Table 1.
Characteristics of Non-Hispanic Whites and Hispanics Aged 65 Years and Older, 2000 (percentages unless otherwise noted)
| Non-Hispanic White sample | Hispanic sample | |
| Individual variables | ||
| Age in years (M/SD) | 75.0 (7.0) | 73.5 (6.8) |
| Female | 57.8 | 58.8b |
| Married | 55.5 | 46.2 |
| Child less than 18 years old in household | 3.9 | 24.0 |
| Lives with other relatives or nonrelatives | 3.3 | 7.1 |
| Self-care limitation | 8.3 | 11.6 |
| Tenure | ||
| Lives in owned home | 76.7 | 46.5 |
| Lives in rented home | 14.6 | 25.6 |
| Lives as coresident | 8.7 | 27.9 |
| Foreign born | 7.3 | 68.3 |
| Hispanic origin | ||
| Mexican | 54.2 | |
| Puerto Rican | 14.3 | |
| Cuban | 18.2 | |
| Central American | 7.2 | |
| South American | 6.1 | |
| Personal income (M/SD) | $28,637 (40,159) | $14,021 (24,135) |
| Investment income (M/SD) | $7,166 (22,380) | $1,365 (9,290) |
| High school education or more | 73.7 | 30.5 |
| Speaks English only/very well/well | 96.7 | 37.8 |
| Immigration year (foreign-born sample only): | ||
| 1990–2000 | 9.0 | 12.4 |
| 1980–1989 | 5.1 | 12.4 |
| 1970–1979 | 6.8 | 15.4 |
| 1969 or earlier | 79.0 | 59.8 |
| No. of casesa | 35,122 | 59,732 |
a
Statistics based on weighted data and sample sizes based on unweighted data.
b
Group difference not statistically significant.