Table 2.
Correlation matrix for religiosity, cognitive, and control variables.
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Religious involvement | – | |||||||||||
| 2. Religious wellbeing | .90 | – | ||||||||||
| 3. Religious attendance age 79 | .64 | .58 | – | |||||||||
| 4. Religious attendance age 83 | .70 | .62 | .84 | – | ||||||||
| 5. MHT age 11 | − .02 | − .05 | .00 | .07 | – | |||||||
| 6. NART age 79 | − .02 | − .05 | − .01 | .07 | .66 | – | ||||||
| 7. g age 79 | − .15⁎⁎ | − .14⁎ | − .01 | .01 | .48 | .53 | – | |||||
| 8. g age 83 | − .09 | − .09 | − .04 | .00 | .53 | .51 | .84 | – | ||||
| 9. g age 87 | − .07 | − .08 | .02 | .03 | .43 | .44 | .72 | .86 | – | |||
| 10. g age 90 | − .19 | − .16 | − .01 | − .06 | .50 | .42 | .63 | .79 | .76 | – | ||
| 11. Education | − .03 | − .06 | .03 | .12⁎ | .43 | .53 | .37 | .37 | .36 | .33 | – | |
| 12. SES | − .09 | − .12⁎ | .05 | .07 | .40 | .49 | .30 | .29 | .23⁎⁎ | .26⁎⁎ | .48 | – |
| 13. Sex | .28 | .23 | .21 | .16⁎⁎ | .02 | − .01 | − .13⁎⁎ | − .07 | .04 | .09 | − .12⁎⁎ | − .12⁎⁎ |
Note: Bold coefficients = p < .001. All cognitive tests corrected for age in days at testing. Religious involvement = Religious Involvement Inventory general factor; religious wellbeing = Spiritual Wellbeing Scale–religious wellbeing score; MHT = Moray House Test; NART = National Adult Reading Test; g = general cognitive ability, SES = socioeconomic status.
⁎
p < .05.
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p < .01.