiritual comfort… | .627 | .873 | 4.000 | 3.842 | 1.205 | 1.392 |
| MASTERY (WAVE 1) | ||||||
| I can do just about anything I set my mind to | .332 | .230 | 3.466 | 3.413 | .786 | .754 |
| Sometimes I feel…pushed around in life (reversed) | .533 | .544 | 2.828 | 3.047 | 1.049 | .973 |
| There is no way I can solve the problems I have (reversed) | .556 | .544 | 3.090 | 3.355 | 1.004 | .914 |
| CHRONIC ILLNESS (Wave 1) | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.579 | 1.254 | 1.413 | 1.334 |
| IMPAIRED FUNCTIONING (Wave 1) | ||||||
| Self-rated health | .630 | .715 | 3.334 | 3.635 | 1.171 | 1.060 |
| Activities (not) limited… | .847 | .826 | 4.174 | 4.300 | 1.290 | 1.129 |
| Functional health rating | .816 | .749 | 3.531 | 3.662 | .893 | .761 |
| ^CHRONIC ILLNESS (Wave 1–2) | 1.000 | 1.000 | .029 | .060 | 1.131 | .999 |
| ^IMPAIRED FUNCTIONING (Wave 1–2) | 1.000 | 1.000 | .000 | .002 | .478 | .367 |
| UNHEALTHY BEHAVIORS (Wave 1) | 1.000 | 1.000 | 15.381 | 19.110 | 31.030 | 35.708 |
| PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS (Wave 1) | 1.000 | 1.000 | .023 | .009 | .437 | .432 |
| FINANCIAL STRESS (Wave 1) | 1.000 | 1.000 | .479 | −.129 | 1.092 | .978 |
| NEGATIVE LIFE-EVENTS (Wave 2) | 1.000 | 1.000 | .957 | .813 | .872 | .807 |
| SOCIAL SUPPORT [2nd ORDER] (Wave 1) | ||||||
| Support network size | .585 | .633 | ||||
| Informal social integration | .314 | .555 | ||||
| Positive interactions… | .838 | .783 | ||||
| Negative interactions… | −.267 | −.224 | ||||
| Support network size (Wave 1) | ||||||
| #Friends/relatives R can call on for advice or help | .577 | .502 | 7.594 | 10.088 | 10.782 | 12.390 |
| #Friends/relatives R can share private feelings with | .470 | .515 | 2.037 | 2.355 | 1.675 | 1.823 |
| Informal social integration (Wave 1) | ||||||
| How often R talks on the phone with friends/relatives | .980 | .529 | 4.319 | 4.704 | 1.564 | 1.293 |
| How often R gets together with friends or relatives | .181 | .612 | 4.048 | 4.539 | 1.569 | 1.410 |
| Positive Interactions with friends or relatives (Wave 1) | ||||||
| How often do friends/relatives make R feel loved & cared for | .768 | .786 | 4.070 | 4.103 | .985 | .887 |
| How often friends/relatives willing to listen (re: problems) | .734 | .765 | 3.781 | 3.820 | 1.129 | 1.065 |
| Negative Interactions with friends or relatives (Wave 1) | ||||||
| How often do friends/relatives make too many demands | .645 | .599 | 1.720 | 1.635 | 1.039 | .910 |
| How often are friends/relatives critical of R | .715 | .687 | 1.852 | 1.716 | 1.096 | .901 |
| SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS (Wave 1) | ||||||
| Family income | .779 | .906 | 3.367 | 5.056 | 2.412 | 2.575 |
| Education | .668 | .506 | 11.415 | 12.420 | 3.719 | 3.033 |
| Employed (Wave 1) | 1.000 | 1.000 | .517 | .539 | .500 | .499 |
| Age (Wave 1) | 1.000 | 1.000 | 52.383 | 53.728 | 16.801 | 17.201 |
| Gender (female) | 1.000 | 1.000 | .678 | .622 | .467 | .485 |
| Married (vs. not, at Wave 1) | 1.000 | 1.000 | .420 | .631 | .494 | .483 |
All factor loadings of latent variable-indicators are statistically significant (p <.001)
Capitalized variables are the ones included the causal models