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. 2015 Jun 2;2(2):e20. doi: 10.2196/mental.3969

Table 1.

Respondent characteristics by modality.


  WHV HRS P value
Number of respondents 4474 12,545
Number of tasks per respondent,
median (IQR)
1 3 (2-5)
Total number of tasks 4474 43,417
Age in years, median (IQR) 53 (48-61) 60 (55-64) <.001

40-44, n (%) 629 (14.17) 735 (1.68)

45-49, n (%) 754 (16.98) 2158 (4.94)

50-54, n (%) 1051 (23.67) 7701 (17.63)

55-59, n (%) 661 (14.89) 10, 951 (25.07)

60-64, n (%) 641 (14.44) 11,260 (25.78)

65-69, n (%) 704 (15.86) 10,868 (24.88)
Race

<.001

White, n (%) 3556 (80.09) 33,992 (75.14)

Black, n (%) 632 (14.23) 8832 (19.52)

Other, n (%) 252 (5.68) 2412 (5.33)
Hispanic ethnicity

<.001

No, n (%) 3743 (84.30) 39,604 (87.27)

Yes, n (%) 697 (15.70) 5774 (12.72)
Educational attainment

<.001

No degree, n (%) 168 (3.78%) 8334 (18.40)

High school diploma/GED, n (%) 1955 (44.03) 24,941 (55.05)

Associates degree/some college, n (%) 1257 (28.31) 2747 (6.06)

Bachelor's degree, n (%) 669 (15.07) 5664 (12.50)

Master's degree, n (%) 320 (7.21) 3198 (7.06)

Law/MD/PhD, n (%) 71 (1.60) 419 (0.92)
Marital status

<.001

Married, n (%) 2338 (53.78) 28,333 (62.35)

Partnered, n (%) 231 (5.20) 2069 (4.55)

Separated/divorced, n (%) 1048 (23.60) 8654 (19.04)

Widowed, n (%) 262 (5.90) 4922 (10.83)

Never married, n (%) 511 (11.51) 1467 (3.23)
Self-reported current memory

<.001

Excellent, n (%) 468 (10.54) 2518 (5.77)

Very good, n (%) 1743 (39.04) 11,353 (26.00)

Good, n (%) 1704 (38.38) 18,991 (43.48)

Fair, n (%) 486 (10.93) 9137 (20.92)

Poor, n (%) 48 (1.08) 1654 (3.79)