Participant characteristics | Forgiveness of others | ||
---|---|---|---|
Never/seldom (n = 5692) | Often (n = 28,071) | Always/almost always (n = 19,474) | |
Age, in years (range: 43–64)b | 53.26 (4.62) | 53.29 (4.65) | 53.46 (4.66) |
Non-Hispanic white, % | 95.06 | 95.95 | 95.62 |
Marital status, % | 76.10 | 81.07 | 83.57 |
Geographic region, % | |||
 - Northeast | 36.84 | 33.45 | 28.13 |
 - Midwest | 28.91 | 32.76 | 34.85 |
 - South | 15.76 | 18.05 | 21.14 |
 - West | 18.48 | 15.74 | 15.88 |
Subjective SES in US (range: 1–10) | 6.92 (1.41) | 7.06 (1.29) | 7.22 (1.31) |
Subjective SES in community (range: 1–10) | 6.59 (1.70) | 6.86 (1.56) | 7.12 (1.54) |
Census-tract college education rate (range: 0–0.88) | 0.33 (0.17) | 0.32 (0.16) | 0.31 (0.16) |
Household income, % | |||
 -< $50‚000 | 17.32 | 15.66 | 15.66 |
 - $50‚000-$74‚999 | 27.14 | 27.34 | 27.78 |
 - $75‚000-$99‚999 | 19.54 | 21.70 | 21.69 |
 - > =$100‚000 | 35.99 | 35.31 | 34.87 |
Census tract median income, % | |||
 - < $50‚000 | 23.33 | 25.29 | 27.49 |
 - $50‚000-$74‚999 | 47.54 | 49.15 | 49.38 |
 - $75‚000-$99‚999 | 20.85 | 19.27 | 17.87 |
 - > =$100‚000 | 8.29 | 6.29 | 5.26 |
Night shift work over past 2 years, % | |||
 - none | 90.70 | 92.05 | 92.44 |
 - 1-9 months | 4.04 | 3.45 | 3.18 |
 - 10-19 months | 1.40 | 1.29 | 1.29 |
 - 20+ months | 3.85 | 3.20 | 3.09 |
Currently employed, % | 89.19 | 89.64 | 87.41 |
Childhood abuse victimization (range: 0–5) | 2.06 (1.57) | 1.77 (1.48) | 1.65 (1.48) |
Religious service attendance, % | |||
 - never/almost never | 42.28 | 22.70 | 16.42 |
 - < once/week | 40.10 | 39.82 | 29.83 |
 - > =once/week | 17.62 | 37.48 | 53.75 |
Number of close friends (range: 0–5) | 1.55 (0.70) | 1.71 (0.65) | 1.80 (0.65) |
Depressive symptoms (range: 0–30) | 8.57 (5.96) | 6.40 (4.92) | 4.82 (4.43) |
Depression diagnosis, % | 20.85 | 15.39 | 13.17 |
Anxiety symptoms (range: 0–15) | 3.05 (2.57) | 2.55 (2.23) | 2.10 (2.05) |
Hopelessness (range: 0–3) | 1.22 (0.94) | 0.91 (0.89) | 0.69 (0.91) |
Positive affect (range: 0–3) | 1.77 (0.82) | 2.04 (0.74) | 2.27 (0.74) |
Preventive healthcare use, % | 82.01 | 85.60 | 85.82 |
Alcohol intake, % | |||
 - 0 g/day | 31.14 | 31.31 | 38.20 |
 - 0.1–9.9 g/day | 44.45 | 46.40 | 41.77 |
 - 10.0-29.9 g/day | 18.45 | 18.42 | 16.46 |
 - 30+ grams/day | 5.96 | 3.88 | 3.58 |
Cigarette smoking, % | |||
 - never smoker | 59.73 | 65.27 | 69.06 |
 - former smoker | 32.03 | 28.58 | 25.71 |
 - current smoker 1–14/day | 4.14 | 3.45 | 2.98 |
 - current smoker 15–24/day | 2.97 | 1.99 | 1.75 |
 - current smoker > = 25/day | 1.12 | 0.71 | 0.49 |
Physical activity (METS c), % | |||
 - < 3 | 20.37 | 15.56 | 15.36 |
 - 3-8.9 | 18.85 | 19.23 | 18.78 |
 - 9-17.9 | 19.64 | 20.84 | 20.69 |
 - 18-26.9 | 12.31 | 13.98 | 14.64 |
 -> =27 | 28.83 | 30.39 | 30.53 |
Dietary quality (AHEI score d), % | |||
 - bottom tertile, % | 37.22 | 32.87 | 30.47 |
 - middle tetile, % | 32.72 | 33.75 | 33.08 |
 - top tertile, % | 30.06 | 33.38 | 36.45 |
BMI categories (kg/m2), % | |||
 - < 20 | 5.33 | 5.30 | 5.63 |
 - 20-24.9 | 35.35 | 37.54 | 39.40 |
 - 25-29.9 | 28.87 | 29.71 | 29.63 |
 - 30-34.9 | 16.42 | 15.52 | 14.40 |
 - 35+ | 14.03 | 11.93 | 10.94 |
Diabetes, % | 5.52 | 4.63 | 4.41 |
CHD, % | 1.13 | 1.14 | 1.16 |
Stroke, % | 1.45 | 1.32 | 1.31 |
Cancer, % | 6.35 | 6.52 | 6.64 |
Postmenopausal status, % | 59.90 | 60.68 | 60.61 |
Replacement Hormone use, % | 14.31 | 14.15 | 14.85 |