Table 3.

Descriptive Information for Independent Variables

	Total		Women		Men
Independent Variable	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	Range
Age	53.33	16.50	51.48	16.80	56.97	15.23	19–100
Illness prevention	3.69	0.75	3.72	0.75	3.64	0.75	1–5a
Health maintenance	3.45	0.95	3.42	0.97	3.50	0.92	1–5a
Trust in physicians	3.62	0.51	3.61	0.52	3.64	0.51	1–4a
Chronic conditions	0.56	0.50	0.53	0.50	0.62	0.49	0 or 1b

^a Higher values indicate greater levels of the independent variable

^b 0 = no; 1 = yes