Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of HRS participants.

	Fair/Poor Self-Rated Health Analyses		Elevated Depressive Symptoms Analyses		Limitations in Activities of Daily Living (Disability) Analyses
	n/mean	%/(std)	n/mean	%/(std)	n/mean	%/(std)
Age-eligible sample	10273	100%	10273	100%	10273	100%
Exclusions
Had condition at baseline in either 1994 or 1996	2556	25%	2397	23%	1306	13%
Condition not assessed at baseline in either 1994 or 1996*	2261	22%	2340	23%	1943	19%
Missing baseline covariates	158	2%	157	2%	156	2%
Missing exposure	783	8%	848	8%	1107	11%
Analytic Sample
Unique individuals at baseline	4,515	100%	4,531	100%	5,761	100%
Unique census tracts at baseline	1,673		1,667		1,910
Core Demographic Variables
Male	1,975	44%	2,075	46%	2,657	46%
Black	620	14%	692	15%	909	16%
Hispanic	219	5%	245	5%	411	7%
Age	57.7	(3.2)	57.9	(3.2)	57.8	(3.2)
Years of education	13.0	(2.7)	12.9	(2.8)	12.6	(2.9)
Supplemental Variables at Baseline^
Memory score (0–20)	8.4	(3.0)	8.3	(3.0)	8.2	(3.1)
Household wealth, median (interquartile range)	153,500	(263,000)	148,800	(261,000)	131,500	(245,500)
Marital status
Married	3,479	77%	3,544	78%	4,432	77%
Widowed	306	7%	279	6%	392	7%
Divorced or Separated	571	13%	550	12%	724	13%
Never Married	159	4%	158	3%	213	4%
Diabetes diagnosis	241	5%	354	8%	448	8%
Hypertension diagnosis	1,372	30%	1,521	34%	1,961	34%
Self-rated health (1–5)	N/A		2.3	(1.0)	2.4	(1.0)
CESD score (0–8)	0.8	(1.4)	N/A		1.0	(1.7)
ADL disability (any limitations)	82	2%	127	3%	N/A

Sample sizes differ across outcomes due to differences in the prevalence of each condition at baseline.

^*Reasons not assessed include mortality before 1996, non-participation in 1994 or 1996, or did not complete specific survey items in either year.’

^{^}Supplemental variables were used in the weighting models. All variables except memory were time-updated in the weighting models.