Table 1. Percent distribution of persons 65 years of age or over, by sex and type of living arrangement: Selected years 1965-80.
| Type of living arrangement | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | ||||
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| Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | |
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| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| With spouse | 34.1 | 67.9 | 33.9 | 69.9 | 35.6 | 74.0 | 34.7 | 71.8 |
| Institution or group quarters | 4.7 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 7.0 | 4.0 |
| Community resident not with spouse | 61.2 | 28.3 | 61.2 | 25.6 | 58.8 | 21.5 | 58.4 | 24.2 |
| Independent2 | 28.6 (46.7) |
13.1 (46.3) |
33.8 (55.2) |
14.1 (55.1) |
36.0 (61.1) |
14.2 (65.8) |
36.9 (63.2) |
14.1 (58.3) |
| With others2 | 32.6 (53.3) |
15.2 (53.7) |
27.4 (44.7) |
11.5 (44.9) |
22.8 (38.8) |
7.4 (34.2) |
21.5 (36.8) |
10.1 (41.7) |
1
Totals may not add to 100.0 because of rounding.
2
Percent of total community residents not with spouse shown in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census: 1980 Census of Population, Volume 1, Chapter D, Part 1. PC 80-1-D1-A. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office, Mar. 1984.