Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of respondents for the baseline, final, and weighted sample.
| Baseline |
Final1 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
n = 1905 |
% |
n = 1563 |
% | Weighted % |
|
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 889 | 46.7 | 743 | 47.5 | 45.0 |
| Female | 1016 | 53.3 | 820 | 52.5 | 55.0 |
| Age | |||||
| 65–74 | 1266 | 66.5 | 1066 | 68.2 | 59.3 |
| 75–84 | 520 | 27.3 | 414 | 26.5 | 32.5 |
| 85+ | 119 | 6.3 | 83 | 5.3 | 8.2 |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 1482 | 77.8 | 1245 | 79.7 | 77.0 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 210 | 11.0 | 154 | 9.9 | 8.9 |
| Hispanic | 106 | 5.6 | 84 | 5.4 | 8.2 |
| Asian, non-Hispanic | 25 | 1.3 | 20 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| Other, non-Hispanic | 82 | 4.3 | 60 | 3.9 | 5.0 |
| Marital Status | |||||
| Married | 941 | 49.4 | 795 | 50.9 | 48.7 |
| Widowed | 382 | 20.1 | 282 | 18.0 | 24.1 |
| Divorced/Separated | 383 | 20.1 | 317 | 20.3 | 18.2 |
| Never married | 154 | 8.1 | 128 | 8.2 | 6.4 |
| Living with partner | 45 | 2.4 | 41 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Region | |||||
| Northeast | 302 | 15.9 | 243 | 15.5 | 18.6 |
| Midwest | 509 | 26.7 | 411 | 26.3 | 21.5 |
| South | 676 | 35.5 | 564 | 36.1 | 37.3 |
| West | 418 | 21.9 | 345 | 22.1 | 22.6 |
| Metropolitan Status | |||||
| Non-Metro Area | 255 | 13.4 | 202 | 12.9 | 14.6 |
| Metro Area | 1650 | 86.6 | 1361 | 87.1 | 85.4 |
| Interview mode | |||||
| Web-based | 1287 | 67.6 | 1115 | 71.3 | 62.9 |
| Telephone | 618 | 32.4 | 448 | 28.7 | 37.1 |
| Fall (Baseline) | |||||
| In past year | 561 | 29.5 | 26.3 | ||
| In past 12 months | 636 | 33.5 | 30.2 | ||
| Medically treated fall in past | 143 | 7.5 | 6.0 | ||
| Fall (Follow-up) | |||||
| I have fallen in the past year | 603 | 38.6 | 35.9 | ||
| How many times have you fallen in past 12 months2 | 766 | 49.0 | 47.0 | ||
| Medically treated fall in past year | 187 | 12.0 | 11.7 | ||
1
Includes all respondents who completed the final survey. Some respondents included did not complete all the monthly surveys.
2
When asked about the number of falls in the last 12 months, respondents were asked to refer to a memory aid (calendar) provided to them to recall prior falls they reported in the monthly surveys. The percentage reflects those who answered one or more times.