Table 3.

Sample Baseline Characteristics and Attrition Status Indicators^* (N = 10,314 respondents)

Covariates	Mean/% (SD)
Sociodemographic
Age (1992)	55.83 (3.17)
Female	52.3%
Education†	12.34 (3.05)
Non-Hispanic black	10.3%
Hispanic	6.5%
Marital status	0.77 (0.42)
Income‡	2.57 (1.11)
Assets‡	2.46 (1.21)
Health status
Self-rated health	2.55 (1.18)
Index chronic disease	1.15 (1.11)
Nagi index	1.44 (1.66)
CES-D score	3.77 (1.57)
Loss to follow up
Mortality§	18.7%
Attrition§	7.1%
Proxy status	0.05 (0.21)

Notes: CES-D = Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale.

^*Weighted descriptives shown; respondent-level 1992 weights from the HRS Cross-Tracker 2006 File.

^†Education measured by “number of school years completed.”

^‡Income and assets quartile categories shown; quartile range provided in the Supplementary Material online.

^§Mortality and attrition recorded between baseline (1992) and 2006.