Table 2.

Initial Differences on Sense of Purpose Before and After Propensity Score Matching

	Matched		Unmatched
Event	b	CI	b	CI
Arthritis	0.01	−0.03, 0.05	−0.01	−0.05, 0.02
Cancer	0.00	−0.04, 0.05	−0.01	−0.05, 0.03
Diabetes	−0.01	−0.06, 0.04	−0.01	−0.05, 0.03
Heart problems	0.01	−0.03, 0.05	0.01	−0.03, 0.04
High blood pressure	−0.02	−0.06, 0.02	−0.05	−0.08, −0.01
Lung disease	0.01	−0.06, 0.08	0.06	0.01, 0.11
Stroke	−0.01	−0.07, 0.05	0.04	−0.01, 0.08

Note: Health event was coded 1, while the control group was coded 0. Bold indicates p < .05.