TABLE 1.
Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics
| Racial or Ethnic Group | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Whites | Blacks | Hispanics |
| Age category (%) | |||
| 65–69 | 28.9 | 30.8 | 35.2 |
| 70–74 | 27.5 | 30.7 | 30.3 |
| 75–79 | 22.0 | 20.3 | 20.2 |
| 80–84 | 13.4 | 9.9 | 7.8 |
| 85+ | 8.3 | 8.3 | 6.6 |
| Sex (%) | |||
| Male | 42.7 | 39.0 | 43.1 |
| Female | 57.3 | 61.0 | 56.9 |
| Educational attainment (%) | |||
| No high school | 17.3 | 33.7 | 44.4 |
| Some high school | 15.8 | 22.4 | 15.5 |
| High school graduate | 52.5 | 34.8 | 28.0 |
| College graduate | 14.3 | 9.1 | 12.1 |
| Family income (%) | |||
| Poor | 8.8 | 26.0 | 23.9 |
| Near poor | 6.1 | 11.7 | 13.0 |
| Low income | 20.9 | 21.7 | 21.5 |
| Middle income | 36.5 | 24.4 | 26.8 |
| High income | 27.8 | 13.2 | 14.7 |
| Married status (%) | |||
| Married | 56.5 | 37.9 | 50.7 |
| Divorced or separated | 7.1 | 12.8 | 13.4 |
| Widowed | 32.8 | 43.5 | 32.3 |
| Never married | 3.6 | 5.9 | 3.6 |
| Family size | 1.81 | 2.11 | 2.27 |
| Location of residence (%) | |||
| Metropolitan area | 73.8 | 79.6 | 87.8 |
| Nonmetropolitan area | 24.6 | 19.0 | 10.7 |
| Missing | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 |