Table 1. Weighted Descriptive Statistics at Baseline by Race/Ethnicity.

Variable	Total Sample	Whites	Blacks	Latinos
Predisposing factors
Age, M (SD)	55.06 (3.2)	55.57 (3.2)	55.55 (3.2)	55.31 (3.2)
Female, M	0.54	0.53	0.59	0.56
Health need (ever had, yes/no)a
Diabetes, M	0.09	0.08	0.16***	0.12***
Cancer, M	0.05	0.05	0.03*	0.03*
Lung disease, M	0.06	0.06	0.04*	0.03**
Heart problems, M	0.11	0.11	0.12	0.08*
Stroke, M	0.02	0.02	0.04**	0.04**
Self-rated health, M (SD)b	1.51 (1.2)	1.40 (1.1)	2.02*** (1.2)	2.00*** (1.2)
Enabling factorsc
Medicare, M	0.04	0.04	0.07**	0.06
Medicaid, M	0.03	0.03	0.11***	0.17***
Veterans/other government, M	0.06	0.06	0.08	0.04
Employer provided, M	0.73	0.75	0.60***	0.46***
Private insurance, M	0.14	0.15	0.12*	0.6***
No insurance, M	0.12	0.11	0.18***	0.34***
Education, M (SD)	12.33 (3.0)	12.72 (2.6)	11.34** (3.2)	8.78*** (4.5)
Income (log transformed), M	4.47	4.54	4.21**	4.08**
Wealth (log transformed), M	4.49	4.75	3.20***	3.66***

Notes: The reference category is White.

^aEver had (yes/no).

^bScale (range = 0–4), where 4 = poor health.

^cYes/no.

^*p < .05

^**p <.01

^***p < .001.