Table 3.
Percent Retained from 0 to 18 Months by Predictor Level
| Predictor | Ethnic Group | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| ||||
| African American (n = 149) | χ2 | Hispanic (n = 92) | χ2 | |
| Sex | 1.79, p = .18 | 0.56, p = .45 | ||
| Male | 53% (25/47) | 59% (17/29) | ||
| Female | 65% (66/102) | 67% (42/63) | ||
| Age | 0.21, p = .90 | 2.36, p = .31 | ||
| 60–69 yrs | 61% (28/46) | 73% (19/26) | ||
| 70–79 yrs | 60% (43/72) | 57% (26/46) | ||
| 80+ yrs | 65% (20/31) | 70% (14/20) | ||
| Educational level | 0.21, p = .90 | 0.24, p = .89 | ||
| <High school graduate | 60% (29/48) | 63% (40/63) | ||
| Complete high school | 64% (25/39) | 60% (6/10) | ||
| Some college or more | 60% (37/62) | 68% (13/19) | ||
| Site type | 0.15, p = .70 | 0.77, p = .38 | ||
| Senior center | 63% (31/49) | 69% (27/39) | ||
| Residence | 60% (60/100) | 60% (32/53) | ||
| Intervention Timing | 3.25, p = .07 | 0.06, p = .80 | ||
| Intermediate | 68% (53/78) | 65% (32/49) | ||
| Delayed | 54% (38/71) | 63% (27/43) | ||
| Number of group sessions | 32.74, p < .0001 | 26.95, p < .0001 | ||
| Low (0–2) | 33%a (18/55) | 18%a (4/22) | ||
| Medium (3–16) | 69%b (33/48) | 75%b (27/36) | ||
| High (17–22) | 87%c (40/46) | 82%b (28/34) | ||
| Number of individual sessions | 10.99, p = .004 | 21.55, p < .0001 | ||
| Low (0) | 48%a (36/75) | 23%a (5/22) | ||
| Medium (1–2) | 72%b (26/36) | 77%b (10/13) | ||
| High (3–15) | 76%b (29/38) | 77%b (44/57) | ||
| Ethnic Matching | 0.22, p = .64 | 0.75, p = .39 | ||
| Not matched | 62% (69/111) | 58% (18/31) | ||
| Matched | 58% (22/38) | 67% (41/61) | ||
| Overall activity frequency | 8.04, p = .02 | 1.99, p = .37 | ||
| Low (0–65) | 47%a (26/55) | 56% (20/36) | ||
| Medium (66–86) | 74%b (37/50) | 71% (27/38) | ||
| High (87–140) | 64%a,b (28/44) | 67% (12/18) | ||
| Active coping | 6.66, p = .04 | 0.19, p = .91 | ||
| Low (1.00–2.76) | 53%a (34/64) | 64% (32/50) | ||
| Medium (3.00–3.26) | 53%a (16/30) | 67% (18/27) | ||
| High (3.50–4.00) | 75%b (41/55) | 60% (9/15) | ||
| Social support (P) | 2.40, p = .30 | 1.76, p = .41 | ||
| Low (1–9) | 52% (23/44) | 63% (24/38) | ||
| Medium (10–12) | 67% (41/61) | 60% (26/43) | ||
| High (13–18) | 61% (27/44) | 82% (9/11) | ||
| Social network strength (P) | 0.90, p = .64 | 6.46, p = .04 | ||
| Low (2–22) | 55% (18/33) | 47%a (14/30) | ||
| Medium (23–30) | 61% (28/46) | 69%a,b (24/35) | ||
| High (31–50) | 64% (45/70) | 78%b (21/27) | ||
| Physical HRQL (H) | 4.07, p = .13 | 0.01, p = .99 | ||
| Low (14.89–36.21) | 59% (32/54) | 65% (22/34) | ||
| Medium (36.25–46.20) | 71% (37/52) | 63% (19/30) | ||
| High (46.23–65.43) | 51% (22/43) | 64% (18/28) | ||
| Mental HRQL (H) | 2.37, p = .31 | 0.79, p = .67 | ||
| Low (12.93–42.11) | 56% (24/43) | 67% (31/46) | ||
| Medium (42.18–54.16) | 70% (31/44) | 64% (18/28) | ||
| High (54.17–72.59) | 58% (36/62) | 56% (10/18) | ||
a,b,c,
For significant predictors, pairs of levels that do not share a common superscript differ from each other.