Table 2.
Characteristics of participants stratified by ethnicity and history of living in public housing
| Black | Latino | White | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public housing | Public housing | Public housing | ||||
| Yes (n=221) | No (n=2,027) | Yes (n=93) | No (n=1,391) | Yes (n=262) | No (n=12,197) | |
| Age, year ± SD | 70.9 ± 9.8 | 65.5 ± 10.4 | 73.2 ± 11.1 | 63.9 ± 10.7 | 75.3 ± 9.9 | 68.1 ± 10.8 |
| % | ||||||
| Women | 79.2 | 62.2 | 69.9 | 62.0 | 76.7 | 58.1 |
| Education ≤high school | 85.5 | 64.4 | 92.5 | 78.1 | 79.4 | 51.6 |
| Median net worth | $1 | $58,000 | $20 | $70,000 | $2000 | $285,000 |
| Self-rated health poor/fair | 57.0 | 37.1 | 73.1 | 48.3 | 51.9 | 22.8 |
| Hypertension | 83.7 | 71.7 | 72.0 | 54.9 | 69.1 | 54.4 |
| Diabetes | 38.9 | 28.8 | 45.2 | 28.0 | 22.9 | 16.9 |
| Heart conditions | 35.8 | 22.5 | 28.0 | 16.1 | 42.4 | 26.5 |
| Stroke | 17.2 | 10.1 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 14.9 | 7.8 |
| Cancer | 15.4 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 18.7 | 16.1 |
| Arthritis | 74.7 | 61.7 | 79.6 | 52.3 | 81.3 | 61.7 |
| Psychiatric problems | 27.2 | 14.0 | 33.3 | 21.9 | 37.4 | 17.0 |
| Incontinence | 19.9 | 15.6 | 19.4 | 13.3 | 32.8 | 22.9 |
| Fallen in past 2 years | 32.0 | 28.6 | 40.2 | 31.3 | 43.5 | 32.5 |