Table 1.

Descriptive Characteristics for non-Hispanic Arab, Asian, black, white and Hispanic Individuals aged 65 or over: American Community Survey, 2001-2007^* (Unweighted N = 1,964,777; Weighted N=242,000,000)

	non-Hispanic white (n=1,672,318)	non-Hispanic black (139,855)	Hispanic (n=93,460)	non-Hispanic Arab (n=8,417)	non-Hispanic Asian (n=50,727)
Functional Limitation£	30.4	40.5	34.3	33.2	26.4
Demographics
Mean age (±SE)	75.2 (0.01)	74.2 (0.02)	73.8 (0.02)	74.5 (0.07)	73.9 (0.03)
Female	57.3	61.8	57.8	53.6	57.6
Married	57.2	36.5	51.1	56.9	60.9
Educational Status
None or less than high school	23.8	47.9	61.1	29.6	35.4
High school graduate	36.3	27.1	20.1	29.8	23.7
Some college	14.4	9.8	7.2	10.8	7.9
College degree or more	25.6	15.2	11.6	29.8	32.9
Poverty Level
≤125%	14.2	32.3	29.9	18.2	19.5
125%-199%	16.8	19.6	20.5	18.4	13.5
≥200%	69.0	48.0	49.6	63.5	67.1
Immigration Characteristics
Citizenship
US-born/US Citizen	94.3	93.4	49.1	46.8	19.1
Naturalized citizen	4.6	4.7	32.2	40.2	58.5
Not a US citizen	1.1	1.9	18.6	13.0	22.4
Mean (±SE) years in US	46.1 (0.07)	29.3 (0.17)	35.4 (0.08)	28.1 (0.28)	25.6 (0.08)
Years in US (quartiles)
≤22	13.8	32.9	24.4	42.9	46.6
23-38	13.9	42.9	28.8	30.9	33.6
39-50	30.8	16.9	28.2	15.6	13.6
≥51	41.6	7.3	18.6	10.7	6.2
English Language Ability
Very well	61.3	46.1	32.9	34.8	27.2
Well	19.7	20.3	19.6	21.3	22.1
Not well	14.0	20.8	23.8	25.2	29.6
Not at all	4.9	12.8	23.6	18.7	21.1

^*all p values <0.0001

^£Conditions that substantially limit one or more basic physical activities such as walking, climbing stairs, reaching, lifting, or carrying.