Table 1.

Weighted sample characteristics by housing tenure

Health and Retirement Study 2010/2012	Owners		Renters		Difference
Respondents in analytic sample (n = 8,231)	(n = 6,896)		(n = 1,335)		t-tests
Cardiometabolic Risk	Mean	S.E.	Mean	S.E.	Difference
Mean count of risks (of 8 possible factors)	1.778	.021	2.127	.051	.349	***
Socioeconomic Selection Measures	Prop.	S.E.	Prop.	S.E.	Difference
No high school degree	.09	.00	.21	.01	.12	***
High school graduate	.58	.01	.63	.02	.05	**
College graduate	.34	.01	.16	.01	−.17	***
White	.86	.01	.63	.02	−.23	***
Black	.06	.00	.20	.02	.14	***
Hispanic	.06	.01	.13	.01	.07	***
Other	.03	.00	.04	.01	.01
Housing and Neighborhood Measures
Home condition poor or very poor	.05	.00	.13	.01	.08	***
2 years or less since last move	.06	.00	.35	.02	.29	***
3 to 5 years since last move	.09	.01	.21	.02	.12	***
Over 5 years since last move	.85	.01	.44	.02	−.41	***
Current and ongoing housing problem	.13	.00	.33	.02	.20	***
Neighborhood safegy poor or fair	.07	.01	.19	.02	.12	***
Financial Measures
Household income, log-normalized (mean)	11.01	.02	10.22	.04	−.79	***
Above median non-housing wealth	.55	.01	.13	.02	−.42	***
Difficulty paying bills	.55	.01	.78	.02	.24	***
Health Resources and Behavior
Has health insurance	.95	.00	.83	.02	−.11	***
Smokes now or smoked in past	.53	.01	.66	.01	.13	***
Physical activity more than once per week	.61	.01	.51	.02	−.11	***
Demographic Control Measures
Age 51–59	.35	.01	.46	.02	.12	***
60–69	.35	.01	.29	.01	−.06	**
70–79	.20	.01	.13	.01	−.07	***
80–84	.10	.01	.11	.02	.01
Female	.53	.00	.58	.02	.05	**
One person household	.18	.01	.38	.02	.20	***
Two person household	.58	.01	.33	.02	−.25	***
Three or more person household	.24	.01	.29	.02	.05	*

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001