Table 1. Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Sample.
| Variable | Level of Lesion: Tetraplegia (n=465, 54%) |
Level of Lesion: Paraplegia (n=390, 46%) |
Total (N=855) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current age (mean, SD) | 43 (15) | 43 (15) | 43 (15) |
| Age at injury (mean, SD) | 37 (17) | 36 (15) | 36 (16) |
| Years since injury (mean, SD) | 7 (9) | 7 (9) | 7 (9) |
| Gender (%) | |||
| Male | 79 | 74 | 77 |
| Female | 21 | 26 | 23 |
| Ethnicity (%) | |||
| Hispanic | 10 | 13 | 11 |
| Non-Hispanic | 89 | 87 | 88 |
| Unknown/refused | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Race (%) | |||
| White | 73 | 67 | 70 |
| Black | 15 | 20 | 17 |
| Asian | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| More than 1 race | 7 | 10 | 8 |
| Unknown/refused | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Type of injury (%) | |||
| Complete | 41 | 52 | 46 |
| Incomplete | 59 | 48 | 54 |
| Central cord syndrome (%) | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Living situation (%) | |||
| Private residence | 74 | 82 | 78 |
| Inpatient rehabilitation facility | 22 | 16 | 19 |
| (Skilled) nursing home or long-term care | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Uses a bowel and bladder program (%) | 80 | 79 | 79 |
| Walks some or all of the time (%) | 26 | 28 | 27 |
| Uses a manual wheelchair some or all of the time (%) | 33 | 74 | 51 |
| Uses a power wheelchair some or all of the time (%) | 62 | 18 | 42 |