TABLE 1.
Variables | Mean or Percentage |
---|---|
Age (mean) | 67.6 (SD = 6.8) |
Gender (%) | |
Men | 37.0 |
Women | 62.4 |
Missing | 0.6 |
Ethnicity (%) | |
White | 79.9 |
Asian | 7.1 |
Black | 4.5 |
Hispanic | 4.5 |
Other | 4.0 |
Marital status (%) | |
Married or partnered | 33.7 |
Single | 27.9 |
Divorced or separated | 26.6 |
Widowed | 11.7 |
Education (%) | |
High school graduate or less | 16.8 |
Some college or technical training | 15.5 |
College graduate | 14.3 |
Some graduate training | 53.2 |
Employment status (%) | |
Retired | 64.3 |
Unemployed | 9.1 |
Employed full time | 9.7 |
Employed part time | 6.5 |
On disability | 8.4 |
Decline to state | 1.9 |
Self-reported health (%) | |
Excellent | 4.5 |
Very good | 17.5 |
Good | 35.7 |
Fair | 31.2 |
Poor | 11.0 |