Table 1.
Demographic characteristics (weighted) of Health and Retirement Study respondents 65-years and older (n=8,833) at the baseline wave (1998).
| Categorical Indicators | % | SE |
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| Race/Ethnicity | ||
| White | 87.6 | 1.0 |
| Black | 6.7 | 0.6 |
| Latino | 4.1 | 0.6 |
| Other | 1.6 | 0.2 |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 40.7 | 0.5 |
| Female | 59.3 | 0.5 |
| Childhood SES | ||
| Pretty well | 5.9 | 0.3 |
| About average | 60.8 | 0.8 |
| Poor | 33.3 | 0.7 |
| Mother Education | ||
| Missing | 11.7 | 0.5 |
| Less than high school | 71.7 | 0.6 |
| High school or more | 16.6 | 0.6 |
| Father Education | ||
| Missing | 15.3 | 0.5 |
| Less than high school | 71.1 | 0.7 |
| High school or more | 13.6 | 0.5 |
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| Continuous Indicators | Mean | SE |
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| Age | 73.9 | 0.1 |
| Total income | 37728 | 908 |
| Total Wealth | 331740 | 13535 |
| Education | 12.1 | 0.1 |
| Number of conditions | 1.8 | 0.0 |
| Adult health | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| Mother Education | 8.7 | 0.0 |
| Father Education | 8.4 | 0.1 |
| Childhood health | 1.8 | 0.0 |
| Number of Waves | 4.9 | 0.0 |