TABLE 2.

Selective availability of date-of-death in wave 2 non-respondents.

% [CI95] or M [CI95]	Wave 2
	Deceased (n = 237)	Date-of-death (n = 141)
Gender (%)
– Men	39.9 [32.5–47.3]	41.4 [31.0–51.7]
– Women	60.1 [52.7–67.5]	58.6 [48.3–69.0]
Age group (%)
– 80–84 years	36.1 [27.6–44.6]	40.5 [29.9–51.1]
– 85–89 years	33.2 [25.9–40.5]	31.9 [22.2–41.7]
– 90 years or older	30.7 [24.4–36.9]	27.5 [19.5–35.6]
Living arrangement (%)
– Private	67.4 [59.0–75.8]	71.0 [60.5–81.5]
– Institution	32.6 [24.2–40.9]	29.0 [18.5–39.5]
Views of aging
AARC-gains (1–5)	3.0 [2.8–3.2]	3.1 [2.9–3.3]
AARC-losses (1–5)	3.2 [3.0–3.4]	3.2 [3.0–3.4]
Health status
Treated health conditions (0–19)	3.8 [3.4–4.2]	3.8 [3.3–4.3]
ADL independence (0–2)	1.3 [1.2–1.4]	1.3 [1.2–1.4]
IADL independence (0–2)	0.9 [0.8–1.0]	1.0 [1.2–1.5]
Cognitive statusa (%)
– Age adequate function	44.2 [34.6–53.7]	45.9 [33.8–58.0]
– MCI	17.1 [10.5–23.7]	16.4 [7.4–25.5]
– Beginning AD	38.7 [28.8–48.6]	37.6 [26.0–49.3]
Appraisal of life
VOL–engagement (0–2)	1.3 [1.1–1.5]	1.3 [1.1–1.5]
VOL–optimism (0–2)	1.5 [1.4–1.6]	1.5 [1.4–1.6]
Perceived obsolescence (1–4)	2.6 [2.5–2.8]	2.6 [2.4–2.7]
Feeling needed by society (1–4)	2.1 [1.9–2.3]	2.2 [2.0–2.7]
Perceived control
Internal (1–4)	3.0 [2.8–3.2]	3.1 [2.9–3.3]
Powerful others (1–4)	2.0 [1.8–2.2]	1.8 [1.6–2.1]
Chance (1–4)	2.3 [2.1–2.4]	2.2 [2.0–2.5]

Weighted data, CI95, 95% confidence interval. ^aIn self-report interviews, 343 participants (20.3%) at wave 1 declined to take the cognitive screening test.