Table 3.
Demographic, health and transportation characteristics among study participants who did and did not attempt license renewal.
| License Renewal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sought License Renewal and Passed Initial Test (N=743) | Sought License Renewal and Failed Initial Test (N=100) | Did Not Seek License Renewal (N=209) | p-value† / p-value‡ | |
| Age (years), mean (sd) | 84.1 (3.7) | 83.9 (3.3) | 86.4 (4.3) | 0.66 / <0.0001 |
| Gender, % (n) | 0.14 / <0.0001 | |||
| Male | 43.1 (320) | 51.0 (51) | 26.8 (56) | |
| Female | 56.9 (423) | 49.0 (49) | 73.2 (153) | |
| Race, % (n) | 0.58 / 0.24 | |||
| White | 96.1 (714) | 98.0 (98) | 94.7 (198) | |
| Black | 2.0 (15) | 1.0 (1) | 4.3 (9) | |
| Other | 1.9 (14) | 1.0 (1) | 1.0 (2) | |
| Marital status, % (n) | 0.70 / <0.0001 | |||
| Widowed | 57.8 (428) | 64.0 (64) | 71.2 (148) | |
| Married | 34.4 (255) | 29.0 (29) | 17.8 (37) | |
| Divorced | 4.2 (31) | 3.0 (3) | 2.9 (6) | |
| Single | 2.8 (21) | 3.0 (3) | 7.2 (15) | |
| Other | 1.1 (8) | 1.0 (1) | 1.4(3) | |
| Type of residence, % (n) | 0.92 / <0.0001 | |||
| Residential home | 80.1 (593) | 81.0 (81) | 62.1 (128) | |
| Retirement community | 12.4 (92) | 13.0 (13) | 24.8 (51) | |
| Apartment | 7.4 (55) | 6.0 (6) | 13.1 (27) | |
| Cognitive score, mean (sd) | 2.2 (2.0) | 2.2 (1.8) | 3.1 (2.7) | 0.88 / <0.0001 |
| No. chronic medical conditions, mean (sd) | 4.0 (2.0) | 4.6 (1.9) | 5.4 (2.6) | 0.0018 / <0.0001 |
| Use other forms of transportation, % (n) | 0.0002 / <0.0001 | |||
| No | 66.1 (491) | 47.0 (47) | 0.5 (1) | |
| Yes | 33.9 (252) | 53.0 (53) | 99.5 (208) | |
| Get rides from family and friends* | 81.4 (205) | 88.7 (47) | 81.3 (169) | 0.24 / 0.98 |
| Use public transportation | 6.8 (17) | 5.7 (3) | 13.9 (29) | 0.77 / 0.01 |
| Take taxis | 3.6 (9) | 7.6 (4) | 14.9 (31) | 0.19 / <0.0001 |
| Use community shuttle buses | 5.6 (14) | 5.7 (3) | 14.9 (31) | 0.98 / 0.0008 |
| Other | 11.5 (29) | 11.3 (6) | 7.2 (15) | 0.97 / 0.15 |
†
For the comparison of those who sought renewal and initially passed vs. those who sought renewal and initially failed.
‡
For the comparison of those who sought renewal and initially passed vs. those who did not seek renewal.
*
Responses sum to more than 100% as multiple responses required.