Table 4.
Descriptive Differences between Participants who Dropped out and those who continued to Participate in the Study (N = 4442)
| Stratified by Dropout | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Participated | Dropped Out | p | |
| N | 2651 | 1791 | ||
| Chronic Conditions (M (SD)) | 2.28 (1.74) | 2.24 (1.92) | .486 | |
| Physical Functioning (M (SD)) | 86.52 (19.52) | 81.68 (25.11) | < .001 | |
| Depression (M (SD)) | 6.15 (5.88) | 6.65 (6.64) | .008 | |
| Cognitive Functioning (M (SD)) | 43.96 (12.92) | 40.82 (14.00) | < .001 | |
| Age (M (SD)) | 60.76 (11.26) | 63.35 (12.58) | < .001 | |
| Sex (%) | Male | 51.0 | 52.2 | .434 |
| Female | 49.0 | 47.8 | ||
| Education (%) | Low | 7.4 | 14.1 | < .001 |
| Intermediate | 50.1 | 60.4 | ||
| Upper-Intermediate | 14.3 | 9.6 | ||
| High | 28.2 | 15.9 | ||
| Income (M (SD)) | 121.36 (92.99) | 99.93 (68.87) | < .001 | |
| Partnership Status (%) | Not in a Partnership | 18.0 | 24.5 | < .001 |
| In a Partnership | 82.0 | 75.5 | ||
| Network Size (M (SD)) | 4.78 (2.81) | 3.83 (2.76) | < .001 | |