Table 1.
Characteristics of Low- and Moderate-Income Community-Living Older Adults Overall and by Disability Status (n=4898)
| Overall n=4898 | No disability n=2124 n (weighted %) |
With disability n= 2774 n (weighted %) |
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| Weighted estimate | 24,202,201 | 11,774,110 (48.6) | 12,428,091 (51.4) | |
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| Sociodemographic | P value | |||
| Age | <.001 | |||
| 65 to 74 | 1674 (51.9) | 901 (58.8) | 773 (45.5) | |
| 75 to 84 | 2050 (34.4) | 910 (33.2) | 1140 (35.5) | |
| ≥85 | 1174 (13.7) | 313 (8.0) | 861 (19.0) | |
| Female | 3082 (61.4) | 1242 (58.8) | 1840 (63.8) | <.01 |
| Education | ||||
| Above High School | 2001 (44.4) | 985 (49.7) | 1016 (39.4) | <.001 |
| High School | 1547 (32.3) | 691 (31.6) | 856 (33.0) | |
| Below High School | 1350 (23.3) | 448 (18.8) | 902 (27.6) | |
| Race | ||||
| White non-Hispanic | 3126 (75.0) | 1457 (78.3) | 1669 (71.9) | <.01 |
| Black non-Hispanic | 1224 (10.5) | 459 (9.1) | 765 (11.8) | |
| Hispanic | 385 (10.0) | 145 (8.9) | 240 (11.1) | |
| Other | 163 (4.5) | 63 (3.7) | 100 (5.2) | |
| Income | ||||
| $32,001-$60,000 | 1593 (38.4) | 864 (45.7) | 729 (31.5) | <.001 |
| $17,001-$32,000 | 1628 (32.7) | 710 (32.1) | 918 (33.3) | |
| $0-$17,000 | 1677 (28.9) | 550 (22.2) | 1127 (35.2) | |
| Financial Hardship | 474 (9.7) | 136 (5.9) | 338 (13.2) | <.001 |
| Social Support Indicators | ||||
| Living arrangement, lives: | <.001 | |||
| Alone | 1800 (34.9) | 822 (36.6) | 978 (33.2) | |
| With spouse | 1914 (45.6) | 943 (48.7) | 971 (42.6) | |
| With others | 1184 (19.6) | 359 (14.6) | 825 (24.2) | |
| Social Isolation/integration: | ||||
| Severely isolated | 452 (10.0) | 179 (9.5) | 273 (10.4) | <.01 |
| Isolated | 1234 (26.8) | 506 (24.7) | 728 (28.7) | |
| Integrated | 3212 (63.3) | 1439 (65.8) | 1773 (60.9) | |
| Housing | ||||
| Retirement Community | 401 (7.4) | 155 (6.6) | 246 (8.1) | 0.10 |
| Subsidized Housing | 319 (5.3) | 99 (3.4) | 220 (7.0) | <.001 |
| Rent vs own | 1532 (28.9) | 518 (23.1) | 1014 (34.5) | <.001 |
| Apartment or mobile home (vs house) |
885 (17.7) | 330 (14.8) | 555 (20.4) | <.001 |
| Interior Home Disorder | 1620 (32.0) | 598 (27.7) | 1022 (36.1) | <.001 |
| Exterior Home Disrepair | 857 (16.6) | 331 (15.1) | 526 (18.0) | 0.02 |
| Street Disorder | 689 (12.2) | 243 (9.9) | 446 (14.4) | <.001 |
Note. Data are from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) (2015).
a
P values of tests of difference using χ2 tests between participants who did and did not report a self-care, household, or mobility disability.