TABLE 2.
Characteristics of Respondents to 2002 Health and Retirement Study (HRS)a and Year 1 of the Chicago Health, Aging and Social Relations Study (CHASRS)
| HRS
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CHASRS
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All
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Ages 50-67
|
White
|
Black
|
Hispanic
|
All
|
White
|
Black
|
Hispanic
|
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| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
| Age (years) | 66.5 | 10.2 | 60.1 | 4.5 | 66.9 | 10.2 | 66.0 | 9.6 | 64.5 | 9.9 | 57.5 | 4.4 | 58.2 | 4.3 | 58.2 | 3.8 | 55.6 | 3.7 |
| Female | 63.9 | 68.7 | 63.6 | 63.6 | 67.6 | 52.4 | 52.4 | 54.3 | 50.0 | |||||||||
| Ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||
| White | 80.7 | 76.8 | 35.8 | |||||||||||||||
| Black | 11.3 | 13.1 | 35.4 | |||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 6.4 | 8.2 | 28.8 | |||||||||||||||
| Other | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Education (years) | 12.4 | 3.4 | 12.7 | 2.9 | 12.9 | 2.9 | 10.7 | 4.0 | 8.8 | 4.6 | 13.3 | 3.0 | 14.6 | 2.4 | 12.8 | 3.2 | 12.2 | 3.1 |
| Household income ($) | 61,778 | 82,863 | 72,650 | 86,821 | 67,146 | 87,684 | 43,472 | 63,146 | 27,878 | 23,096 | 65,781 | 54,959 | 87,602 | 66,458 | 53,938 | 47,044 | 58,340 | 45,342 |
| Marital status | ||||||||||||||||||
| Married/cohabiting | 79.7 | 84.7 | 81.2 | 67.8 | 80.1 | 61.1 | 74.5 | 53.1 | 54.6 | |||||||||
| Widowed | 4.9 | 6.7 | 4.1 | 9.8 | 6.6 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 16.1 | 3.0 | |||||||||
| Divorced/separated | 13.2 | 5.7 | 13.2 | 17.5 | 12.5 | 24.5 | 14.6 | 25.9 | 34.9 | |||||||||
| Never married | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 4.9 | 1.0 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 7.6 | |||||||||
| Self-rated health | ||||||||||||||||||
| Poor | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 0 | 2.5 | 1.5 | |||||||||
| Fair | 16.9 | 13.5 | 14.1 | 25.1 | 38.1 | 14.9 | 3.7 | 22.8 | 20.0 | |||||||||
| Good | 32.5 | 31.9 | 31.6 | 37.3 | 33.1 | 43.7 | 34.6 | 48.1 | 47.7 | |||||||||
| Very good | 31.1 | 33.5 | 33.7 | 21.9 | 16.6 | 31.0 | 45.7 | 22.8 | 23.1 | |||||||||
| Excellent | 13.9 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 7.3 | 5.0 | 9.2 | 16.1 | 3.8 | 7.7 | |||||||||
| N | 2,182 | 1,124 | 1,761 | 247 | 139 | 229 | 82 | 81 | 66 | |||||||||
NOTE: Figures are percentages, except where noted
a
Sample includes only respondents to Module 6. Figures are unweighted.