Table 4.

Regressing growth parameter (intercept) on health and sociodemographic characteristics by latent class of outdoor mobility Michigan Minimum Data Set for Home Care: Detroit residents age 55+ (n = 1,188)

	Latent Class 1 (almost never goes out)		Latent Class 2 (occasionally goes out)
	Coefficient	Standard error	Coefficient	Standard error
Age	.02	.02	−.01****	.003
Femalea	−1.21*	.51	−.02	.07
African-Americanb	−.90	.62	.09	.34
Chronic health conditions	.13	.17	−.03	.02
Vision impairment	−.39	.31	.01	.04
Fear of falling	−1.49**	.53	−.40***	.07
Self-care difficulty	.12	.26	−.11*	.04
Mobility impairment	−.45*	.19	−.05*	.02

*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001; ****p < .10 (two-tailed tests)

^aReference group is Male

^bReference group is White