TABLE 1—

Baseline Demographic Characteristics of 204 Older Homeless Participants by Housing Status at Follow-Up: Boston, MA, January–June 2010

	Housing Status at Follow-Up
Characteristic at Baseline	Homeless (n = 120)	Housed (n = 84)	P
Demographics
Age, y, mean (SD)	56.6 (5.2)	56.3 (6.0)	.84
Women, no. (%)	21 (18)	16 (19)	.78
Race/ethnicity, no. (%)			.92
African American	46 (38)	36 (43)
White	50 (42)	32 (38)
Latino	13 (11)	8 (10)
Multiracial or other	11 (9)	8 (10)
Married or partnered, no. (%)	10 (8)	4 (5)	.33
< high school education, no. (%)	33 (28)	19 (23)	.46
Primary language English, no. (%)	103 (86)	72 (86)	.98
Homelessness
Age at first episode of homelessness, y, median (IQR)	45 (30–52)	45 (40–51)	.62
Lifetime years homelessness, median (IQR)	5 (2–11.5)	3.5 (2–10)	.19
Homeless for ≥ 1 y, no. (%)	78 (65)	57 (68)	.67

Note. IQR = interquartile ratio.