Table 1.

Characteristics of Nursing Home Residents by Social Engagement (n=793,846)

		Social engagement
	Full sample (N=793,846)	0 (None) (n=99,684)	1 (n=146,849)	2 (n=158,611)	3 (n=173,980)	4 (n=108,705)	5 (n=66,584)	6 (Highest) (n=39,433)
	Percentage
Age group (years)
50 to 64	11.6	11.1	10.6	10.6	11.2	12.6	14.3	15.3
65 to 74	13.6	14.0	13.2	12.9	13.1	14.0	15.2	16.0
75 to 84	28.4	30.0	29.2	28.3	28.0	27.7	27.3	27.8
≥85	46.3	44.9	47.0	48.2	47.7	45.6	43.3	40.9
Female	71.4	72.4	70.3	70.2	71.2	71.4	73.0	75.3
Male	28.6	27.6	29.7	29.8	28.8	28.6	27.0	24.7
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	79.7	73.1	75.4	79.2	81.8	83.4	84.2	86.3
Non-Hispanic Black	13.8	17.2	16.9	14.0	12.5	11.5	11.0	10.1
Hispanic of any race(s)	4.4	6.8	5.3	4.6	3.8	3.4	3.1	2.3
Non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander	1.7	2.5	2.0	1.8	1.4	1.3	1.1	0.8
Non-Hispanic American India/Alaskan Native	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6
Marital status
Married	17.4	21.7	19.1	17.7	16.3	15.4	14.0	13.7
Divorced/separated	13.2	12.2	12.5	12.9	13.4	13.9	14.5	14.8
Widowed	52.0	48.9	51.3	52.4	53.3	52.7	52.7	52.4
Never married	17.4	17.2	17.0	16.9	17.0	18.0	18.8	19.1
ADL limitations
None/mild	25.7	8.9	16.1	21.4	29.1	36.0	43.3	48.0
Moderate	44.2	30.0	40.5	46.0	49.4	49.3	47.1	44.9
Dependent	30.2	61.1	43.5	32.6	21.6	14.8	9.6	7.0
Number of medications per week
0–5	11.2	18.2	13.5	11.6	9.3	8.1	7.5	6.0
6–10	36.6	43.1	40.0	37.8	35.1	32.8	31.4	28.7
11–15	34.1	28.6	32.5	34.1	35.8	36.3	36.4	37.2
16+	18.1	10.1	14.1	16.6	19.8	22.9	24.7	28.2
Alzheimer’s disease	20.3	32.0	24.8	21.6	17.8	14.3	12.5	8.9
Dementia other than Alzheimer’s disease	45.6	53.3	51.1	48.9	44.5	39.0	36.2	30.6