Table 1.
Bivariate Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Population Stratified According to Lifetime Prevalence of Financial Exploitation of Older Adults (FEOA)
| Participant characteristics | Total n (%) | ≥ 1 FEOA n (%) | p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 2,680 (64.5) | 129 (4.8) | 0.62 |
| Age (mean [SD]) | 74.7 ( 8.6) | 74.2 (8.7) | 0.45 |
| Age | 0.30 | ||
| 60–69.9 | 1,432 (34.5) | 76 (5.3) | |
| 70–79.9 | 1,407 (33.9) | 60 (4.3) | |
| ≥ 80 | 1,317 (31.7) | 59 (4.5) | |
| Proxy respondent | 156 (3.8) | 11 (7.1) | 0.16 |
| Survey language | 0.38 | ||
| English | 4,088 (98.4) | 194 (4.8) | |
| Spanish | 68 (1.6) | 1 (1.5) | |
| Race | < 0.0001 | ||
| Black | 788 (19.0) | 72 (9.1) | |
| Caucasian | 3,136 (75.4) | 105 (3.4) | |
| Other | 232 (5.5) | 18 (7.8) | |
| Latino ethnicity | 250 (6.0) | 17 (6.8) | 0.10 |
| Marital status | < 0.0001 | ||
| Married/partnered | 1,958 (47.1) | 47 (2.4) | |
| Widowed | 1,358 (32.7) | 82 (6.0) | |
| Separated, never married, divorced, refused | 828 (20.2) | 66 (7.9) | |
| Number of medications (mean [SD]) | 4.3 (3.1) | 4.8 (3.4) | 0.04 |
| Education | 0.08 | ||
| < High School | 514 (12.5) | 37 (7.2) | |
| Completed high school or greater | 2,120 (51.3) | 87 (4.1) | |
| Completed college | 1,496 (36.2) | 67 (4.5) | |
| Income below poverty line (using weighted average threshold, adjusted for household size) (26) | 313 (7.5) | 38 (12.1) | < 0.0001 |
| Household income/per person | 0.0004 | ||
| < $15,000 | 1,225 (29.5) | 79 (6.5) | |
| $15,000− <$30,000 | 1,351 (32.5) | 60 (4.4) | |
| ≥ $30,000 | 1,580 (38.0) | 56 (3.5) | |
| Housing | 0.0004 | ||
| Own home | 2,976 (71.6) | 116 (3.9) | |
| Rent | 1,034 (24.9) | 70 (6.8) | |
| Live rent free, other | 146 (3.5) | 9 (6.2) | |
| Geographical context | < 0.003 | ||
| Urban | 2,395 (57.8) | 132 (5.5) | |
| Suburban | 1,117 (26.9) | 44 (3.9) | |
| Rural | 635 (15.3) | 19 (3.0) | |
| Region | < 0.02 | ||
| Western NY | 492 (11.8) | 19 (3.9) | |
| Finger Lakes | 362 (8.7) | 13 (3.6) | |
| Southern Tier & Central NY | 374 (9.0) | 15 (4.0) | |
| North Country, Capital region & Mohawk Valley | 543 (13.1) | 16 (3.0) | |
| Mid-Hudson | 428 (10.3) | 18 (4.2) | |
| New York City | 1,378 (33.2) | 89 (6.5) | |
| Long Island | 579 (13.9) | 25 (4.3) | |
| Live with a spouse/partner | 1,874 (45.1) | 45 (2.4) | < 0.0001 |
| Those without a spouse: | 0.0003 | ||
| Lives alone | 1,595 (69.9) | 88 (5.5) | |
| 1–2 non-spousal household member | 585 (25.6) | 48 (8.2) | |
| ≥ 3 non-spousal household members | 102 (4.5) | 14 (13.7) | |
| Self-reported health | 0.0006 | ||
| Excellent-Very good | 596 (19.3) | 20 (3.4) | |
| Good-Fair | 2,227 (72.1) | 109 (4.9) | |
| Poor-Very Poor | 267 (8.6) | 25 (9.4) | |