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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Gerontologist. 2007 Aug;47(4):528–534. doi: 10.1093/geront/47.4.528

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Sample

N (%)1 Mean (SD) Missing N (%2) Imputed Sample (N = 18,939) N (%) / M (SD)
Sociodemographic Characteristics
Gender 52 (.3)
Male 5542 (29.3) 5560 (29.4)
Female 13345 (70.7) 13379 (70.6)
Race 315 (1.7)
White 15130 (81.2) 15379 (81.2)
Black 3351 (18.0) 3417 (18.0)
Other 143 (0.8) 143 (0.8)
Age (range = 65–106) 79.26 (7.64) 0 79.26 (7.64)
65–74 5515 (29.1) 5515 (29.1)
75–84 8553 (45.2) 8553 (45.2)
85+ 4871 (25.7) 4871 (25.7)
Education 469 (2.5)
≤ 8th grade 5282 (28.6) 5415 (28.6)
9th–11th grades 4482 (24.3) 4600 (24.3)
High school graduate 7883 (42.7) 8093 (42.7)
College degree or more 823 (4.4) 831 (4.4)
Marital status 210 (1.1)
Married 6046 (32.3) 6104 (32.2)
Widowed 9954 (53.2) 10078 (53.2)
Separated/divorced 2050 (10.9) 2076 (11.0)
Never married 679 (3.6) 681 (3.6)
Living arrangements 603 (3.2)
Alone 7233 (39.4) 7426 (39.3)
With spouse 5520 (30.1) 5698 (30.1)
With child 3716 (20.3) 3867 (20.4)
With others 1867 (10.2) 1948 (10.2)
Program 0
Medicaid Waiver 8753 (46.2) 8753 (46.2)
Care Management 10186 (53.8) 10186 (53.8)
Medicaid 820 (4.3)
Yes 6450 (35.6) 6769 (35.7)
No 11669 (64.4) 12170 (64.3)
Private insurance 858 (4.5)
Yes 2415 (13.3) 2533 (13.4)
No 15666 (86.7) 16406 (86.6)
Clinical Characteristics
ADL limitations (range = 0–7) 3.03 (2.54) 2058 (10.9) 3.03 (2.51)
0–1 ADL 6452 (38.2) 7019 (37.1)
2–4 ADL 4377 (25.9) 5296 (27.9)
5–7 ADL 6052 (35.9) 6624 (35.0)
IADL limitations (range = 0–7) 5.95 (1.21) 1635 (8.6) 5.94 (1.20)
0–3 IADL 507 (2.9) 537 (2.8)
4–5 IADL 4581 (26.5) 5173 (27.3)
6–7 IADL 12216 (70.6) 13229 (69.9)
Cognitive impairment (range = 0–6) 1.47 (1.52) 221 (1.2) 1.47 (1.52)
Cognitively intact 10666 (57.0) 10774 (56.9)
Mild to moderate 6369 (34.0) 6463 (34.1)
impairment
Severe impairment 1683 (9.0) 1702 (9.0)
Disease burden (range = 0–29) 5.27 (2.45) 261 (1.4) 5.27 (2.45)
0 to 2 diseases 2178 (11.6) 2214 (11.7)
3 to 6 diseases 11278 (60.4) 11425 (60.3)
7 to 17 diseases 5222 (28.0) 5300 (28.0)
Pain (range = 0–3) 1.42 (1.17) 318 (1.7) 1.41 (1.17)
No pain 5840 (31.4) 5914 (31.2)
Pain less than daily 3907 (21.0) 4006 (21.2)
Pain daily, not intense 4176 (22.4) 4267 (22.5)
Pain daily and intense 4698 (25.2) 4752 (25.1)
1

Ns are number of participants with the characteristics; percentages are based on number of participants for whom data are available.

2

Percentage of the total sample.