Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics, ACL (2001/2002) Age 55+ (N = 780)
| Variables | Mean (SD)/% |
|---|---|
| Individual-level variables | |
| Cognitive errors (0–5) | 0.52 (0.8) |
| Age | |
| 55–64 | 49% |
| 65–74 | 25% |
| 75–84 | 19% |
| 85+ | 7% |
| Female | 61% |
| Black | 10% |
| Education | |
| <12 years | 22% |
| 12 years | 37% |
| >12 years | 41% |
| HH income, $ | 35,000 (87,000) |
| Not married | 50% |
| Employment status | |
| Employed | 33% |
| Unemployed | 21% |
| Retired | 46% |
| Residential tenure, years | 22.7 (15.4) |
| Neighborhood-level variables | |
| PM2.5 (μg/m3) | 13.8 (3.1) |
| Neighborhood disadvantage | −.23 (0.7) |
| Neighborhood affluence | 0.07 (0.9) |
Note. ACL = Americans’ Changing Lives; HH = household; PM = particulate matter; SD = standard deviation.